Latvian parliament factions select leaders for all six parties

All six political forces represented in Latvia’s 15th Saeima have chosen their parliamentary faction leaders, LSM reported.

The United List faction will be led by former finance minister Māris Kučinskis, with Dāvis Melnaksnis and Raimonds Bergmanis as deputies. Ainārs Šlesers will lead the Latvia First faction, with Edmunds Zivtiņš as deputy.

Jūlija Stepaņenko will head the Sovereign Power and Association of Young Latvians faction, with Rūdolfs Brēmanis as deputy. The Progressives chose Andris Šuvajevs as leader and former culture minister Agnese Lāce as deputy.

Artūrs Butāns will lead the National Alliance faction, with Uģis Mitrevics as deputy. Former justice minister Inese Lībiņa-Egnere will head the New Unity faction, with Inga Bērziņa as deputy.

The United List won the election, followed by Latvia First with 17 seats, Sovereign Power and the Association of Young Latvians with 15, the National Alliance and the Progressives with 10 each, and New Unity with seven.