Laimdota Straujuma Politician
Laimdota Straujuma (born 24 February 1951) is a Latvian economist who has been Prime Minister of Latvia since 2014. Before her nomination as Prime Minister, she served as Minister of Agriculture from 2011 to 2014. She is the first woman to serve as the head of government of the country.Between October 2000 and 2006 Straujuma served as the Secretary of State of the Ministry for Agriculture. Between 2007 and 2010 she was the Secretary of State of the Ministry for Regional Development and Local Government. She was appointed as Minister of Agriculture on 25 October 2011.On January 5, 2014, the Unity Party nominated Straujuma as a candidate for the post of Prime Minister following the resignation of Valdis Dombrovskis. The nomination was supported by Unity's coalition partners, the Reform Party and the National Alliance as well as the opposition Union of Greens and Farmers.Following the 2014 Parliamentary Election, in which the Unity Party came in second, the President of Latvia Andris Bērziņš nominated Straujuma to lead the new government, which was approved by Saeima on November 5, 2014.
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| office | Minister of Agriculture Prime Minister of Latvia |
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