Ūdre is a former professional basketball player who worked as an accountant after the end of her basketball career. She was first elected to Saeima, the Latvian parliament, in 1998, from the list of the New Party. She was the presidential candidate of the New Party in 1999.
In 2004, Ūdre was nominated as Latvia's candidate for European Commission. Her nomination caused a major controversy. Ūdre was a replacement for Latvia's previous commissioner Sandra Kalniete. Ūdre was also criticised, by Delna (the Latvian chapter of Transparency International) and other anti-corruption NGOs, for campaign finance violations committed by the Union of Farmers and Greens, although her personal involvement in those violations was never proven. In October 2004, Latvia withdrew Ūdre's candidacy, nominating Andris Piebalgs instead of her.[2]
In 2006, Ūdre failed to win reelection to Saeima. Her party, the Union of Farmers and Greens increased its number of seats in the parliament from 12 to 18. Ūdre, however, received a large number of personal "against" votes (Latvian election system allows voters to cast "for" and "against" votes for individual candidates of the party they support) and was not reelected because of that. This appears to be the only case in Latvian history when a political party has increased its representation but its leader was not reelected to the parliament.
ingrīda, Ūdre, ingrīda, latimira, formerly, born, november, 1958, latvian, politician, belongs, latvian, farmers, union, political, party, latimira, 2012speaker, saeimain, office, november, 2002, november, 2006preceded, byjānis, straumesucceeded, byindulis, em. Ingrida Latimira formerly Ingrida udre born 14 November 1958 is a Latvian politician who belongs to the Latvian Farmers Union political party Ingrida udreLatimira in 2012Speaker of the SaeimaIn office 5 November 2002 7 November 2006Preceded byJanis StraumeSucceeded byIndulis EmsisPersonal detailsBorn 1958 11 14 14 November 1958 age 65 Riga Latvian SSR Soviet Union now Latvia Political partyNew Party Before 2002 Latvian Farmers Union 2002 present Other politicalaffiliationsUnion of Greens and Farmers 2002 present udre is a former professional basketball player who worked as an accountant after the end of her basketball career She was first elected to Saeima the Latvian parliament in 1998 from the list of the New Party She was the presidential candidate of the New Party in 1999 In 2002 after the New Party ceased to exist udre joined the Latvian Farmers Union and became the leader of the newly founded Union of Greens and Farmers After the 2002 parliamentary election she became Speaker of the Saeima She served in this position until the 2006 election 1 In 2004 udre was nominated as Latvia s candidate for European Commission Her nomination caused a major controversy udre was a replacement for Latvia s previous commissioner Sandra Kalniete udre was also criticised by Delna the Latvian chapter of Transparency International and other anti corruption NGOs for campaign finance violations committed by the Union of Farmers and Greens although her personal involvement in those violations was never proven In October 2004 Latvia withdrew udre s candidacy nominating Andris Piebalgs instead of her 2 In 2006 udre failed to win reelection to Saeima Her party the Union of Farmers and Greens increased its number of seats in the parliament from 12 to 18 udre however received a large number of personal against votes Latvian election system allows voters to cast for and against votes for individual candidates of the party they support and was not reelected because of that This appears to be the only case in Latvian history when a political party has increased its representation but its leader was not reelected to the parliament References edit Ingrida Udre PDF European Parliament Retrieved 2010 04 02 Latvia names new EU commissioner BBC News 2 November 2004 Retrieved 12 June 2016 nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ingrida Latimira Political officesPreceded byJanis Straume Speaker of the Saeima2002 2006 Succeeded byIndulis Emsis 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 Ingrida udre amp oldid 1184487826, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
