| Janīna Kursīte-Pakule | |
| Office: | Deputy of the Saeima |
| Birth Date: | 2 March 1952 |
| Birth Place: | Arendole, Latvian SSR (now Latvia) |
| Party: | ?–2008 For Fatherland and Freedom/LNNK 2008–2011 Civic Union 2011–2014 Unity 2014–present National Alliance |
| Alma Mater: | University of Tartu, University of Latvia |
Janīna Kursīte-Pakule (born 2 March 1952, in Arendole)[1] is a Latvian literary scholar, linguist, writer,[2] publicist, and politician. She has served as deputy of the 9th, 10th, 11th, and 12th Saeimas.[3] Kursīte-Pakule is a member of the Latvian Academy of Sciences.
In 2018, after being re-elected to the Saeima, Kursīte-Pakule delivered her oath in Livonian before being asked to retake it in Latvian, which she did in the Livonian dialect of Latvian.[4] [5]