Jānis Dūklavs (born 24 November 1952,

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) is a Latvian politician from

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. Dūklavs was

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from 2014 to 2019. Dūklavs came into disrepute during the Hotel Rīdzene leaks scandal in 2017, during which transcripts of secretly recorded talks between

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and other individuals at the Hotel Rīdzene were published by the Ir magazine. The transcripts of the recordings feature Dūklavs asking

for help selling a piece of undeclared land next to the Riga Freeport for 15 million

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References

1952 births Living people People from Ķegums Municipality Ministers of Agriculture of Latvia Deputies of the 10th Saeima Deputies of the 11th Saeima Deputies of the 12th Saeima Deputies of the 13th Saeima Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies alumni {{Latvia-politician-stub