Valērijs Agešins (born June 23, 1972, in Liepāja) is a Latvian politician and lawyer. He is a member of Harmony and a deputy of the Saeima, elected to represent the Kurzeme electoral district. He began his current term in parliament on November 4, 2014.
Valērijs Agešins | |
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| Deputy of the Saeima | |
| Assumed office 2002 | |
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| Born | 23 June 1972 Liepāja, Latvian SSR |
| Political party | Harmony |
| Alma mater | Baltic Russian Institute Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University University of Latvia |
From 1994 to 1998 he studied at the Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University in Kaliningrad, graduating in history. He obtained a master's degree in pedagogy, and in 2002, he graduated from the Baltic Russian Institute as a lawyer.[1] He is not however, a qualified attorney.
From 1997 to 1998 he worked in a teacher training summer camp and from 1995 to 1999 as a law and political science lecturer at the Institute of Social Technologies.[1] From 1998 to 2002 he was a history teacher at Liepāja High School where he was a member of the secondary school teachers' union committee. In 2002 he became a member of the Liepāja City Public Reconciliation Commission, becoming vice-president.[1] Later in 2002 he was elected to the Saeima, and was re-elected again in 2006. His area of specialization is legal issues, the Parliamentary Justice Committee and the Committee on European Affairs.[1]
He speaks three languages, Russian, Latvian, English and enjoys football, swimming, volleyball and basketball.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e "Valērijs Agešins". Harmony Centre. Archived from the original on May 18, 2007. Retrieved March 12, 2009.