Linda Liepiņa

Latvian businesswoman and politician

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Linda Liepiņa


Member of the 14th Saeima
Member of the 13th Saeima
In office 6 November 2018 – 17 October 2020
President	Raimonds Vējonis Egils Levits
Premier	Krišjānis Kariņš

Personal details
Born	(1974-10-08) October 8, 1974 (age 49) Riga, Latvia
Political party	Latvia First
Education	Baltic International Academy
Occupation	Politician, businesswoman

Linda Liepiņa (born 8 October 1974 in Riga) is a Latvian businesswoman and politician. She is a former Member of the Thirteenth Saeima of Latvia (elected from the For a Humane Latvia party, but resigned). She currently represents the "Latvia First" party, which she co-founded in 2021.^[1] She has also lived and worked in France.^[2]

Liepina graduated from the Baltic Russian Institute (now known as the Baltic International Academy) in 2005, obtaining a professional master's degree in business management and administration.

In 2016, Liepiņa joined the party "Who Owns the State" and in 2018 was elected to the 13th Saeima on the KPV LV list. In 2019, L. Liepiņa left the KPV LV party and its Saeima faction, and in the future she will work in the Saeima as an independent opposition MP.^[3] She chaired the 13th Saeima's Requests Committee from the beginning of its work until September 2019.^[4]

References

^ Žukova, Katrīna (2019-05-29). "Liepiņa izstājas no 'KPV LV' frakcijas un partijas; izstāšanos apsver arī Sprūde". delfi.lv (in Latvian). Retrieved 2022-05-01.
^ "Deputāte Linda Liepiņa atklāti par iemīlēšanos "sliktajos puišos" un vardarību no vīra puses". Apollo.lv (in Latvian). 2018-11-29. Retrieved 2022-05-01.
^ "Liepiņa izstājas no 'KPV LV' frakcijas un partijas; izstāšanos apsver arī Sprūde". www.delfi.lv (in Latvian). Retrieved 2023-09-26.
^ "Linda Liepiņa paziņo par Saeimas deputātes mandāta nolikšanu". www.lsm.lv (in Latvian). Retrieved 2023-09-26.