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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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He was the first political figure in the country to come out in this country where the rights of LGBT people are still for many still being flouted.
·Paris, France
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Latvia’s parliament elects popular foreign minister Edgars Rinkevics as the new president
The Latvian lawmakers, on Wednesday (May 31) elected the popular and long-time foreign minister Edgars Rinkevics as the Baltic nation’s next president, said the country’s Prime Minister Krisjanis Karins. The 49-year-old will also become the first openly gay president in the Baltic nation and will represent the European Union and NATO member nations at the security alliance’s upcoming summit in Vilnius, Lithuania.
·Noida, India
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Total News Sources47
Leaning Left12Leaning Right8Center12Last UpdatedBias Distribution38% Left, 37% Center
Bias Distribution
- 38% of the sources lean Left, 37% of the sources are Center
38% Left
L 38%
C 37%
R 25%
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