For Latvia and Ventspils

For Latvia and Ventspils Latvijai un Ventspilij

Chairman	Aivars Lembergs
Founded	March 10, 1994 (1994-03-10)
Headquarters	4a Raina Street, Ventspils
Ideology	Regionalism Euroscepticism
Political position	Centre
Colours	Cyan, yellow
Ventspils City Council	9 / 13
Saeima	2 / 100
Website
www.latvijaiunventspilij.lv
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For Latvia and Ventspils (Latvian: Latvijai un Ventspilij) is a small political party in Latvia. It is mostly known because of its chairman Aivars Lembergs who has been mayor of Ventspils since 1988.^[1] In 2006 the party signed an agreement with the Union of Greens and Farmers allowing members of For Latvia and Ventspils to be elected in the Saeima, including the former speaker of the parliament Gundars Daudze,^[2] and current members Dana Reizniece-Ozola and Jānis Vucāns. Since then, Lembergs has been named as a candidate for the position of the prime minister many times.^[3]

References

↑ "Local government". Ventspils City Council. 2014. Retrieved June 28, 2014.
↑ "Par partiju (in Latvian)". Partija Latvijai un Ventspilij. 2014. Retrieved June 28, 2014.
↑ "Opinion: unfathomable how UGF could nominate Lembergs as its Prime Minister candidate". BNN. 2014. Retrieved June 28, 2014.

Political parties in Latvia

Saeima (100 seats)	Harmony (24) Unity (23) Union of Greens and Farmers (21) Latvian Farmers' Union Latvian Green Party For Latvia and Ventspils Liepāja Party National Alliance (17) For Latvia from the Heart (7) Latvian Association of Regions (7) Who owns the state? (1)

European Parliament (8 seats out of 751)	Unity EPP 4 National Alliance ECR 1 Harmony S&D 1 Latvian Russian Union Greens-EFA 1 Union of Greens and Farmers ALDE 1

Other parties	Christian Democratic Union Reform Party Latvian Development Socialist Party of Latvia Latvian Social Democratic Workers' Party

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