Honor to serve Riga

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Honor to serve Riga!
Gods kalpot Rīgai!
LeaderAndris Ameriks[1][2]
FoundedMarch 17, 2012[1][2]
HeadquartersRiga
Membership (2018)605[3]
IdeologyRegionalism[1][2]
Political positionCentre-right
ColoursBlue, white
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Honor to serve Riga! (Latvian: Gods kalpot Rīgai!, GKR) is a municipal political party located in Riga, Latvia. It was created on March 17, 2012 and is led by Andris Ameriks, the former deputy mayor of Riga.[1][2]

In 2013 the party entered an electoral alliance with the centre-left Harmony party to participate in the Riga municipal election. The joint Harmony/GKR list won 58.5% and 39 seats, of which Proud to serve Riga received 15. Together the two parties control the Riga City Council. From 2004–2011 Andris Ameriks was a member of the Riga Council for the Latvia's First Party and thereafter Latvia's First Party/Latvian Way, a party of centre-right orientation. The majority of party members were former deputies of the LFP/LW fraction in Riga City Council.[4]

In the 2020 Riga City Council election GKR ran separately from Harmony due to a previous breakup of their alliance, winning five seats and a later becoming a member of the opposition.

The only representative of the party in the Saeima is Jūlija Stepaņenko, elected from the Harmony list in the 2018 parliamentary election.

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c d "A new regional party Honor to Serve Riga established today". Baltic News Network. March 17, 2012. Retrieved July 1, 2018.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c d "Ameriks elected new regional party leader". The Baltic Times. March 19, 2012. Retrieved July 1, 2018.
  3. ^ "Partijas "Gods kalpot Rīgai" priekšsēdētāja amatā pārvēlēts Andris Ameriks" (in Latvian). Gods Kalpot Rīgai. November 3, 2018. Retrieved March 27, 2019.
  4. ^ "Harmony Center/Honor To Serve Riga win 39 seats on City Council". The Baltic Course. June 2, 2013. Retrieved July 1, 2018.

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