Jakovs Pliners (; born 27 December 1946 in

Rēzekne Rēzekne (, ''Rēzne'' or ''Rēzekne'' , ) is a state city in the Rēzekne River valley in the Latgale region of eastern Latvia. It is called ''The Heart of Latgale'' (Latvian ''Latgales sirds'', Latgalian ''Latgolys sirds''). Built on seven ...

) is a

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n politician and teacher of

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origin. He was a MP of the

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of the 7th, 8th and 9th convocations for the

For Human Rights in United Latvia The Latvian Russian Union (LRU, , ) (LKS) is a political party in Latvia supported mainly by ethnic Russians and other Russian-speaking minorities. The co-chairpersons of the Latvian Russian Union were Miroslavs Mitrofanovs and Tatjana Ždanoka ...

(PCTVL) alliance. He was a member of Social Democratic party group in the

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. Since 2024, he is a member of the Riga City Council from the populist

For Stability! For Stability! (; ST!) is a Latvian political party founded on 26 February 2021. It was founded by former members of the Riga City Council Aleksejs Rosļikovs and Valērijs Petrovs. It is a party that advocates Russian minority politics, and it ...

party, after he left the

Latvian Russian Union The Latvian Russian Union (LRU, , ) (LKS) is a political party in Latvia supported mainly by ethnic Russians and other Russian-speaking minorities. The co-chairpersons of the Latvian Russian Union were Miroslavs Mitrofanovs and Tatjana Ždanoka ...

in 2022.

Biography

1965–1970 — studied at the Teachers' Institute of

Daugavpils Daugavpils (see also other names) is a state city in southeastern Latvia, located on the banks of the Daugava River, from which the city derives its name. The parts of the city to the north of the river belong to the historical Latvian region ...

, profession – secondary school teacher of biology and chemistry. 1970–1975 — teacher, assistant director, director of the Virbi Secondary School (

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). 1975–1983 — worked in the Department of Education of

Talsi Talsi (; , ) (population 11,371) is a town in the Courland region of Latvia. It is the administrative centre of Talsi Municipality. It is nicknamed the "green pearl of Courland". Etymology It is believed that the name is derived from an old Livo ...

Executive Committee. 1983–1993 — worked in the Ministry of Education of Latvia. 1993–1998 — founder and director of the "Eureka" (''Эврика'') private college of general education. 1997 — Pliner received his '' Dr. paed.'' degree from the

University of Latvia University of Latvia (, shortened ''LU'') is a public research university located in Riga, Latvia. The university was established in 1919. History The University of Latvia, initially named as the Higher School of Latvia () was founded on Se ...

, and was elected to the

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 ...

from

National Harmony Party The National Harmony Party ( Latvian: ''Tautas Saskaņas partija'', TSP; ) was a political party in Latvia. The party identified with social democracy. It supported further liberalisation of Latvian nationality law by granting citizenship to non- ...

(TSP). 1998 — elected to the 7th

(Parliament). 2002 — elected to the 8th Saeima. 2003 — Pliner left the TSP (which had withdrawn from the For Human Rights in a United Latvia (PCTVL) that year) and returned to the alliance. He became the leader of the newly founded party "Free Choice in People's Europe" (BITE), co-chairman of PCTVL (until 2015) and chairman of its parliamentary group. Pliners was one of the leaders of Headquarters for the Protection of Russian Schools movement, writing several publications on the language of instruction issues. 2006 — before the parliamentary elections, PCTVL named Pliners its candidate for Prime Minister. Elected to the 9th Saeima, remained chairman of the PCTVL parliamentary group and party chairman (until 2010). 2020 - After elected to the Riga City Council from the

(the successor of PCTVL).

References

External links

CV
of Pliner on PCTVL/ForHRUL site *Pliner'
politics blog
at the newspaper

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's website 1946 births Living people People from Rēzekne Latvian people of Russian-Jewish descent National Harmony Party politicians Latvian Russian Union politicians Deputies of the 7th Saeima Deputies of the 8th Saeima Deputies of the 9th Saeima University of Latvia alumni University of Daugavpils alumni {{Latvia-politician-stub