List of members of the European Parliament for Latvia, 2009–2014

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Members of the
European Parliament

for Latvia
Observers (2003)
Delegation (2004)
6th term (2004)
7th term (2009)
8th term (2014)
9th term (2019)
10th term (2024)

This is the list of the members of the European Parliament for Latvia in the 2009 to 2014 session. One person from Civic Union entered the Parliament in December 2011, bringing the number of MEPs back to 9.

Contents

List

NameNational partyEP GroupVotes
Ivars Godmanis   Latvia's First Party/Latvian Way   ALDE
Sandra Kalniete   Civic Union   EPP
Artūrs Kariņš   New Era Party   EPP
Alexander Mirsky   Harmony Centre   S&D
Alfreds Rubiks   Harmony Centre   EUL–NGL
Kārlis Šadurskis [1]   Civic Union   EPP
Inese Vaidere   Civic Union   EPP
Tatjana Ždanoka   For Human Rights in United Latvia   G–EFA
Roberts Zīle   For Fatherland and Freedom/LNNK   ECR

Party representation

National partyEP GroupSeats±
  Civic Union   EPP
2 / 8
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  Harmony Centre Various
2 / 8
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  For Human Rights in United Latvia   G–EFA
1 / 8
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  Latvia's First Party/Latvian Way   ALDE
1 / 8
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  For Fatherland and Freedom/LNNK   ECR
1 / 8
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  New Era Party   EPP
1 / 8
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Notes

  1. MEP since the Lisbon Treaty.

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