Latvian Green Party

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Latvian Green Party
Latvijas Zaļā partija
AbbreviationLZP
ChairmanEdgars Tavars
FounderOļegs Batarevskis
Founded13 January 1990; 31 years ago (1990-01-13)
HeadquartersRiga, Skolas iela 3 (4 stāvs), 401 kab. LV-1010
Membership (2017)790[1]
IdeologyGreen politics[2]
Green conservatism
Social conservatism[2]
Political positionCentre[2] to centre-right[3][4]
National affiliationUnion of Greens and Farmers
European affiliationEuropean Green Party (2003-19)
International affiliationGlobal Greens
Colours  Green
Saeima
2 / 100
[5]
European Parliament
0 / 8
Mayors
3 / 43
Party flag
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Website
zp.lv
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The Latvian Green Party (Latvian: Latvijas Zaļā partija, LZP) is a green political party in Latvia.[2] The party was founded on 13 January 1990, and in 2002 joined with the Latvian Farmers' Union to form the Union of Greens and Farmers (ZZS) alliance.[6][7] Unusually for a green party in Europe, the LZP is generally considered a centre-right party.[3][4][7] In November 2019 the party was expelled from the European Green Party for its diverging ideological stances with European green parties.[8] The party held the world's first prime minister affiliated to a green party with Indulis Emsis who in 2004 briefly served as Prime Minister of Latvia, and the world's first head of state as party member Raimonds Vējonis served as President of Latvia between 2015 and 2019.[7]

History[]

The Supreme Council of the Republic of Latvia elected in 1990 contained seven Green delegates. After the Constitution of Latvia was restored, following the collapse of the Soviet Union, the election of the 5th Saeima (1993-1995) returned one Green deputy, Anna Seile, on the list of the Latvian National Independence Movement (LNNK). In the 6th Saeima (1995-1998), there were four members: Indulis Emsis, , and .

From 1993 until 1998, the Greens were part of the governing coalition with Indulis Emsis as Minister of State for Environmental Protection.[7] The LZP contested 1995 general election in an electoral list with the LNNK, but lost its parliamentary representation in the 1998 general election, which it contested in alliance with the Labour Party and Christian Democratic Union.[6]

For the 2002 parliamentary election, the party formed the Union of Greens and Farmers (ZZS) with the Latvian Farmers' Union.[6][7] Three members of the Green party were elected: Indulis Emsis, and . The ZZS joined a four-party center-right coalition government and was represented with three ministers, one of them from the Green party, Raimonds Vējonis.

In February 2004, after the breakdown of the four-party government, Indulis Emsis was appointed to form a new government and became the first head of government of a country anywhere in the world from a Green party.[7][9] His minority government was forced to resign in December of the same year.[7] A new coalition government led by the People’s Party took office, in which the party was again represented as part of the ZZS.

For the 2006 parliamentary election, won four seats as part of the ZZS.[6] The party remained part of the centre-right coalition government along with the People’s Party, Latvia's First Party/Latvian Way, and For Fatherland and Freedom. Party chairman and former prime minister Indulis Emsis became Speaker of the Saeima from November 2006 until September 2007.[8]

Leading politicians of the party have often supported nationalist and anti-LGBT positions,[10] leading to its expulsion from the European Green Party on 10 November 2019.[8]

Electoral results[]

Legislative elections[]

Election Party leader Performance Rank Government
Votes % ± pp Seats +/–
1993 Oļegs Batarevskis 149,347 13.35
(LNNK[a]) 		New
1 / 100
 New 2nd Coalition
1995 60,352 6.35
(NKP-ZP[b]) 		Decrease 7.00
4 / 100
 Increase 3 Decrease 7th Coalition
1998 22,018 2.30
(DP-LKDS-ZP[c]) 		Decrease 4.05
0 / 100
 Decrease 4 Decrease 8th Extra-parliamentary
2002 93,759 9.47
(ZZS[d]) 		Increase 7.17
5 / 100
 Increase 5 Increase 5th Coalition
2006 Raimonds Vējonis 151,595 16.81
(ZZS[e]) 		Increase 7.34
4 / 100
 Decrease 1 Increase 2nd Coalition
2010 190,025 20.11
(ZZS[f]) 		Increase 3.30
4 / 100
 Steady 0 Decrease 3rd Coalition
2011 111,957 12.33
(ZZS[g]) 		Decrease 7.78
4 / 100
 Steady 0 Decrease 5th Opposition
2014 Edgars Tavars 178,210 19.66
(ZZS[h]) 		Increase 7.33
4 / 100
 Steady 0 Increase 3rd Coalition
2018 83,675 9.97
(ZZS[i]) 		Decrease 9.69
1 / 100
 Decrease 3 Decrease 6th Opposition
  1. ^ LNNK list won 15 seats - 1 went to LZP
  2. ^ NKP-ZP list won 8 seats - 4 to NKP - 4 to ZP
  3. ^ DP-LKDS-ZP list won 0 seats
  4. ^ ZZS list won 12 seats - 7 to LZS - 5 to LZP
  5. ^ ZZS list won 18 seats - 12 to LZS - 4 to LZP - 2 to LuV
  6. ^ ZZS list won 22 seats - 13 to LZS - 4 to LZP - 3 to LuV - 2 to LP
  7. ^ ZZS list won 13 seats - 5 to LZS - 4 to LZP - 2 to LuV - 1 to LP
  8. ^ ZZS list won 21 seats - 11 to LZS - 4 to LZP - 3 to LuV - 3 to LP
  9. ^ ZZS list won 11 seats - 5 to LZS - 1 to LZP - 2 to LuV - 3 to LP

Chairpersons[]

Three co-chairpersons share the leadership position at any one time. Former chairpersons of the Latvian Green Party include:

  • (1990–1997)
  • (1990–1991)
  • (1990–1995)
  • (1991–1993)
  • (1993–1994)
  • (1994–1995)
  • Indulis Emsis (from 1995)
  • (1995–1996)
  • (1996–2001)
  • (1997–2003)
  • (from 2001)
  • Raimonds Vējonis (from 2003)

As of 2011, chairpersons are Viesturs Silenieks and Raimonds Vējonis.

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Latvijā partijās daudzkārt mazāk biedru nekā Lietuvā un Igaunijā. Kāpēc tā?" (in Latvian). LSM.lv. 2 January 2018. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c d Nordsieck, Wolfram (2018). "Latvia". Parties and Elections in Europe. Archived from the original on 27 September 2018.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b FIBS Report: Central Eurasia, 1993, p. 107.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b Marja Nissinen: Latvia's Transition to a Market Economy: Political Determinants of Economic Reform Policy, London: Palgrave Macmillan 1998, p. 119.
  5. ^ https://jauns.lv/raksts/zinas/421333-reiznieces-ozolas-vieta-darbu-saeima-saks-edgars-tavars Reiznieces-Ozolas vietā darbu Saeimā sāks Edgars Tavars
  6. ^ Jump up to: a b c d David J. Galbreath; Daunis Auers (2010). "Green, Black and Brown: Uncovering Latvia's Environmental Politics". In David J. Galbreath (ed.). Contemporary Environmentalism in the Baltic States: From Phosphate Springs to 'Nordstream'. Routledge. p. 63. ISBN 978-1-317-96590-9.
  7. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g Miranda Schreurs; Elim Papadakis, eds. (2019). Historical Dictionary of the Green Movement. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 205. ISBN 978-1-5381-1960-0.
  8. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Latvian Green Party expelled from European Green Party". Public Broadcasting of Latvia. LETA. 11 November 2019. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
  9. ^ Emilie van Haute: Green Parties in Europe, London: Routledge 2016, p. 118.
  10. ^ Emilie van Haute: Green Parties in Europe, London: Routledge 2016, p. 119.

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