14th Saeima approves new leadership for parliamentary committees

During an extraordinary meeting on 23 November Latvia’s Saeima unanimously approved the new leadership and new members of the parliament’s standing committees.
90 Saeima deputies voted in favour of the new leadership and new members. According to information from Saeima’s website, New Unity member Anna Rancāne did not participate in the vote.
From now on the Foreign Affairs Committee will consist of Iļja Ivanovs (ST!), Juris Jakovins (ZZS), Rihards Kols (NA), Armands Krauze (ZZS), Irma Kalniņa (JV), Zanda Kalniņa-Lukaševica (JV), Dmitrijs Kovalenko (ST!), Edvards Smiltēns (AS), Ričards Šlesers (LPV), Andris Sprūds (P), Juris Viļums (AS).
The Budget and Finance Committee will include Uldis Augulis (ZZS), Artūrs Butāns (NA), Anda Čakša (JV), Svetlana Čulkova (ST!), Mārtiņš Daģis (JV), Ilze Indriksone (NA), Rihards Kozlovskis (JV), Vilis Krištopans (LPV), Māris Kučinskis (AS), Viktors Pučka (ST!), Andris Šuvajevs (P), Viktors Valainis (ZZS), Aiva Vīksna (AS).
The Legal Affairs Committee will include Gundars Daudze (ZZS), Atis Deksnis (AS), Andrejs Judins (JV), Igors Judins (ST!), Inese Kalniņa (JV), Agnese Krasta (JV), Kristaps Krištopans (LPV), Gunārs Kūtris (ZZS), Atis Švinka (P), Edmunds Teirumnieks (NA), Edgars Zelderis (P).
The Human Rights and Public Affairs Committee will consist of Arvils Ašeradens (JV), Augusts Brigmanis (ZZS), Glorija Grevcova (ST!), Aleksandrs Kiršteins (NA), Inese Lībiņa-Egnere (JV), Linda Liepiņa (LPV), Ināra Mūrniece (NA), Anna Rancāne (JV), Leila Rasima (P), Didzis Šmits (AS), Jānis Vucāns (ZZS).
The Education, Culture and Science Committee will consist of Česlavs Batņa (AS), Dāvis Mārtiņš Daugavietis (JV), Jekaterina Dorošķeviča (ST!), Mārcis Jencītis (LPV), Krišjānis Kariņš (JV), Līga Kļaviņa (ZZS), Antoņina Ņenaševa (P), Nauris Puntulis (NA), Harijs Rokpelnis (ZZS), Edgars Tavars (AS), Agita Zariņa-Stūre (JV).
The Defence, Internal Affairs and Corruption Prevention Committee will consist of Raimonds Bergmanis (AS), Jānis Dombrava (NA), Ainārs Latkovskis (JV), Igors Rajevs (AS), Aleksejs Rosļikovs (ST!), Uģis Rotbergs (JV), Jana Simanovska (P), Edvīns Šņore (NA), Jānis Skrastiņš (JV), Edmunds Zivtiņš (LPV), Andrejs Vilks (ZZS).
The Public Administration and Local Government Committee will consist of Skaidrīte Ābrama (P), Anita Brakovska (ZZS), Oļegs Burovs (LPV), Andrejs Ceļapīters (JV), Raimonds Čudars (JV), Jefimijs Klementjevs (ST!), Ingmārs Līdaka (AS), Daiga Mierina (ZZS), Uģis Mitrevics (NA), Edgars Rinkēvičs (JV), Māris Sprindžuks (AS).
The Economic, Agricultural, Environmental and Regional Policy Committee will consist of Kaspars Briškens (P), Mārtiņš Felss (JV), Jānis Grasbergs (NA), Andris Kulbergs (AS), Linda Matisone (AS), Kaspars Melnis (ZZS), Jānis Patmalnieks (JV), Viktorija Pleškāne (ST!), Evika Siliņa (JV), Ainārs Šlesers (LPV), Jānis Vitenbergs (NA).
The Social and Employment Matters Committee will consist of Hosams Abu Meri (JV), Inga Bērziņa (JV), Andris Bērziņš (ZZS), Edmunds Cepurītis (P), Raivis Dzintars (NA), Līga Kozlovska (ZZS), Lauris Lizbovskis (AS), Nataļja Marčenko-Jodko (ST!), Ramona Petraviča (LPV), Zane Skujiņa-Rubene (JV).
The Mandates, Ethics and Submissions Committee will consist of Atis Deksnis (AS), Raivis Dzintars (NA), Irma Kalniņa (JV), Jefimijs Klementjevs (ST!), Agnese Krasta (JV), Gunārs Kūtris (ZZS), Nataļja Marčenko-Jodko (ST!), Antoņina Ņenaševa (P), Nauris Puntulis (NA), Leila Rasima (P), Ričards Šlesers (LPV), Edgars Tavars (AS), Jānis Vucāns (ZZS), Edmunds Zivtiņš (LPV).
The Parliamentary Inquiry Committee will consist of Hosams Abu Meri (JV), Arvils Ašeradens (JV), Česlavs Batņa (AS), Augusts Brigmanis (ZZS), Anda Čakša (JV), Gundars Daudze (ZZS), Iļja Ivanovs (ST!), Inese Kalniņa (JV), Aleksandrs Kiršteins (NA), Līga Kļaviņa (ZZS), Linda Liepiņa (LPP), Lauris Lizbovskis (AS), Jānis Patmalnieks (JV), Viktors Pučka (Stabilitātei), Jana Simanovska (P), Edvīns Šņore (NA).
The Public Expenditure and Audit Committee will consist of Skaidrīte Ābrama (P), Inga Bērziņa (JV), Andris Bērziņš (ZZS), Andrejs Ceļapīters (JV), Ilze Indriksone (NA), Krišjānis Kariņš (JV), Dmitrijs Kovaļenko (ST!), Rihards Kozlovskis (JV), Linda Matisone (AS), Ramona Petraviča (LPP), Viktorija Pleškāne (ST!), Jānis Skrastiņš (JV), Andris Šuvajevs (P), Viktors Valainis (ZZS), Jānis Vitenbergs (NA), Aiva Vīksna (AS).
The National Security Committee will consist of Uldis Augulis (ZZS), Kaspars Briškens (P), Igors Judins (ST!), Vilis Krištopans (LPV), Māris Kučinskis (AS), Ainārs Latkovskis (JV), Ināra Mūrniece (NA).
The Citizenship, Migration and Social Cohesion Committee will consist of Raimonds Bergmanis (AS), Oļegs Burovs (LPV), Artūrs Butāns (NA), Mārtiņš Daģis (JV), Jānis Dombrava (NA), Glorija Grevcova (ST!), Juris Jakovins (ZZS), Andrejs Judins (JV), Armands Krauze (ZZS), Ingmārs Līdaka (AS), Anna Rancāne (JV), Ainārs Šlesers (LPV), Andrejs Vilks (ZZS), Agita Zariņa-Stūre (JV), Edgars Zelderis (P).
The European Affairs Committee will consist of Edmunds Cepurītis (P), Dāvis Mārtiņš Daugavietis (JV), Jekaterina Dorošķeviča (ST!), Jānis Grasbergs (NA), Rihards Kols (NA), Kristaps Krištopans (LPV), Zanda Kalniņa-Lukaševica (JV), Kaspars Melnis (ZZS), Igors Rajevs (AS), Harijs Rokpelnis (ZZS), Uģis Rotbergs (JV), Evika Siliņa (JV), Zane Skujiņa-Rubene (JV), Edvards Smiltēns (AS), Māris Sprindžuks (AS), Andris Sprūds (P).
The Sustainable Development Committee will consist of Anita Brakovska (ZZS), Raimonds Čudars (JV), Svetlana Čulkova (ST!), Mārtiņš Felss (JV), Mārcis Jencītis (LPV), Līga Kozlovska (ZZS), Andris Kulbergs (AS), Inese Lībiņa-Egnere (JV), Daiga Mierina (ZZS), Uģis Mitrevics(NA), Edgars Rinkēvičs (JV), Didzis Šmits (AS).