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Inese Vaidere

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Inese Vaidere
Member of the European ParliamentforLatvia
In office
20 July 2004 – 30 June 2014
In office
1 November 2014 – present
Personal details
Born(1952-09-03)3 September 1952(age 72)
Jelgava,Latvian SSR
Political partyFor Fatherland and Freedom/LNNK(1998–2008)
Civic Union(2008–2012)
Unity(2012–present)
Alma materUniversity of Latvia
OccupationEconomist
Websitevaidere.lv

Inese Vaidere(born 3 September 1952) is aLatvianpolitician who currently serves as aMember of the European Parliament(MEP).

Political career

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Role in national politics

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Vaidere was Minister of State for the Environment in theKrištopans cabinetfrom 1998 to 1999, Vice-Mayor ofRigafrom 2001 to 2002[1]and a member of theSaeimafrom 2002 to 2004.[2]

Member of the European Parliament, 2004–present

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Vaidere was elected to theEuropean Parliamentin 2004 from theFor Fatherland and Freedom/LNNKlist and sat with theUnion for a Europe of Nationsgroup. In 2009 she was elected from theCivic Unionlist and sat with theEuropean People's Partygroup.

Between 2004 and 2014, Vaidere was a member of theCommittee on Foreign Affairsand theSubcommittee on Human Rights.In 2013, she drafted the parliament's report on the impact of the financial and economic crisis on human rights, which calls for the EU to help developing countries create social-protection schemes.[3]

In 2014, Vaidere was placed 6th on theUnitylist and was preferenced 5th by voters.[4]Unity won 4 of Latvia's European Parliament seats and she was not elected. However the first candidate elected on the list,Valdis Dombrovskis,became theEuropean Commissioner for the Euro and Social Dialogueon 1 November 2014 and ceased to be an MEP. Vaidere, as next in line on the Unity list, replaced him in the Parliament.[5]

From 2014 until 2019, Vaidere was a member of theCommittee on Budgets.Since 2019, she has been serving on theCommittee on Economic and Monetary Affairs.In addition to her committee assignments, she is a member of the European Parliament Intergroup on Integrity (Transparency, Anti-Corruption and Organized Crime),[6]the European Parliament Intergroup on Traditional Minorities, National Communities and Languages,[7]the European Parliament Intergroup on Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs),[8]the European Parliament Intergroup on the Digital Agenda[9]and the European Internet Forum.[10]

Political positions

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Vaidere is a signatory of thePrague Declaration on European Conscience and Communism.[11]

In 2015, news media reported that Vaidere was included in a Russian blacklist of prominent people from theEuropean Unionwho are not allowed to enter the country.[12][13]

References

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  1. ^"Inese Vaidere".Unity.Archived fromthe originalon 2019-05-26.Retrieved2014-11-17.
  2. ^"Inese Vaidere".Saeima.Retrieved2014-11-17.[permanent dead link]
  3. ^Olivier De Schutter and Magdalena Sepúlveda (January 16, 2013),The EU’s most promising exportEuropean Voice.
  4. ^"European Elections 2014".Central Election commission of Latvia.Retrieved2014-11-17.
  5. ^"History of parliamentary service".European Parliament.Retrieved2014-11-17.
  6. ^Members of the European Parliament on Integrity (Transparency, Anti-Corruption and Organized Crime)European Parliament.
  7. ^Intergroup on Traditional Minorities, National Communities and LanguagesEuropean Parliament.
  8. ^Intergroup on Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs)European Parliament.
  9. ^MembersArchived2016-01-08 at theWayback MachineEuropean Parliament Intergroup on the Digital Agenda.
  10. ^MembersEuropean Internet Forum.
  11. ^"Prague Declaration: Selected signatories".Institute for Information on the Crimes of Communism.Archived fromthe originalon 2011-08-25.Retrieved2011-05-10.
  12. ^Laurence Norman (May 30, 2015),Russia Produces Blacklist of EU People Banned From Entering CountryWall Street Journal.
  13. ^European Union anger at Russian travel blacklistBBC News,May 31, 2015.


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