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The Socialist Party of Latvia (Latvian: Latvijas Sociālistiskā partija) was formed in 1994 in response to the banning of the Communist party after the collapse of the Soviet Union. In its essence, the party is communist. See also: Lists of office-holders Categories: | ... Vaira VÄ«Ä·e-Freiberga (left) with Condoleezza Rice Dr. Vaira VÄ«Ä·e-Freiberga (born December 1, 1937 in Riga, Latvia) is the current and first female President of Latvia. ... The Prime Minister of Latvia is the most powerful member of the Latvian government, and presides over the Latvian cabinet. ... Aigars KalvÄ«tis (born June 27, 1966) is a Latvian politician and the current Prime Minister of Latvia. ... The Saeima Plenary Chamber The Saeima is the parliament of the Republic of Latvia. ... If the President of Latvia decides to dissolve the Saeima (parliament), the Constitution calls for a referendum to be held immediately. ... Political parties in Latvia lists political parties in Latvia. ... Elections in Latvia gives information on election and election results in Latvia. ... Elections for 5th Saeima, the parliament of Latvia were held on June 5 and June 6, 1993. ... Elections for 6th Saeima, the parliament of Latvia were held on September 30 and October 1, 1995. ... Elections for 7th Saeima, the parliament of Latvia were held on October 3, 1998. ... Elections for 8th Saeima, the parliament of Latvia were held on October 5, 2002. ... The next Latvian general election is scheduled to be held on October 7, 2006. ... Latvia is divided into 26 districts (apriņķis; plural - apriņķi)(more often - rajons (rajoni)) and 7 cities (lielpilsÄ“tas; singular - lielpilsÄ“ta), indicated with asterisks: Aizkraukle District AlÅ«ksne District Balvi District Bauska District CÄ“sis District Daugavpils District Daugavpils* Dobele District Gulbene District JÄ“kabpils District Jelgava District... The European Union or EU is a supranational and international organization of 27 member states. ... Today`s Republic of Latvia regards itself as a continuation of the 1918-1940 republic. ... Information on politics by country is available for every country, including both de jure and de facto independent states, inhabited dependent territories, as well as areas of special sovereignty. ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by United Nations. ... In modern usage, a communist party is a political party which promotes communism, the sociopolitical ideology based on Marxism. ... This article is about communism as a form of society and as a political movement. ...

The current president of the party is Alfrēds Rubiks, once mayor of Riga and later leader of the anti-independence movement and head of the Latvian Communist Party (CPSU platform). He was imprisoned for six years in 1991 on charges of participating in a coup-d'état against the Latvian authorities in August 1991. He is not one of the party's members in the Saeima (Latvian Parliament) since he is not allowed to contest elections. Map of Latvia Coordinates: Founded 1201 Mayor Aivars Aksenoks Area    - City 307. ... 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A coup d’état (pronounced ), or simply coup, is the sudden overthrow of a government through unconstitutional means by a part of the state establishment — mostly replacing just the high-level figures. ... The Saeima Plenary Chamber The Saeima is the parliament of the Republic of Latvia. ...

The Socialist Party is mainly popular among the Russian-speaking population of Latvia. It places a high priority on issues important to ethnic Russians, such as language and citizenship laws. The party also believes that Latvian citizenship should be open to all people who were citizens of Latvia in 1990. This would entail a major change in the current law which only gives automatic citizenship to descendants of people who lived in Latvia before it was incorporated into the Soviet Union in 1940 and requires Russians who moved to Latvia between 1940 and 1990 to go through a naturalization process. Russian (Russian: ,  ) is the most widely spoken language of Eurasia and the most widespread of the Slavonic languages. ... This article is about the year. ... Naturalization is the act whereby a person voluntarily and actively acquires a nationality which is not his or her nationality at birth. ...

In the election, on 5 October 2002, the party was part of the For Human Rights in United Latvia (Par cilvēka tiesībām vienotā Latvijā) coalition that won 19.0% of the popular vote and 25 out of 100 seats. The party was a member of this alliance of predominantly Russian-speaking parties from 1998 to 2003. The Socialist Party itself won 5 out of 100 seats in the Saeima, the Latvian parliament, during the 2002 elections. Elections in Latvia gives information on election and election results in Latvia. ... October 5 is the 278th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (279th in Leap years). ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... Par CilvÄ“ka TiesÄ«bām Vienotā Latvijā (abbreviated PCTVL, For Human Rights in United Latvia) is an alliance of several political parties in Latvia, supported mainly by Russian-speaking Latvians. ... The Saeima Plenary Chamber The Saeima is the parliament of the Republic of Latvia. ...

Today, the party's platform is centered on anti-corruption and promoting an independent Latvia that is free from EU centralised power. In 2005, the SPL entered the "Harmony Centre" coalition, which won 17 seats in the 2006 election. 4 of these 17 parliament members are representatives of the Socialist Party. The Harmony Centre (abbreviated SC, Latvian: Saskaņas Centrs, Russian Центр согласия) is a political alliance in Latvia. ...

External link

• Official web site (in Latvian and Russian)

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