For Latvia and Ventspils ( lv, Latvijai un Ventspilij, LuV) is a regionalist

political party A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular country's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific political ideology ...

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 ...

that mainly operates as a localist party in Ventspils. It is mostly known for its chairman,

Aivars Lembergs Aivars Lembergs (born September 26, 1953) is a Latvian politician, oligarch, and convicted money launderer who was the mayor of Ventspils from 1988 to 2021, a mandate from which he has been suspended since 2008. In February 2021, Lembergs was f ...

, who has been mayor of Ventspils between 1988 until his arrest in 2021. In 2006, the party signed an agreement with the Union of Greens and Farmers to allow members of For Latvia and Ventspils to be elected to the Saeima, including the former speaker of the parliament

Gundars Daudze Gundars Daudze (born May 9, 1965, Riga) is a Latvian physician and politician, Speaker of the 9th Saeima (parliament) of Latvia (2007-2010). He is a member of the For Latvia and Ventspils party, which participates in national elections as a membe ...

, and current members

Dana Reizniece-Ozola Dana Reizniece-Ozola (born November 6, 1981) is a Latvian chess player and politician. She is the current managing director of the International Chess Federation (FIDE) since 2021. She also served as minister of Economics (2014–2016) and mini ...

and

Jānis Vucāns Jānis Vucāns (born 9 February 1956) is a Latvian politician and mathematician. He is the member of the '' Latvijai un Ventspilij'' Party and a deputy of the 11th, 12th and 13th Saeima, representing the Union of Greens and Farmers. He began his c ...

. Since then, Lembergs has been named as a candidate for the position of the prime minister many times.

Electoral results

Ventspils local elections

Legislative elections

References

External links

Official website
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