Dainis Turlais

Dainis Turlais
Dainis Turlais
	Minister of the Interior of Latvia
	In office; 21 December 1995 – 10 July 1997
Prime Minister	Andris Šķēle
Preceded by	Jānis Ādamsons
Succeeded by	Ziedonis Čevers
Personal details
Born	24 November 1950 (age 73); LPP/LC (2007–2012); Honor to serve Riga (2012–present)
Spouse	Nadežda Turlā
Alma mater	K. E. Voroshilov Military Academy of the General Staff of the Soviet Armed Forces

Dainis Turlais (born 24 November 1950 in

Latvian SSR) is a Latvian politician and former Soviet and Latvian officer

.

After being drafted into the

1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt

.

Before Turlais started his political career, he was commander of the

deputy of the 9th Saeima (Latvian Parliament), elected from the LPP/LC

party.

In 2011, he was founding member of the

mayor of Riga,^[1] but only after 21 days he was sacked in a vote of no-confidence by the Riga City Council, thus making him the shortest-ruling mayor of Riga.^[2]

References

^ "Councilman Turlais elected Riga mayor". LETA. May 30, 2019. Archived from the original on May 31, 2019. Retrieved May 31, 2019.
^ "Turlais neiztur uzticības balsojumu un zaudē Rīgas mēra amatu". 20 June 2019.

External links

Information about the MP Archived 2012-02-15 at the Wayback Machine

Preceded by Nils Ušakovs	Mayor of Riga 2019	Succeeded by Oļegs Burovs

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[1] "Councilman Turlais elected Riga mayor". LETA. May 30, 2019. Archived from the original on May 31, 2019. Retrieved May 31, 2019.

[2] "Turlais neiztur uzticības balsojumu un zaudē Rīgas mēra amatu". 20 June 2019.

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