Edvards Smiltēns | |
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12th Speaker of the Saeima | |
In office 1 November 2022 – 20 September 2023 | |
President |
Egils Levits Edgars Rinkēvičs |
Prime Minister | Krišjānis Kariņš |
Preceded by | Ināra Mūrniece |
Succeeded by | Daiga Mieriņa |
Personal details | |
Born | 18 September 1984 |
Political party | United List |
Children | 1 son |
Edvards Smiltēns (born 18 September 1984) is a Latvian politician. He was Speaker of the Saeima from 2022 to 2023. [1]
Smiltēns was born in 1984 in Riga, Latvia. [2] He received his early education from Riga French Lyceum. [2] Later, he attended the University of Latvia, where he earned a bachelor's degree in social sciences in law. [2]
In November 2010, Smiltēns was elected as a member of the Saeima. [3] In November 2022, Smiltēns was elected as the Speaker of the Saeima. [4] Due to connection with the new government in Latvia and United List remained in opposition, in 20 September 2023, Edvards Smiltēns loses the chair of the Speaker of the Saeima and his successor is Daiga Mieriņa. [5] [6] [7] But since then he's now Secretary of the Saeima. [8]