Jaunlatvija ("Young Latvia") was a political party in

Latvia Latvia ( or ; lv, Latvija ; ltg, Latveja; liv, Leţmō), officially the Republic of Latvia ( lv, Latvijas Republika, links=no, ltg, Latvejas Republika, links=no, liv, Leţmō Vabāmō, links=no), is a country in the Baltic region of ...

. The party, described as socially liberal, was founded on March 28, 2009 at the congress held in the National Theatre in

Riga Riga (; lv, Rīga , liv, Rīgõ) is the capital and largest city of Latvia and is home to 605,802 inhabitants which is a third of Latvia's population. The city lies on the Gulf of Riga at the mouth of the Daugava river where it meets the Ba ...

Didzis Šmits Didzis is a Latvian masculine given name of Old High German origin. It is occasionally a diminutive of the names Dītrihs and Didrikis. It is a cognate to the German name Dietrich. The first recorded usage of the name in the areas of modern-day ...

was elected its chairman. Its supporters included ex-president Guntis Ulmanis and scientist

Jānis Stradiņš Jānis is a Latvian masculine given name. The first written use of the name Jānis dates back to 1290. It may refer to: *Jānis Ādamsons (born 1956), Latvian politician *Jānis Akuraters (1876–1937), Latvian poet, writer, playwright and polit ...

, although the two did not join the party ranks."Jaunlatvija becomes Latvia’s newest political party"
, ''Latvians Online'', March 28, 2009 Among party declarations, of note were their desire to involve younger people in politics and to integrate non-citizens into Latvian society (see " Russians in Latvia" for the latter issue).

Municipal elections, June 2009

The party took part in municipal elections in the localities listed below and won 3 seats. *

(26 candidates): 0,31% of votes * Tērvete (12 candidates): 9,51% of votes, 1 seat
Raivo Zalcmanis
* Babīte: 11.92%, 2 seats
Broņislavs RimicānsRitvars Auziņš
*

Daugavpils Daugavpils (; russian: Двинск; ltg, Daugpiļs ; german: Dünaburg, ; pl, Dyneburg; see other names) is a state city in south-eastern Latvia, located on the banks of the Daugava River, from which the city gets its name. The parts of the c ...

: 0.39% *

Daugavpils district Daugavpils District ( lv, Daugavpils rajons) was an administrative division of Latvia, located in Latgale region, in the country's south-east. It was organized into two cities and twenty one parishes, each with a local government authority. The di ...

: 2.33% * Jēkabpils, 1.86% *

Kārsava Kārsava (; german: Karsau, russian: Корсовка, ''Korsovka'', yi, קאָרסאָװקע, ''Korsovke'') is a town in Ludza Municipality in the Latgale region of Latvia, near the border of Russia. The ancient Baltic tribe Latgalians in ...

: 3.79%

Later activities

The party did not achieve any notable electoral success on the national stage in the future. In the run-up to the

2010 Latvian parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in Latvia on 2 October 2010. It was the first parliamentary election to be held in Latvia since the beginning of the economic crisis during which Latvia had experienced one of the deepest recessions in the world. ...

the party signed a cooperation agreement with the

For a Good Latvia For a Good Latvia ( lv, Par Labu Latviju!, also known as (AŠ)²) was a Latvian right-wing party alliance founded on 22 April 2010 by the People's Party, Latvia's First Party/Latvian Way, the businessmen's movement For a Good Latvia and some ...

alliance, but unexpectedly voted against joining the list. Jaunlatvija did not contest further elections and in April 2012 filed for dissolution. The party was dissolved on 15 August 2016.

References

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