Linda Liepiņa

Linda Liepiņa
Liepiņa in 2018
Member of the Saeima
Incumbent
Assumed office
1 November 2022
In office
6 November 2018 – 17 October 2020
Personal details
Born (1974-10-08) October 8, 1974
Riga, Latvia
PartyLPV (2021–present)
Other political
affiliations
KPV/LV (2016–2019)
Independent (2019–2021)
Alma materBaltic International Academy
OccupationPolitician, businesswoman

Linda Liepiņa (born 8 October 1974) is a Latvian businesswoman and politician. She is a former Member of the Thirteenth Saeima of Latvia (elected from the For a Humane Latvia party, but resigned). She currently represents the "Latvia First" party, which she co-founded in 2021.[1] She has also lived and worked in France.[2]

Liepiņa received her secondary education at Rīgas Natālijas Draudziņas vidusskola. She graduated from the Baltic Russian Institute (now known as the Baltic International Academy) in 2005, obtaining a professional master's degree in business management and administration. Before entering politics, she was an entrepreneur and managed her own companies, Wok Rīga and Wok Tallinn. She has also lived and worked abroad, including in France.

Political career

In 2016, Liepiņa joined the party "Who Owns the State?" and in 2018 was elected to the 13th Saeima on the KPV/LV list.[3] In the Saeima, she aligned with the faction of KPV LV that supported Aldis Gobzems for the office of Prime Minister and opposed the party’s participation in the government led by Krišjānis Kariņš.

In 2019, Liepiņa left the KPV/LV party and its Saeima faction, and became an independent opposition MP.[4][5] She chaired the 13th Saeima's Requests Committee from the beginning of its work until September 2019.[6] On 16 October 2020, she announced that she was resigning her parliamentary mandate while continuing her political activities.

In August 2021, Liepiņa became one of the founders of the Latvija pirmajā vietā party, established by Ainārs Šlesers.[7] In the 2022 parliamentary election, she was elected to the 14th Saeima.

Liepiņa was a candidate in the 2024 European Parliament election, but was not elected.

References

  1. ↑ Žukova, Katrīna (2019-05-29). "Liepiņa izstājas no 'KPV LV' frakcijas un partijas; izstāšanos apsver arī Sprūde". delfi.lv (in Latvian). Retrieved 2022-05-01.
  2. ↑ "Deputāte Linda Liepiņa atklāti par iemīlēšanos "sliktajos puišos" un vardarību no vīra puses". Apollo.lv (in Latvian). 2018-11-29. Retrieved 2022-05-01.
  3. ↑ "Linda Liepina, member of Parliament of Latvia during interview for televison". www.alamy.com. 2018-11-06. Retrieved 2026-05-12.
  4. ↑ "Liepiņa izstājas no 'KPV LV' frakcijas un partijas; izstāšanos apsver arī Sprūde". www.delfi.lv (in Latvian). Retrieved 2023-09-26.
  5. ↑ "MP Liepiņa to leave KPV LV faction and party over presidential vote". eng.lsm.lv. Retrieved 2026-05-12.
  6. ↑ "Linda Liepiņa paziņo par Saeimas deputātes mandāta nolikšanu". www.lsm.lv (in Latvian). Retrieved 2023-09-26.
  7. ↑ "Gobzema dēļ Saeimas sēde tomēr notiks attālināti; Covid-19 sertifikāta nav 5 deputātiem". www.lsm.lv (in Latvian). Retrieved 2026-05-12.
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