Aleksandrs Kiršteins
Personal details
Born27 August 1948
Riga, Latvia
Political partyLatvian National Independence Movement (1988-1997)
Latvian National Reform Party (1997-1998)
People's Party (1998-2005)
Latvian Farmers' Union
All for Latvia!
National Alliance
Alma materRiga Polytechnic Institute

Aleksandrs Kiršteins (born 27 August 1948) is a Latvian architect and far-right politician. Chairman of the foreign affairs committee. Member of the Supreme Council of Latvia and seven convocations of the Saeima.

Controversy

Kiršteins was criticised by members of the Latvian Jewish community for his tacit support of a controversial exhibition "Herberts Cukurs: The Presumption of Innocence". For his response, in which Kiršteins hinted at the Latvian Jewish community's collaboration with the "state's enemies" during the Soviet occupation of Latvia in 1940, he was expelled from People's Party.[1][2]

Award

In 1997, he was awarded the French National Order of Merit.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Eglitis, Aaron (June 15, 2005). "Artistic quest ignites historic fire". The Baltic Times. Retrieved December 4, 2010.
  2. ↑ Dawisha, Karen; Parrott, Bruce (1994-01-28). Russia and the New States of Eurasia: The Politics of Upheaval. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-45895-5.
  3. ↑ "Francijas Republikas apbalvojumi un gada nosaukumi" (in Latvian). Latvijas Vēstnesis. Retrieved 2023-10-15.
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