Edmunds Sprūdžs is a Latvia

Latvia

Latvia , officially the Republic of Latvia , is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by Estonia , to the south by Lithuania , to the east by the Russian Federation , to the southeast by Belarus and shares maritime borders to the west with Sweden...

n politician and businessman, current Minister for the Environmental Protection and Regional Development of Latvia. He is member of Zatlers' Reform Party

Zatlers' Reform Party

The Zatlers' Reform Party is a centre-right political party in Latvia founded by the former President Valdis Zatlers on 23 July 2011. It has 22 seats in the Saeima, making it the second-largest party in the legislature....

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He was elected to the Saeima

Saeima

Saeima is the parliament of the Republic of Latvia. It is a unicameral parliament consisting of 100 members who are elected by proportional representation, with seats allocated to political parties which gain at least 5% of the popular vote. Elections are scheduled to be held once every four years,...

 at the 2011 parliamentary election

Latvian parliamentary election, 2011

An early parliamentary election was held in Latvia on 17 September 2011, following the country's first parliamentary dissolution referendum held on 23 July 2011. The last parliamentary election was held only in October 2010....

. He was the Reform Party's candidate for Prime Minister

Prime Minister of Latvia

The Prime Minister of Latvia is the most powerful member of the Government of the Republic of Latvia, and presides over the Latvian Cabinet of Ministers...

 at the 2011 election. Sprūdžs was appointed Minister for the Environmental Protection and Regional Development in October 2011.

External links

• Central Election Commission of Latvia profile