Solvita Āboltiņa

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Solvita Āboltiņa
Speaker of the Saeima
In office 2 November 2010 – 4 November 2014
Preceded by	Gundars Daudze
Succeeded by	Ināra Mūrniece
Minister of Justice
In office 2 December 2004 – 7 November 2006
Prime Minister	Aigars Kalvītis
Preceded by	Vineta Muižniece
Succeeded by	Gaidis Bērziņš
Personal details
Born	Solvita Mellupe (1963-02-19) 19 February 1963 (age 58) Riga, Latvian SSR (now Latvia)
Political party	New Era (2002–2011) Unity (2011–present)
Spouse(s)	Jānis Āboltiņš
Alma mater	University of Latvia

Solvita Āboltiņa née Mellupe (born February 19, 1963) is a Latvian politician who was Speaker of the Saeima from 2010 until 2014.^[1]

Early life[]

She graduated from Riga Secondary School No. 5, a German language immersion school in 1981, and from the Faculty of Law at the Latvian State University in 1986.^[2][3]

Political career[]

With his Excellency President of Turkmenistan

She is the leader of Unity, Latvia's largest centre-right party and partner in the current coalition government. Despite being the leader of the largest governing party, she has never been the Prime Minister of Latvia. She has been a deputy of the Saeima since November 7, 2006. In November 2014 after a parliamentary election she was replaced as the speaker and appointed chairwoman of the National Security Committee of the Saeima.^[4] She caused controversy after being 'struck off' the Unity list of candidates by electors at the 2014 election. Such an outcome is possible for any candidate under Latvia's method of proportional representation. As a result, she was not returned as a member of the Saeima and elected Unity member forfeited his mandate to allow the party President to continue to sit in parliament.^[5]

Honours[]

Foreign Honours[]

•  Estonia: Recipient First Class of the Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana (05.06.2012, serie 1003 - decision n° 99)

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