Ēriks Jēkabsons
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Eriks Jekabsons (born 1959) is a Latvian politician who served as a Minister of Internal Affairs of Latvia.


Biography

Born on April 3, 1959 in
Riga Riga (; lv, Rīga , liv, Rīgõ) is the capital and largest city of Latvia and is home to 605,802 inhabitants which is a third of Latvia's population. The city lies on the Gulf of Riga at the mouth of the Daugava river where it meets the Ba ...
, he studied at the Riga Industrial Polytechnic and obtained a degree in furniture production. Between 1978 and 1980, he served in the
Soviet Army uk, Радянська армія , image = File:Communist star with golden border and red rims.svg , alt = , caption = Emblem of the Soviet Army , start_date ...
and studied at the Latvian State Institute of Physical Culture. Formerly a member of
Latvia's First Party The Latvia's First Party ( lv, Latvijas Pirmā Partija) was a socially conservative, Christian-democratic right-wing political party in Latvia. It merged with Latvian Way to form Latvia's First Party/Latvian Way in 2007. It was founded on 25 M ...
, he left the party in 2005. In the same year, he married Natalija, his second marriage.


References

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