SEVEN DEMOCRATS AND A DICTATOR: FORMAL AND INFORMAL POWERS OF LATVIA’S PRESIDENTS
SEVEN DEMOCRATS AND A DICTATOR: FORMAL AND INFORMAL POWERS OF LATVIA’S PRESIDENTS

Author(s): Daunis Auers
Subject(s): Political history, Government/Political systems
Published by: Masarykova univerzita nakladatelství
Keywords: Latvia's presidents; Political history of Latvia; Government; Political system;
Summary/Abstract: In June 2011, Latvia’s Parliament (Saeima) elected the fourth state president since the renewal of independence in 1991 and the seventh in its history: Andris Bērziņš. A wealthy retired banker who had been elected to Parliament in the 2010 election on the Green-Farmers Union ticket,he was an unexpected, last-minute candidate, nominated just a week or so before the vote. His personal affairs, as well as his political philosophy, were utterly unknown to the wider public.

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