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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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Le Parisien

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Edgars Rinkevics elected first gay president of Latvia

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.

2 years ago·Paris, France

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WION

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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.

2 years ago·Noida, India

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NBC News

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Latvian Parliament elects first openly gay president of a Baltic nation

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.

2 years ago·United States

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New West Record

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Latvian Parliament elects foreign minister as new president

HELSINKI (AP) — 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.

2 years ago

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Lakeland Today

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Latvian Parliament elects foreign minister as new president

HELSINKI (AP) — 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.

2 years ago

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Squamish Chief

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Latvian Parliament elects foreign minister as new president

HELSINKI (AP) — 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.

2 years ago

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