Miroslavs Mitrofanovs

Miroslavs Mitrofanovs
Member of the European Parliament
In office
2018–2019
Preceded byTatjana Ždanoka
ConstituencyLatvia
Member of the Saeima
In office
November 2006 – November 2010
ConstituencyLatgale
Member of the Saeima
In office
November 1998 – November 2002
ConstituencyLatgale
Personal details
Born (1966-12-18) 18 December 1966 (age 58)
Daugavpils, Soviet Union
CitizenshipUSSR (until 1991)
Latvia (since 1991)
Political partyLatvian Russian Union/LRU (2014–2024)
For Human Rights in a United Latvia/ForHRUL (2007–2014)
Equal Rights (1994–2007)
Other political
affiliations		European Free Alliance
Alma materUniversity of Latvia
Professionbiologist

Miroslavs Mitrofanovs or Miroslav Mitrofanov[1] (Russian: Миросла́в Бори́сович Митрофа́нов, Miroslav Borisovich Mitrofanov; born 18 December 1966 in Daugavpils, Soviet Union) is a Latvian Russian journalist and politician, Member of the 7th and 9th Saeima for For Human Rights in United Latvia. Co-chairman of ForHRUL (later renamed LRU) since 2011. He had been a member of the European Parliament since March 2018[2] until July 2019. In 2020, Mitrofanov was elected to the Riga City Council.[3]

In 2020 Mitrofanovs, alongside his party members Tatjana Ždanoka and Andrejs Mamikins, was included in the European Platform for Democratic Elections database of "biased observers" for backing disputed and rigged elections in Russia and occupied Ukraine.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Miroslav Mitrofanov". Russians of Latvia. Institute of the Russian heritage of Latvia. Retrieved August 22, 2018.
  2. ^ Berezovskaya, Alla (10 August 2018). "Miroslav Mitrofanov speaks on the struggle for the "Russian issues" in the European Parliament". Russki Mir. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
  3. ^ "August 29, 2020 Riga city elections". rd2020.cvk.lv.
  4. ^ "Five Latvian politicians named as 'politically biased election observers'". Public Broadcasting of Latvia. July 3, 2020. Retrieved July 19, 2020.
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