Andris Ārgalis graduated from the Latvian Academy of Agriculture in 1969.
In 1997 he was elected to the Riga City Council as representative of the For Fatherland and Freedom/LNNK, a Latvian nationalist party. In 2000 and 2001 he was the Riga City Council Chairman (mayor). In a poll conducted in December 2000, he was the third most popular politician in Latvia with a rating 35.4 points on a scale from -100 to +100, after President Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga with 54.6 points and Bank of Latvia President Einars Repše with 52.5 points.[1]
In 2002 he left the City Council Members' office, and was elected a member of Parliament.[2] In 2005 he resigned from Parliament and was re-elected to the Riga City Council, became a deputy mayor and chairman of the board of the Free port of Riga, a post traditionally held by the mayor.[3]
andris, Ārgalis, born, august, 1944, latvian, politician, mayor, riga, from, 2000, 2001, mayor, rigain, office, 2000, march, 2001prime, ministerandris, bērziņšpreceded, byandris, bērziņšsucceeded, bygundars, bojārspersonal, detailsborn, 1944, august, 1944, ipi. Andris Argalis born 18 August 1944 is a Latvian politician He was the mayor of Riga from 2000 to 2001 Andris Argalis4th Mayor of RigaIn office 10 May 2000 27 March 2001Prime MinisterAndris BerzinsPreceded byAndris BerzinsSucceeded byGundars BojarsPersonal detailsBorn 1944 08 18 18 August 1944 age 79 Ipiki parish Generalbezirk Lettland Now Valmiera Municipality Latvia Political partyFor Fatherland and Freedom LNNK People s PartyAlma materLatvian University of AgricultureAndris Argalis graduated from the Latvian Academy of Agriculture in 1969 In 1997 he was elected to the Riga City Council as representative of the For Fatherland and Freedom LNNK a Latvian nationalist party In 2000 and 2001 he was the Riga City Council Chairman mayor In a poll conducted in December 2000 he was the third most popular politician in Latvia with a rating 35 4 points on a scale from 100 to 100 after President Vaira Vike Freiberga with 54 6 points and Bank of Latvia President Einars Repse with 52 5 points 1 In 2002 he left the City Council Members office and was elected a member of Parliament 2 In 2005 he resigned from Parliament and was re elected to the Riga City Council became a deputy mayor and chairman of the board of the Free port of Riga a post traditionally held by the mayor 3 Preceded byAndris Berzins Mayor of Riga2000 2001 Succeeded byGundars BojarsNotes edit News from Latvia The latest polls Central Europe Review Retrieved 11 March 2009 REPUBLIC OF LATVIA LEGISLATIVE ELECTIONS OF 5 OCTOBER 2002 Psephos Adam Carr s Election Archive Retrieved 11 March 2009 13 March 2005 local elections in Latvia Archived 16 November 2006 at the Wayback Machine Centre de donnees socio politiques Retrieved 11 March 2009 nbsp This article about a Latvian politician is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Andris Argalis amp oldid 1214295667, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
