Māris Kučinskis

Māris Kučinskis
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Prime Minister of Latvia
Incumbent
Assumed office 11 February 2016
President	Raimonds Vējonis
Preceded by	Laimdota Straujuma
Minister of Regional Development and Local Government
In office 2 December 2004 – 7 November 2006
Prime Minister	Aigars Kalvītis
Preceded by	Andrejs Radzevičs
Succeeded by	Aigars Štokenbergs
Personal details
Born	(1961-11-28) 28 November 1961 Limbažu rajons, Latvian SSR (now Latvia)
Political party	People's Party (1998–2011) Liepāja Party (2014–present)
Other political affiliations	Union of Greens and Farmers (2014–present)
Alma mater	University of Latvia

Māris Kučinskis (born November 28, 1961, Limbažu novads) is a Latvian politician and the current Prime Minister of Latvia. He was first elected a Deputy of the Saeima in 2002 and was a member of the People's Party and the For a Good Latvia electoral alliance. At present he is a member of the Liepāja Party and the Union of Greens and Farmers alliance. On 13 January 2016 he was nominated to replace Laimdota Straujuma as the Prime Minister of Latvia, coming after her resignation the previous December. He was nominated by State President Raimonds Vējonis, and his cabinet was approved by the Saeima on 11 February. He is the first Prime Minister not to be a member of the Unity Party or one of its predecessors since 2009, and the first from the ZZS since 2004.

See also

• Kučinskis cabinet

External Links

• http://www.irliepaja.lv/lv/raksti/liepajnieki/maris-kucinskis-tures-solijumu-un-iestasies-liepajas-partija/ (in Latvian)

References

Political offices
Preceded by Laimdota Straujuma	Prime Minister of Latvia 2016–present	Incumbent