Dainis Turlais
Dainis Turlais (born 24 November 1950 in Madona, Latvian SSR) is a Latvian politician.
Before Turlais started his political career, he was commander of the Latvian National Armed Forces (1992 - 1994), from 21 December 1995 to 10 July 1997 he was Latvia's Minister of the Interior. From 7 November 2006 to 5 March 2009 he served as a deputy of the 9th Saeima (Latvian Parliament), elected from the LPP/LC party.
In 2011, he was founding member of the Honor to serve Riga party. In 2013, he was elected to Riga City Council and on May 30, 2019 Turlais was elected the Mayor of Riga[1], but only after 21 days he got fired by Riga City Council, thus making him the shortest ruling Mayor of Riga.[2]
References
- ^ "Councilman Turlais elected Riga mayor". LETA. May 30, 2019. Retrieved May 31, 2019.
- ^ https://www.delfi.lv/news/national/politics/turlais-neiztur-uzticibas-balsojumu-un-zaude-rigas-mera-amatu.d?id=51211471
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