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Latvian journalist and politician From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ināra Mūrniece (born 30 December 1970) is a Latvian journalist, politician and a member of Saeima. She was Speaker of the Saeima from 2014 to 2022. In 2022, she was succeeded in that role by Edvards Smiltēns.
Ināra Mūrniece | |
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Minister for Defence of Latvia | |
In office 14 December 2022 – 15 September 2023 | |
Prime Minister | Arturs Krišjānis Kariņš |
Preceded by | Artis Pabriks |
Succeeded by | Andris Sprūds |
Speaker of the Saeima | |
In office 4 November 2014 – 1 November 2022 | |
Preceded by | Solvita Āboltiņa |
Succeeded by | Edvards Smiltēns |
Member of the Saeima | |
Assumed office 17 October 2011 | |
Personal details | |
Born | 30 December 1970 |
Political party | National Alliance |
Spouse |
Ritvars Jansons
(m. 1995; div. 2015) |
Children | 1 |
Alma mater | University of Latvia |
In 2007, she graduated from the School of Economics and Culture and in 2009, graduated from the University of Latvia. She worked as a journalist for the newspaper Latvijas Avīze, stopped working there in August 2011.[1]
In 2011, Mūrniece ran in the 11th Saeima elections from the list of the National Aliance and was elected to the Saeima. She worked in the Saeima as the Chairperson of the Human Rights and Public Affairs Commission.[2] In 2014, she was elected to the 12th Saeima and became the Speaker of the Saeima,[3][4] and retained the position as Speaker throughout the 12th term of the Saeima.
She was elected to the 13th Saeima in the autumn of 2018. For the second term in a row, Mūrniece was elected Speaker of the Saeima, against Dagmāra Beitnere-Le Galla .[5][6][7] Also, in next election in October 2022, she was reelected to 14th Saeima.
On 14 December 2022, Mūrniece became Minister of Defence of Latvia.
She was married to historian and politician Ritvars Jansons , who was a member of the 12th Saeima. They have a daughter. They divorced in 2015.[8]
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