Ināra Mūrniece (born 30 December 1970) is a Latvian journalist, politician and a member of Saeima. She was

Speaker of the Saeima The Speaker of the Saeima ( lv, Saeimas priekšsēdētājs; lit. "Chairperson of the Saeima") is the presiding officer of the Parliament of Latvia, the Saeima. If the President of Latvia resigns from office, dies or is removed from office be ...

from 2014 to 2022. In 2022 she was succeeded by Edvards Smiltēns.

Biography

In 2007, she graduated from the School of Economics and Culture and in 2009, graduated from the

University of Latvia University of Latvia ( lv, Latvijas Universitāte, shortened ''LU'') is a state-run university located in Riga, Latvia established in 1919. The ''QS World University Rankings'' places the university between 801st and 1000th globally, seventh ...

. She worked as a journalist for the newspaper ''

Latvijas Avīze ''Latvijas Avīze'' (''Latvian Newspaper'') is a national conservative Latvian language national daily newspaper in Latvia, published in Riga. The Latvian word ''avīze'' ('newspaper' or 'journal') is a loanword and cognate with the French ...

'', stopped working there in August 2011.

Political activities

In 2011, Mūrniece ran in the 11th Saeima elections from the list of the National Aliance and was elected to the Saeima. She worked in the Saeima as the Chairperson of the Human Rights and Public Affairs Commission. In 2014, she was elected to the 12th Saeima and became the

, and retained the position as Speaker throughout the 12th term of the Saeima. She was elected to the 13th Saeima in the autumn of 2018. For the second term in a row, Mūrniece was elected Speaker of the Saeima, against Dagmāra Beitnere-Le Galla. Also, in next election in October 2022, she was reelected to 14th Saeima.

Personal life

She was married to historian and politician Ritvars Jansons, who was a member of the 12th Saeima. They have one daughter. They divorced in 2015.

References

1970 births Living people All for Latvia! politicians National Alliance (Latvia) politicians Speakers of the Saeima Deputies of the 11th Saeima Deputies of the 12th Saeima Deputies of the 13th Saeima Deputies of the 14th Saeima Women deputies of the Saeima 21st-century Latvian women politicians Women legislative speakers {{Latvia-politician-stub