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Nacionālā Spēka Savienība
Current Leader: Aigars Prusis
Founded: June 26, 2003
Headquarters: A. Pumpura 10- 315 kab.
Liepaja, Latvia
Political ideology: nationalistic

Nacionālā Spēka Savienība (National Power Union, abbreviated NSS; the party translates its name as National Power Unity, sometimes it is also translated as Union of National Force) is a far-right nationalist political party in Latvia, a member of the European National Front. Image File history File links by myself File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Aigars Prusis (b. ... June 26 is the 177th day of the year (178th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 188 days remaining. ... 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Liepāja. ... Nationalism is an ideology which holds that the nation, ethnicity or national identity is a fundamental unit of human social life, and makes certain political claims based on that belief, above all the claim that the nation is the only legitimate basis for the state, and that each nation is... The term far-right refers to the relative position a group or person occupies within a political spectrum. ... Nationalism is an ideology that creates and sustains a nation as a concept of a common identity for groups of humans. ... A political party is a political organization that subscribes to a certain ideology and seeks to attain political power within a government. ... European National Front is a coordinating structure of European far-right nationalist movements. ...


It was founded in 2003 by Aigars Prusis and Viktors Birze on the base of the human rights group Helsinki-86. 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Aigars Prusis (b. ... Viktors Birze (b. ... Human rights are rights which some hold to be inalienable and belonging to all humans. ... Helsinki-86 was a human rights group in Latvia formed in July 1986 in Liepaja. ...


In the 2005 municipal elections to the Liepāja city council, the NSS received 400 votes, or 1.86% of the total, and no seats. Liepāja (Lithuanian Liepoja, Polish Lipawa, German Libau, Russian Либава Libava or Лиепая Liyepaya, Yiddish ליבאַװע Libave; population 89,448 in 2000 census) is a city in Latvia, on the Baltic sea. ...


See also

Political parties in Latvia lists political parties in Latvia. ...

External link

  • Party website - mostly in Latvian but has a brief introduction in English and German

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