Yakov Gdalyevich Pliner (russian: Я́ков Гда́льевич Пли́нер, lv, Jakovs Pliners; born December 27, 1946, in

Rēzekne Rēzekne (, ; German: ''Rositten'') is a state city in the Rēzekne River valley in Latgale region of eastern Latvia. It is called ''The Heart of Latgale'' (Latvian ''Latgales sirds'', Latgalian ''Latgolys sirds''). Built on seven hills, Rēzekn ...

) is a Latvian politician of

Jewish Jews ( he, יְהוּדִים, , ) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and nation originating from the Israelites Israelite origins and kingdom: "The first act in the long drama of Jewish history is the age of the Israelites""The ...

origin and MP of the 7th, 8th and 9th convocations for the union

For Human Rights in United Latvia The Latvian Russian Union (LRU, lv, Latvijas Krievu savienība, russian: Русский союз Латвии, Russkiy soyuz Latvii) (LKS) is a political party in Latvia supported mainly by ethnic Russians and other Russian-speaking minorities. ...

(ForHRUL). He was member of Social Democratic party group in the

Baltic Assembly The Baltic Assembly (BA) is a regional organisation that promotes intergovernmental cooperation between Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. It attempts to find a common position in relation to many international issues, including economic, politic ...

Biography

1965–1970 — studied at the Teachers' Institute of Daugavpils, profession – secondary school teacher of biology and chemistry. 1970–1975 — teacher, assistant director, director of the Virbi secondary school (Talsi district). 1975–1983 — worked in the Department of Education of

Talsi Talsi (; liv, Tālsa, german: Talsen) (population 11,371) is a town in Latvia. It is the administrative centre of Talsi Municipality. It is nicknamed the "green pearl of Courland". Etymology It is believed that the name is derived from an old L ...

Executive Committee. 1983–1993 — worked in the Ministry of Education of Latvia. 1993–1998 — founder and director of the "Eureka" (''Эврика'') private college of general education. 1997 — Pliner received his '' Dr. paed.'' degree from the

University of Latvia University of Latvia ( lv, Latvijas Universitāte, shortened ''LU'') is a state-run university located in Riga, Latvia established in 1919. The ''QS World University Rankings'' places the university between 801st and 1000th globally, seventh ...

, and was elected to the

Riga City Council Riga City Council ( lv, Rīgas dome) is the government of the city of Riga, the capital of Latvia. Its meeting place is in the Riga Town Hall (''Rīgas rātsnams)'' at the Town Hall Square (''Rātslaukums'') in the very heart of Riga. The Riga C ...

from

National Harmony Party The National Harmony Party ( Latvian: ''Tautas Saskaņas partija'', TSP; russian: Партия народного согласия) was a political party in Latvia. The party identified with social democracy. It supported further liberalisation o ...

(NHP). 1998 — elected to the 7th Saeima (Parliament). 2002 — elected to the 8th Saeima. 2003 — Pliner left NHP (which had withdrawn from For Human Rights in a United Latvia (ForHRUL) that year) and returned to the union. He became the leader of the newly founded party "Free Choice in People's Europe" (BITE), co-chairman of ForHRUL (until 2015) and chairman of its parliamentary group. One of the leaders of

Headquarters for the Protection of Russian Schools Headquarters for the Protection of Russian Schools (russian: Штаб защиты русских школ; lv, Krievu skolu aizstāvības štābs) is a movement in Latvia for the preservation of public secondary education in Russian. Its leaders ...

, writing several publications on the language of instruction issues. 2006 — before the parliamentary elections, ForHRUL named Pliner its candidate for Prime Minister. Elected to the 9th Saeima, remained chairman of ForHRUL parliamentary group (until 2010). 2020 - elected to the Riga City Council.https://rd2020.cvk.lv/pub/en/election-results/riga/candidate-lists/latvijas-krievu-savieniba

References

External links

CV
of Pliner on ForHRUL site *Pliner'
politics blog
at the newspaper

Diena ''Diena'' (''The Day'') is a Latvian language national daily newspaper in Latvia, published since 23 November 1990. It is one of Latvia's largest daily periodicals and used to be considered as a paper of record. Following the change of owners ...

's website 1946 births Living people People from Rēzekne Latvian people of Russian-Jewish descent National Harmony Party politicians Latvian Russian Union politicians Deputies of the 7th Saeima Deputies of the 8th Saeima Deputies of the 9th Saeima University of Latvia alumni University of Daugavpils alumni {{Latvia-politician-stub