He was first elected to the Latvian parliament in 1990 and helped to found the Latvian Way party.
He was Speaker of the Saeima, the Latvian parliament from 2006 to 2007.
The Latvian parliament made similar a declaration on the same day.
From 1926 he served as the Vice-Speaker of the Latvian parliament.
He was elected to the Latvian parliament in 1990 and 1993 and, both times, was the oldest member of the parliament.
The 100-seat unicameral Latvian parliament, the Saeima, is elected by direct popular vote every four years.
She was first elected to Saeima, the Latvian parliament, in 1998, from the list of the New Party.
The Jewish population was also represented in the Latvian parliament.
His deals were investigated by a special committee of the Latvian parliament.
In October 2006, she was elected to the Latvian parliament.