Vents Armands Krauklis (born 3 February 1964 in

Valka Valka (; german: Walk) is a town and municipality in northern Latvia, on the border with Estonia along both banks of the river Pedele. Valka and the Estonian town Valga are twins, separated by the Estonian/Latvian border but using the slogan "O ...

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) is a

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n politician and musician as a member of the famous melodic music band Bumerangs.www.cvk.lv
/ref> He was a Deputy of the

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and a member of the People's Party. Currently (as of 2020) he is the Mayor of

Valka Municipality Valka Municipality ( lv, Valkas novads; et, Valka piirkond) is a municipality in Vidzeme, Latvia. The municipality was formed in 2009 by merging Valka town, Ērģeme Parish, Kārķi Parish, Valka Parish, Vijciems Parish and Zvārtava Parish ...

as a member of the regionalist

Vidzeme Party Vidzeme (; Old Latvian orthography: ''Widda-semme'', liv, Vidūmō) is one of the Historical Latvian Lands. The capital of Latvia, Riga, is situated in the southwestern part of the region. Literally meaning "the Middle Land", it is situated in n ...

, which nationally is allied to the

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1964 births Living people People from Valka People's Party (Latvia) politicians Deputies of the 9th Saeima {{Latvia-politician-stub