Harmony Center
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Harmony Centre
Saskaņas Centrs |
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| Leader | Nils Ušakovs |
| Founded | 2005 |
| Dissolved | 2014 |
| Headquarters | Riga |
| Ideology | Social democracyRussian minority politics |
| Political position | Left-wing |
| European affiliation | None |
| International affiliation | None |
| European Parliament group |
S&D (SDPS) GUE/NGL (LSP) |
| Colours | Red, White |
| Website | |
| http://www.saskanascentrs.lv | |
Harmony Centre (Latvian: Saskaņas Centrs, SC; Russian: Центр Cогласия, ЦC) is a social-democraticpolitical alliance in Latvia. It constited of up to five political parties: the National Harmony Party, the Socialist Party of Latvia, New Centre, the Daugavpils City Party and the Social Democratic Party. Through a series of mergers they were eventually reduced to two: Social Democratic Party "Harmony" and the Socialist Party.
Ideologically a catch-all grouping of centre-left and left wing parties, the alliance also aimed to represent the interests of Russians in Latvia.
Founded on 9 July 2005, Harmony Centre emerged from For Human Rights in a United Latvia, an electoral alliance formed by the National Harmony Party, the Socialist Party and Equal Rights, that partially dissolved in 2003. Equal Rights represented the interests of the Russian minority and the Russian language in Latvia. The National Harmony Party, New Centre and the Daugavpils City Party joined at foundation, the Socialist Party in December 2005 and the Social Democratic Party in January 2009. The alliance aimed to consolidate the Latvian centre-left and promote Latvian-Russian amity. The first chairman was the head of New Centre Sergejs Dolgopolovs who was replaced in Autumn 2005 by Channel One Russia Journalist Nils Ušakovs.
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