Immigrate to Latvia follow Latvia News: The new Latvian government was officially formed on November 5, 2014, following a parliamentary vote. Laimdota Straujuma from the Unity Party was re-elected as Prime Minister. The new government is composed of three parties: the Unity Party, the Union of Greens and Farmers, and the National Alliance (All For Latvia! – For Fatherland and Freedom/LNNK).
In addition to the position of Prime Minister, the Unity Party also secured five ministerial seats in the government, including the Minister of Finance, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Minister of the Interior.
Straujuma stated to the media that the three major tasks facing the new government are developing the economy, improving the lives of the people, and ensuring national security.
Laimdota Straujuma was born on February 24, 1951. She graduated from the Faculty of Physics and Mathematics at the University of Latvia and received a doctorate in economics in 1992. She previously worked at the Institute of Economics of the Latvian Academy of Sciences. From 2000, she served as Deputy State Secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture. From 2007 to 2011, she served as Deputy State Secretary and State Secretary of the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development. In October 2011, she became the Minister of Agriculture. She assumed the office of Prime Minister in January 2014.
The new Latvian parliament was elected on October 4 of this year.
