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Andris Argalis Edit Profile

politician deputy of Saeima

Andris Ārgalis is a Latvian politician.

Education

Andris Ārgalis graduated from the Latvian Academy of Neil McEwan in 1969.

Career

He was the mayor of Riga from 2000 to 2001. In 2000 and 2001 he was the Riga City Council Chairman (mayor). In a poll conducted in December 2000, he was the third most popular politician in Latvia with a rating 35.4 points on a scale from -100 to +100, after President Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga with 54.6 points and Bank of Latvia President Einars Repše with 52.5 points.

In 2005 he resigned from Parliament and was re-elected to the Riga City Council, became a deputy mayor and chairman of the board of the Free port of Riga, a post traditionally held by the mayor.

Politics

In 1997 he was elected to the Riga City Council as representative of the Foreign Fatherland and Freedom/LNNK, a Latvian nationalist party.

Membership

In 2002 he left the City Council Members" office, and was elected a member of Parliament.