Tatjana Ždanoka
| Tatjana Ždanoka | |
|---|---|
 |
|
| Member of the European Parliament | |
|
Assumed office July 2004 |
|
| Constituency | Latvia |
| Supreme Council of the Republic of Latvia | |
| Member of Parliament for Riga 40th district |
|
|
In office May 1990 – June 1993 |
|
| Personal details | |
| Born |
8 May 1950 Riga, Latvia |
| Citizenship | USSR (until 1991) stateless (1991—1996) Latvia (since 1996) |
| Political party |
Latvian Russian Union/LRU (since 2014) For Human Rights in a United Latvia/ForHRUL (2007–2014) Equal Rights (1993–2007) Communist Party of Latvia (1971—1991) |
| Other political affiliations |
European Free Alliance |
| Alma mater | University of Latvia |
| Profession | mathematician |
| Awards |  |
Tatyana Arkadyevna Zhdanok, (Russian: Татья́на Арка́дьевна Ждано́к; Latvian: Tatjana Ždanoka), born May 8, 1950 in Riga, is a Latvian politician and Member of the European Parliament. She is co-Chairwoman of the Latvian Russian Union and sits with the European Greens–European Free Alliance group. In the period of time of 1988 -1989 she was one of the leaders of the Interfront, a political organization opposing Latvia's independence from the Soviet Union and too rapid market reforms. She remained active in the Communist Party of Latvia after January 1991, when the party leadership called for a coup against the government of the Latvian SSR (in opposition to a restoration of independence). In 1997 Tatjana Ždanoka was elected to Riga municipal council. In 1999 she was deprived of the mandate in the Council and is prohibited from further nominating for election to the Latvian Parliament or local councils under Latvian law due to her former allegiance with the Communist Party after January 1991. She is (with Alfrēds Rubiks) in the peculiar position of being restricted to Europarliament elections. Zhdanok has been co-chairman of the LRU and its predecessors since 2001.
Born in Riga, Zhdanok is of mixed Latvian Jewish - Russian origin. The family of her father decimated by Latvian Nazi collaborators during World War II.
...
Wikipedia