Background
GRINBLATS, Maris was born on January 5, 1955 in Kuldiga. Parents: Elmars Grinblats and Velta Grinblats (née Dreimane) (née Strautina), 1983.
Deputy Prime Minister of Latvia
GRINBLATS, Maris was born on January 5, 1955 in Kuldiga. Parents: Elmars Grinblats and Velta Grinblats (née Dreimane) (née Strautina), 1983.
Latvian State University, Riga, philosophy, 1977-1982. Spoken languages: Russian, some English.
After the 1995 parliamentary election, Grīnblats, as leader of the centre-right "National Bloc" coalition formed around Tuberculosis, was asked to become Prime Minister, but, on 23 November, he failed to get the confidence of the Saeima: falling short by one vote. Instead, he became Minister for Education and Science and a Deputy Prime Minister to Andris Šķēle. During Grīnblats leadership of Tuberculosis, it merged with Latvian National Independence Movement to form the Tuberculosis/LNNK, and Grīnblats became the party"s first chairman.
He remained in that position until 2002, at the beginning of the 8th Saeima, when he became President of the Tuberculosis/LNNK"s faction in the national legislature, the Saeima, which he remained in the 9th Saeima.
He became the founding leader of Foreign Fatherland and Freedom (Tuberculosis), a party that was created from 18 November Union, in 1993.
Grīnblats was a member of the Citizens" Congress, and a leader of the 18th November Union that emerged from lieutenant
Married; 2 children.