Māris Grīnblats
Māris Grīnblats | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Deputy of the Saeima | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 5 January 1955 Kuldīga, Latvian SSR |
| Political party | For Fatherland and Freedom/LNNK |
| Alma mater | University of Latvia |
Māris Grīnblats (born 5 January 1955 in Kuldīga, Soviet Union) is a Latvian politician for For Fatherland and Freedom/LNNK (TB/LNNK).
Grīnblats was a member of the Citizens' Congress, and a leader of the 18th November Union that emerged from it. He became the founding leader of For Fatherland and Freedom (TB), a party that was created from 18 November Union, in 1993.[1] After the 1995 parliamentary election, Grīnblats, as leader of the centre-right 'National Bloc' coalition formed around TB, was asked to become Prime Minister, but, on 23 November, he failed to get the confidence of the Saeima: falling short by one vote.[2] Instead, he became Minister for Education and Science and a Deputy Prime Minister to Andris Šķēle.[3]
During Grīnblats leadership of TB, it merged with Latvian National Independence Movement to form the TB/LNNK, and Grīnblats became the party's first chairman. He remained in that position until 2002, at the beginning of the 8th Saeima, when he became President of the TB/LNNK's faction in the national legislature, the Saeima, which he remained in the 9th Saeima.[1]
Footnotes
- ^ a b Ortiz de Zárate, Roberto (2009). "Leaders of Latvia". Retrieved 30 July 2010.
- ^ Dawisha, Karen; Parrott, Bruce (1997). The Consolidation of Democracy in East-Central Europe. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 282. ISBN 978-0-521-59938-2.
- ^ Day, Alan John; East, Roger; Thomas, Richard (2002). A political and Economic Dictionary of Eastern Europe. London: Routledge. p. 213. ISBN 978-1-85743-063-9.
| International | |
|---|---|
| National | |
 | This article about a Latvian politician is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- Use dmy dates from September 2012
- 1955 births
- Living people
- People from Kuldīga
- For Fatherland and Freedom/LNNK politicians
- Ministers of Education and Science of Latvia
- Deputies of the 5th Saeima
- Deputies of the 6th Saeima
- Deputies of the 7th Saeima
- Deputies of the 8th Saeima
- Deputies of the 9th Saeima
- University of Latvia alumni
- Latvian politician stubs