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Latvia’s parliament elects popular foreign minister Edgars Rinkevics as the new president

Latvia's lawmakers elected Edgars Rinkevics as the country's next president for a four-year term, making him the first openly gay president in the Baltic nation.
Rinkevics received 52 votes from the 100-seat Saeima legislature, while businessman Uldis Pilens garnered 25 votes in the third round of voting and civil society activist Elina Pinto dropped out of the race.
Rinkevics is a popular figure in Latvian

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Latvia's Parliament elects new head of state from 3 candidates in unpredictable vote

Latvian lawmakers are set to elect new head of state on Wednesday from a field of three candidates with no clear favorite

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Latvia's Parliament elects new head of state from 3 candidates in unpredictable vote

Latvian lawmakers are set to elect new head of state on Wednesday from a field of three candidates with no clear favorite. The 100-seat Saeima legislature will elect the president for a four-year term. Entrepreneur and businessman Uldis Pilens, civil…

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Latvia's Parliament elects new head of state from 3 candidates in unpredictable vote

Latvian lawmakers are set to elect new head of state on Wednesday from a field of three candidates with no clear favorite

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Edgars Rinkevics elected president of Latvia

VILNIUS (Reuters) - Latvia's parliament has elected long-serving Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkevics as the country's next president, Prime Minister Krisjanis Karins said on Wednesday. Read full story

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Latvian Parliament elects foreign minister as new president

Latvian lawmakers on Wednesday picked the country's long-serving and popular foreign minister, a strong backer of Ukraine, as its new head of state in a tight vote.

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Latvia's Parliament elects new head of state from 3 candidates in unpredictable vote

By JARI TANNER Associated Press HELSINKI (AP) — Latvian lawmakers are set to elect new head of state on Wednesday from a field of three candidates with no clear favorite. The 100-seat Saeima legislature will elect the president for a four-year term. Entrepreneur and businessman Uldis Pilens, civil society activist Elina Pinto and Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkevics are registered by parties to run in the race. It was considered all but certain tha…

11 months ago·Colorado Springs, United States

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Latvia’s parliament elects popular foreign minister Edgars Rinkevics as the new president

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Latvia's Parliament elects new head of state from 3 candidates in unpredictable vote

Latvia's Parliament elects new head of state from 3 candidates in unpredictable vote

Latvia's Parliament elects new head of state from 3 candidates in unpredictable vote

Latvia's Parliament elects new head of state from 3 candidates in unpredictable vote

Latvia's Parliament elects new head of state from 3 candidates in unpredictable vote

Latvia's Parliament elects new head of state from 3 candidates in unpredictable vote

Edgars Rinkevics elected president of Latvia

Edgars Rinkevics elected president of Latvia

Latvian Parliament elects foreign minister as new president

Latvian Parliament elects foreign minister as new president

Latvia's Parliament elects new head of state from 3 candidates in unpredictable vote

Latvia's Parliament elects new head of state from 3 candidates in unpredictable vote

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