Riga council approves 13 new councillors

Riga City Council approved 13 new councillors on Thursday, replacing colleagues who gave up their seats after being elected to Latvia’s 15th Saeima. The councillors were also assigned to the council’s standing committees, LSM reported.

Igors Kļaviņš of the Progressives will serve on the Housing and Environment Committee and the Social Affairs Committee. Vitālijs Orlovs of Latvia First was appointed to the Education, Culture, Sports and Youth Committee and the Social Affairs Committee.

Leonīds Loginovs of Latvia First will join the Security, Order and Corruption Prevention Committee and the Urban Space and Mobility Committee. Māris Ruks, also of Latvia First, will serve on the Urban Space and Mobility Committee and the Social Affairs Committee. Karina Plaude of Latvia First was appointed to the Finance and Administration Committee and the Urban Space and Mobility Committee. Māris Mežals of Latvia First will serve on the Security, Order and Corruption Prevention Committee and the City Property Committee.

Eiženija Aldermane of Sovereign Power, part of the New Latvians coalition, will join the Social Affairs Committee and the Security, Order and Corruption Prevention Committee. Jānis Lauva of the same political grouping was appointed to the City Property Committee and the City Development Committee. Vadims Baraņņiks will serve on the Urban Space and Mobility Committee and the Finance and Administration Committee.

Normunds Grostiņš was appointed to the Education, Culture, Sports and Youth Committee and the City Development Committee. Anna Bondere will serve on the Housing and Environment Committee and the Finance and Administration Committee. Natālija Ļebedeva was appointed to the Social Affairs Committee and the Education, Culture, Sports and Youth Committee. Deniss Gorba will serve on the Urban Space and Mobility Committee and the Housing and Environment Committee. All four are from Sovereign Power, part of the New Latvians coalition.