Edvards Smiltēns

Edvards Smiltēns
Smiltēns in 2022
12th Speaker of the Saeima
In office
1 November 2022 – 20 September 2023
PresidentEgils Levits
Edgars Rinkēvičs
Prime MinisterKrišjānis Kariņš
Preceded byInāra Mūrniece
Succeeded byDaiga Mieriņa
Personal details
Born (1984-09-18) 18 September 1984 (age 40)
Political partyUnited List
Children1 son

Edvards Smiltēns (born 18 September 1984) is a Latvian politician. He was Speaker of the Saeima from 2022 to 2023.[1]

Early life and education

Smiltēns was born in 1984 in Riga, Latvia.[2] He received his early education from Riga French Lyceum.[2] Later, he attended the University of Latvia, where he earned a bachelor's degree in social sciences in law.[2]

Career

In November 2010, Smiltēns was elected as a member of the Saeima.[3] In November 2022, Smiltēns was elected as the Speaker of the Saeima.[4] Due to connection with the new government in Latvia and United List remained in opposition, in 20 September 2023, Edvards Smiltēns loses the chair of the Speaker of the Saeima and his successor is Daiga Mieriņa.[5][6][7] But since then he's now Secretary of the Saeima.[8]

References

  1. ^ "Läti parlament valis uueks spiikriks Edvards Smiltensi". ERR. 1 November 2022. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
  2. ^ a b c "Edvards Smiltēns - Latvijas Reģionu Apvienība. Stipri reģioni. Stipra Latvija". Apvieniba.lv. 6 October 2022. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
  3. ^ "Edvards Smiltēns - Latvijas Republikas 10.Saeima". Titania.saeima.lv. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
  4. ^ "Edvards Smiltēns elected new Saeima Speaker". eng.lsm.lv. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
  5. ^ "Smiltēns zaudē Saeimas spīkera krēslu". lsm.lv. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
  6. ^ "Saeima speaker vacancy finally filled". eng.lsm.lv. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
  7. ^ "Daiga Mieriņa elected the Speaker of the Saeima". saeima.lv. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
  8. ^ "Amatus pārbīda arī Saeimas prezidijā". lsm.lv. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
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