United for Latvia explained

Country:Latvia
United for Latvia
Native Name:Vienoti Latvijai
Leader:Inese Muhamberga
Foundation:2011
Ideology:Economic liberalism
Populism
Position:Centre to centre-right
Colours:Purple, Green
Headquarters:Ventspils iela 4-10, Rēzekne, LV4601
Seats1 Title:Saeima
Seats2 Title:European Parliament
Website:vienotilatvijai.lv

United for Latvia (Latvian: Vienoti Latvijai) is a populist and economically liberal political party in Latvia. It was founded in 2011 in Rēzekne and in 2013 Ainārs Šlesers became party chairman. Šlesers has been dubbed one of the three "oligarchs" prominent in Latvian politics,[1] and United for Latvia marks his return to electoral politics. He was previously leader of Latvia's First Party/Latvian Way and has served in several governments of Latvia including as Deputy Prime Minister in the government of Aigars Kalvītis and Minister of Transport in the second government of Ivars Godmanis, both of whom are party members. Other formerly prominent Latvian politicians who are now party members include Jānis Jurkāns and Jānis Straume. The party is yet to win seats in the Saeima or the European Parliament. Šlesers and several other party members have been in the past among the Latvian politicians most willing to cooperate with Harmony and other Russian parties in Latvia.

In February 2016, Inese Muhamberga replaced Šlesers as party leader.[2] In May 2018 she announced that the party would not contest the 2018 Latvian parliamentary election.[3]

Election results

Legislative elections

ElectionParty leaderPerformanceRankGovernment
Votes%± ppSeats+/–
2014Ainārs Šlesers10,788 1.19NewNew8th
2018align=left rowspan=2Inese MuhambergaDid not participate
20221,416 0.16 1.03 0 18th

See also

Notes and References

  1. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-09-13/latvians-weary-of-corruption-to-oust-oligarchs-as-gdp-lags.html Eglitis, Aaron. "Latvians Weary of Corruption to Oust Oligarchs as GDP Lags"
  2. News: Šlesers atstājis partijas "Vienoti Latvijai" vadību. LSM.lv. 2018-09-17. lv.
  3. News: Partija 'Vienoti Latvijai' nestartēs Saeimas vēlēšanās (United for Latvia will not participate in the Saeima elections). DELFI. 2018-05-17. DELFI. 2018-09-17. lv.