Ināra Mūrniece

Ināra Mūrniece (born 30 December 1970) is a Latvian journalist and politician who is Speaker of the Saeima (Latvian Parliament) since 2014.[1] She was re-elected as Speaker on 6 November 2018 by 44 votes to 32.[2][3][4]

Ināra Mūrniece
Official portrait, 2018
Speaker of the Saeima
Assumed office
4 November 2014
Preceded bySolvita Āboltiņa
Personal details
Born (1970-12-30) 30 December 1970
Political partyNational Alliance
Spouse(s)
Ritvars Jansons
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(m. 1995; div. 2015)​
ChildrenRegīna Anna Mūrniece
Alma materUniversity of Latvia

Biography

In 2007, she graduated from the School of Economics and Culture and in 2009, graduated from the University of Latvia. She worked as a journalist for the newspaper Latvijas Avīze, stopped working there in August 2011.

Political activities

In 2011, Mūrniece ran in the 11th Saeima elections from the list of the National Aliance and was elected to the Saeima. She worked in the Saeima as the Chairperson of the Human Rights and Public Affairs Commission.[5] In 2014, she was elected to the 12th Saeima and became the Speaker of the Saeima, and retained the position as Speaker throughout the 12th term of the Saeima.[6]

She was elected to the 13th Saeima in the autumn of 2018. For the second term in a row, Mūrniece was elected Speaker of the Saeima, against Dagmāra Beitnere-Le Galla.

Personal life

She was married to historian and politician Ritvars Jansons, who was a member of the 12th Saeima. They have one daughter. They divorced in 2015.[7]

References
  1. "Inara Murniece elected new Saeima speaker in Latvia". The Baltic Course. 5 November 2014. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
  2. "Mūrniece re-elected as Saeima speaker". Public Broadcasting of Latvia. 6 November 2018. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
  3. "Ināra Mūrniece to remain the speaker of the Saeima of the Republic of Latvia". Baltic News Network. 6 November 2018. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
  4. "Inara Murniece re-elected Latvia's Saeima speaker". The Baltic Course. 6 November 2018. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
  5. "Saeimas cilvēktiesību komisiju vadīs Ināra Mūrniece, viņas vietnieks - Cilevičs". October 21, 2011. Archived from the original on October 24, 2011.
  6. Kincis, Jānis (November 4, 2014). "Saeimas priekšsēdētājas amatā ievēlēta Ināra Mūrniece; notiek balsošana par pārējo prezidiju". Diena.
  7. Sergejeva, Santa (October 7, 2015). "VAKARA ZIŅAS: Ināra Mūrniece pēc 22 gadu kopdzīves šķīrusies no vīra". Neatkarīgā Rīta Avīze.


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