2019 in Latvia
Latvia-related events during the year of 2019
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Events of 2019 in Latvia.
Incumbents
- President: Raimonds Vējonis (until July 8), Egils Levits (from July 8)
- Prime Minister: Māris Kučinskis (until January 23), Arturs Krišjānis Kariņš (from January 23)
Events
November
- 12 November – As a result of the Iron March leak, it was discovered the Latvian national-conservative National Alliance politician and activist Raivis Zeltīts had posted on Iron March under the handle "Latvian_Integralist". Zeltīts acknowledged in a Facebook post that he had written using this handle, but Zeltīts said that he no longer held those views.[1] Zeltīts remained in contact with Iron March administrator Benjamin Raymond as late as 2015.[2]
Births
Deaths
- February 26 – Andrejs Žagars, actor (b. 1958)
- March 1 – Ivars Knēts, rector and professor (b. 1938)
- March 2 – Andra Neiburga, writer and translator (b. 1957)
- June 14 – Vaira Paegle, politician (b. 1942)
- June 20 – Anna Seile, scientist and politician (b. 1939)
- September 21 – Boriss Teterevs, philanthropist (b. 1953)
- September 23 – Jānis Šmits, politician and Lutheran pastor (b. 1968)
- October 26 – Mārtiņš Ķibilds, journalist (b. 1973)
- November 9 – Džemma Skulme, artist and modernist painter (b. 1925)
- December 1 – Mariss Jansons, conductor (b. 1943)
References
- ^ "Senior National Alliance figure apologises for "cloud" of far-right messages". Public Broadcasting of Latvia. 12 November 2019. Retrieved 28 November 2019.
- ^ "De Facto: British neo-Nazi visited Latvian political party office". Public Broadcasting of Latvia. 25 November 2019. Retrieved 28 November 2019.
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