Indulis Emsis
Indulis Emsis | |
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![]() Emsis in 2004 | |
18th Prime Minister of Latvia | |
In office 9 March 2004 – 2 December 2004 | |
President | Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga |
Preceded by | Einars Repše |
Succeeded by | Aigars Kalvītis |
Speaker of the Saeima | |
In office 7 November 2006 – 24 September 2007 | |
Preceded by | Ingrīda Ūdre |
Succeeded by | Gundars Daudze |
Personal details | |
Born | Green Party | 2 January 1952
Alma mater | University of Latvia |
Indulis Emsis (born 2 January 1952) is a
Early life
Emsis graduated from Riga First Secondary School in 1970 and graduated from the University of Latvia with a degree in biology in 1975. In 1986, he received his PhD, also in biology. Until 1990, he worked as a research scientist in environmental science. From 1976 to 1987 Emsis worked as a research associate at the scientific production association "Silava", and head of its labor protection laboratory between 1987 and 1989. Emsis also worked as deputy chairman of the Soviet Latvia's State Nature Protection Committee.
Start of political career
In 1990, he became one of founders of Latvian Green Party (LZP) and served as Minister for the environment in the 1990s, working especially for a clean Baltic Sea. He is currently one of the three chairpersons of the Latvian Green Party, which forms a part of Union of Greens and Farmers. Emsis was included on the Green ticket for the 5th Saeima elections in 1993. Emsis was appointed special assignments minister of natural protection in Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development in the government of Valdis Birkavs in 1993. Emsis also held the office in the government of Māris Gailis in 1994.
Emsis was elected to the 6th Saeima from the ticket of LNNK/LZP in 1995. As a member of the 6th Saeima, Emsis was elected to the parliament's Economic Policy Committee. Emsis was appointed special assignments minister of environment in the ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development when Andris Šķēle's government was approved in 1995. Emsis again assumed the post when Šķēle returned with a new government in 1997, and also held it in the government of Guntars Krasts.
In 1996, Emsis was awarded the
In 2000, LZP congress nominated Emsis as the party's candidate for Riga mayor ahead of municipal elections. Emsis was elected to the Riga City Council form LZP ticket in March 2001, he worked as deputy chairman of the city council's City Development Committee.
In October 2002, Emsis was included on the ZZS ticket for the 8th Saeima elections. Emsis was elected to Saeima, and was appointed deputy chairman of the ZZS parliamentary group. Emsis was elected head of the Economic, Agricultural, Environmental and Regional Policy Committee, he also worked on the Public Expenditure and Audit Committee.
As prime minister
After the resignation of New Era Party leader Einars Repše's government, President Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga assigned Emsis to form a new government; the Saeima voted Emsis' government in office in March 2004.
On 9 March 2004, he became the prime minister of Latvia, leading a centre-right
Emsis was the first member of a Green party to become Prime Minister of a country. On 28 October 2004, the government fell as the Saeima voted 39–53 against the government's budget proposal for the year 2005. He left office on 2 December 2004, when parliament confirmed Aigars Kalvītis of the People's Party as Prime Minister.
Speaker of Saeima
Emsis returned to the Saeima in December 2004. In October 2006, Emsis was elected to the 9th Saeima from the ticket of the Union of Greens and Farmers. On 7 November 2006, he was elected
COVID-19
On 12 December 2021, Emsis made public statements on COVID-19 treatment very far removed from the scientific consensus.[2]
References
- ^ "Triju Zvaigžņu ordenis" (in Latvian). gramata21.lv. Retrieved 2 December 2008.
- ^ Purina, Evita; Bite, Jūlija. "Ekspremjers Emsis reklamē nereģistrētas zāles un pievienojas Covid maldinātājiem". rebaltica.lv. re:baltica. Retrieved 17 December 2021.