Solvita Āboltiņa

Latvian politician

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Solvita Āboltiņa
Āboltiņa in 2010

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 61) Riga, Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic
Political party	New Era (2002–2011) Unity (2011–present)
Spouse	Jānis Āboltiņš
Alma mater	University of Latvia

Solvita Āboltiņa (née Mellupe; born 19 February 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

After entering politics in 2001, 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 Jānis Junkurs forfeited his mandate to allow the party President to continue to sit in parliament.^[5] At the emergency congress of the "Unity" party on June 4, 2016, she no longer applied for the position of chairman of the board. In November 2017, S. Āboltiņa was expelled from the party "for disregarding the party's internal discipline, deliberately undermining the authority of the party board and participating in behind-the-scenes negotiations with the aim of discrediting the process of selecting the minister of economy". At the end of the year, the mandate of the deputy was suspended. .

Honours

Foreign Honours

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

References

^ "LR tieslietu ministre no 2004.gada 2.decembra" (in Latvian). The Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Latvia. Archived from the original on 2009-07-24. Retrieved 2009-03-13.
^ "History". Rīgas Valsts vācu ģimnāzija. Retrieved 2015-12-21.
^ "Speaker Solvita Aboltina". Latvijas Republikas Saeima. Retrieved 2015-12-18.
^ Aboltina voted in as chairwoman of Saeima National Security Committee, LETA, 6 November 2014, accessed 9 November 2014
^ "Elected Unity member declines Saeima seat". Public Broadcasting of Latvia. Retrieved 2015-12-18.

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Speaker Solvita Āboltiņa

Political offices
Preceded by Vineta Muižniece	Minister of Justice 2004–2006	Succeeded by Gaidis Bērziņš
Preceded by Gundars Daudze	Speaker of the Saeima 2010–2014	Succeeded by Ināra Mūrniece