Nils Ušakovs
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Nils Ušakovs (Russian: Нил Валерьевич Ушаков, Nil Valeryevich Ushakov) (born 8 June 1976) is a Latvian politician, former mayor of Riga and former journalist. He has been the board chairman of the left-wing party alliance Harmony Centre (2005–2014) and afterwards board chairman of the Social Democratic Party "Harmony" (2014–2019). In 2009 Ušakovs was elected the Mayor of Riga, becoming the first Riga Mayor of Russian descent since Latvia's restoration of sovereignty in 1991,[3] a position he continuously held until his dismissal in 2019.
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Nils Ušakovs | |
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Member of the European Parliament | |
Assumed office 2019 | |
8th Mayor of Riga | |
In office 1 July 2009 – 4 April 2019 | |
Deputy | Ainārs Šlesers (2006–2010) Andris Ameriks (2010–2018) Oļegs Burovs (2018–2019) Vadims Baraņņiks (2019)[1] |
Preceded by | Jānis Birks |
Succeeded by | Dainis Turlais |
Member of the Saeima | |
In office 2006 – 1 July 2009 | |
Personal details | |
Born | (1976-06-08) 8 June 1976 (age 47) Riga, Latvian SSR, Soviet Union |
Citizenship | USSR (until 1991) stateless (1991—1998) Latvia (since 1998) |
Nationality | Russian |
Political party | Harmony |
Spouse(s) | Marija Ušakova (until 2008) Jeļena Ušakova (2010–2014) Iveta Strautiņa-Ušakova (2014)[2] |
Children | Toms Ušakovs (2015) |
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Alma mater | University of Latvia (1999) University of Southern Denmark (2002) |
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