Mārtiņš Bondars

Mārtiņš Bondars (born 31 December 1971)[1] is a Latvian financier and politician. He has been member of the Latvian parliament since 2014. Bondars previously served as chief of staff to then President of Latvia Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga[2] and chairman of the Latvijas Krājbanka board (until 2009).[3]

Mārtiņš Bondars
Mārtiņš Bondars in 2014
Member of the 12th Saeima
Assumed office
2014
Personal details
Born (1971-12-31) December 31, 1971
NationalityLatvian
Political partyTB/LNNK (2000-2002)
Latvian Association of Regions (2014-2017)
For Latvia's Development (since 2018)
Spouse(s)Ieva Bondare
Alma materUniversity of Latvia (1991–1993)
Lakeland College (1994–1996)
Harvard University (2011)

He was the leader of the Latvian Association of Regions and a member of its constituent party, the Regional Alliance. He participated in the Latvian election for President in 2015 as the nominee of his alliance.[2] On July 28, 2017 he quit his post as the head of the Regional Alliance, protesting the party's decision to support Inguna Sudraba as head of the recently established parliamentary committee investigating the so-called "oligarch transcripts".[4] On December 18 Bondars also left the alliance.[5][6] In 2018, he joined their former allies during the 2017 Riga City Council elections, the party For Latvia's Development.[7]

References
  1. "Mārtiņš Bondars". CVK. Archived from the original on September 30, 2014. Retrieved June 3, 2015.
  2. "Latvia prepares to pick a President from the 'black box'". Public Broadcasting of Latvia. June 1, 2015. Retrieved June 3, 2015.
  3. "Krajbanka board chairman Bondars steps down". The Baltic Course. August 2, 2009. Retrieved June 3, 2015.
  4. "Regional Alliance head quits amid dissatisfaction with oligarch commission". Public Broadcasting of Latvia. July 28, 2017. Retrieved December 24, 2017.
  5. "Leading politician quits Regional Alliance". Public Broadcasting of Latvia. December 18, 2017. Retrieved December 24, 2017.
  6. "Leader of Latvian Association of Regions announces his departure". Baltic News Network. December 18, 2017. Retrieved December 24, 2017.
  7. "Bondars pievienojies partijai 'Latvijas attīstībai'" (in Latvian). Delfi.lv. March 17, 2018. Retrieved March 20, 2018.


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