Vladimirs Buzajevs
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Vladimirs Buzajevs
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October 8, 1951 Zhukovka, Bryansk Oblast, Russian SFSR |
| Occupation | Latvian politician |
Vladimirs Buzajevs or Vladimir Buzayev, (Russian: Влади́мир Ви́кторович Буза́ев), born October 8, 1951 in Zhukovka, Bryansk Oblast, Russian SFSR, is a Latvian politician and Member of the 8th and 9th Saeima For Human Rights in United Latvia. Member of Latvian Human Rights Committee since 1993 and its co-chairman since 2012, Candidate degree in hydrogeology.
1982 he has defended a Candidate thesis in hydrogeology.
1989 — elected to Riga Council of People's Deputies (till 1994).
1993 — participation in foundation of Equal Rights party.
1994–2001 — co-chairman of Latvian Human Rights Committee.
1998–2001 — MP assistant.
2000 — Buzajevs becomes naturalized citizen of Latvia.
2001 — Buzajevs is elected to Riga City Council and becomes chairman of Equal Rights party (until 2007).
2002 — elected to 8th Saeima (Parliament) where he had become the most active speaker.
2006 — elected to 9th Saeima (serving until 2010).
2007 — published book "Non-citizens of Latvia" (in Russian), elected chairman of the Board of ForHRUL (until 2009).
2008 — Buzajevs represents the applicant before the Grand Chamber of the ECtHR in case Andrejeva v. Latvia, won in 2009.
2009 — co-authors the book "Modern European Ethnocracy: Violations of Rights of National minorities in Estonia and Latvia" (in Russian; ISBN ).
2010 — publishes book "Как выживают русских".
2012 — elected co-chairman of LHRC.
2013 - publishes a book "Legal and social situation of the Russian-speaking minority in Latvia".
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