Alfrēds Rubiks
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Alfrēds Rubiks (Russian: Альфред Петрович Рубикс, Alfred Petrovich Rubiks; born 24 September 1935), is a Latvian communist politician and a former leader of the Communist Party of Latvia. He was a Member of the European Parliament for Latvia from 2009 until 2014. In the European Parliament he was a member of the European United Left–Nordic Green Left group.
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Alfrēds Rubiks | |
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Member of the European Parliament | |
In office 2009–2014 | |
Constituency | Latvia |
First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Latvia | |
In office 7 April 1990 – 24 August 1991 | |
Preceded by | Jānis Vagris |
Member of the 28th Politburo of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union | |
In office 13 June 1990 – 6 November 1991 | |
Chairman of the Riga City Executive Committee | |
In office 1984–1990 | |
Preceded by | Mečislavs Dubra [lv; ru] |
Succeeded by | Andrejs Inkulis [lv] |
Personal details | |
Born | (1935-09-24) 24 September 1935 (age 88) Daugavpils, Latvia |
Political party | Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1958—1991) Socialist Party of Latvia (since 1999) |
Other political affiliations | European United Left/Nordic Green Left |
Children | Raimonds Rubiks (1963), Artūrs Rubiks (1970) |
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Alma mater | Riga Polytechnic Institute (1963), Leningrad Higher Party School (1980) |
Profession | mechanical engineer |
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Due to his former allegiance with the Communist Party of Latvia after January 1991, Rubiks is prohibited from running for an electable office in Latvia under Latvian law.[1] His two sons Artūrs Rubiks and Raimonds Rubiks are also politicians and members of the Saeima for Harmony.