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Jānis Straume (born 27 August 1962 in
Sigulda
Sigulda (; german: Segewold, pl, Zygwold, russian: Сигулда) is a town in the Vidzeme region of Latvia, from the capital city Riga.
Overview
Sigulda is on a picturesque stretch of the primeval Gauja river valley. Because of the reddish De ...
,
Latvian SSR) is a former
Latvian politician for
For Fatherland and Freedom/LNNK
For Fatherland and Freedom/LNNK ( lv, Tēvzemei un Brīvībai/LNNK, abbreviated to TB/LNNK) was a free-market, national conservative political party in Latvia. In 2011, it dissolved and merged into the National Alliance.
The party was founded ...
(TB/LNNK). He was the fourth
Speaker of the Saeima
The Speaker of the Saeima ( lv, Saeimas priekšsēdētājs; lit. "Chairperson of the Saeima") is the presiding officer of the Parliament of Latvia, the Saeima.
If the President of Latvia resigns from office, dies or is removed from office be ...
(1998–2002) since 1991.
Straume was a leading member of a number of organisations in the
Latvian independence movement
The modern Latvian independence movement was the resistance movement to foreign occupation of the Republic of Latvia during Soviet and Nazi German occupation (1940–1991).
First year (1940–1941) of occupation
The effects of the Molotov–Ribbe ...
, including
Helsinki-86, the
Latvian National Independence Movement
The Latvian National Independence Movement ( lv, Latvijas Nacionālās Neatkarības Kustība, LNNK) was a political organization in Latvia from 1988 until 1997.
It formed in 1988 as the radical wing of Latvian nationalist movement. Unlike the main ...
, the
Citizens' Congress, and the
18th November Union.
When the 18th November Union merged into
For Fatherland and Freedom, he became a member of that party. He served as the
Speaker of the Saeima
The Speaker of the Saeima ( lv, Saeimas priekšsēdētājs; lit. "Chairperson of the Saeima") is the presiding officer of the Parliament of Latvia, the Saeima.
If the President of Latvia resigns from office, dies or is removed from office be ...
from 1998 to 2002, during the
7th Saeima. He was chairman of the TB/LNNK from 2002 to 2006, during the
8th Saeima, when he was also Deputy Chairman of the Saeima.
Footnotes
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1962 births
Living people
People from Sigulda
Latvian National Independence Movement politicians
For Fatherland and Freedom/LNNK politicians
Speakers of the Saeima
Deputies of the 5th Saeima
Deputies of the 6th Saeima
Deputies of the 7th Saeima
Deputies of the 8th Saeima
Riga Stradiņš University alumni
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