Vladimir Viktorovich Buzayev (, ; born 8 October 1951 in

Zhukovka, Bryansk Oblast Zhukovka () is a town and the administrative center of Zhukovsky District in Bryansk Oblast, Russia, located on the left bank of the Desna River (Dnieper's basin) northwest of Bryansk, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: His ...

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) is a

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politician and Member of the 8th and 9th

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from

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(ForHRUL). He has been a member of the

Latvian Human Rights Committee Latvian Human Rights Committee (, ) is a non-governmental human rights organization in Latvia. It is a member of international human rights and anti-racism NGOs FIDH, AEDH. Co-chairpersons of LHRC are Vladimir Buzayev and . According to the author ...

since 1993 and its co-chairman since 2012.

Biography

In 1982 he defended a Candidate thesis in hydrogeology. He was elected to the Riga Council of People's Deputies in 1989, serving until 1994. Between 1994 and 2001 he was the co-chairman of the

. In 1993 he participated in the foundation of the Equal Rights party. In 2001 he was elected to

Riga City Council Riga City Council () is the government of the city of Riga, the capital of Latvia. Its meeting place is in the Riga Town Hall (''Rīgas rātsnams)'' at the Town Hall Square (''Rātslaukums'') in the very heart of Riga. The Riga City Council con ...

and became chairman of Equal Rights, a position he held until 2007. In 2002 he was elected to the 8th

(Parliament). In 2006 he was elected for a second four-year term. In 2007 he was elected chairman of the Board of ForHRUL (until 2009). In 2013 he published a book entitled, ''The Legal and social situation of the Russian-speaking minority in Latvia''. In 2017 he published ''Citizens and 'non-citizens': the politically legalistic division of Post-Soviet Latvia's population''. In 2020 he was again elected to the Riga City Council.

Personal life

Buzayev became a naturalized citizen of Latvia in 2000.

References

External links

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Non-citizens of Latvia
1951 births Living people People from Zhukovsky District, Bryansk Oblast Soviet emigrants to Latvia Equal Rights (Latvia) politicians Latvian Russian Union politicians Deputies of the 8th Saeima Deputies of the 9th Saeima Latvian human rights activists Minority rights activists Hydrogeologists Riga State Gymnasium No.1 alumni University of Latvia alumni {{Latvia-politician-stub