Marija Golubeva

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Marija Golubeva
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Minister of the Interior
In office
3 June 2021 –16 May 2022

Marija Golubeva (born 28 June 1973) is a Latvian politician of Russian descent, political scientist, and historian. She is a member of the 13th Saeima and leader of the Development/For! Saeima fraction, and she also was elected by the Presidium of the Saeima to serve in the Saeima Secretariat. She served as Minister of the Interior of Latvia. In her academic work, she specializes in immigration policy and education policy.

Life and career

Golubeva studied English philology at the University of Latvia, graduating with a Bachelor's Degree in 1994. [1] In 1995, she obtained a Master's Degree in history from the Central European University. [1] She then attended the University of Cambridge, where she earned her doctorate in 2000. [1]

In 1999, Golubeva became a Lecturer at the Latvian Academy of Culture, where she taught courses in cultural history. [2] In the 2001–2002 school year, she was the acting head of the Department of Political Science at Riga Stradiņš University, and the following year she served as the head of a research center at The Vidzeme University of Applied Sciences. [2] She then worked as a consultant at the State Chancellery, and from 2004 to 2012 and again from 2014 to 2016 she worked as a researcher at the Latvian public policy research center Providus. [2] She has also consulted for ICF International. [1] She particularly specializes in the study of education policy and immigration policy. [2]

In 2017, Golubeva was a founding member of the Movement For! party, and she was elected to its first board. [3]

In the 2018 Latvian parliamentary election, Golubeva was elected to the Saeima. [4] She was then also elected Secretary of the Saeima. [5]

In 2021, on June 3, after the redistribution of ministerial positions in the government of Krišjānis Kariņas due to the withdrawal of the KPV LV party from the government, she was elected as the Minister of Interior of the Republic of Latvia. On May 16, 2022, M. Golubeva resigned from the position of the Minister of Interior after the National Union, one of the coalition partners, expressed distrust regarding the activities of law enforcement agencies during the laying of flowers at the Victory Monument in Riga on May 9 and 10. On May 19, M. Golubeva renewed her mandate as a member of the Saeima.

Marija Golubeva chairing a meeting of European Affairs Committee Arlietu komisijas un Eiropas lietu komisijas kopsede 03.jpg
Marija Golubeva chairing a meeting of European Affairs Committee

Golubeva is considered Latvia's first openly lesbian minister, [6] considered the second openly LGBT member of the Saeima in Latvian history, after Edgars Rinkēvičs. [7] She was also one of the record high number of women elected to the Saeima in that election. [4]

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References

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  2. 1 2 3 4 "Maria Golubeva" (in Latvian). Development/For!. Archived from the original on 25 May 2019. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  3. ↑ "Partiju "Kustība Par!" vadīs Pavļuts; valdē ievēlē arī Viņķeli un Dālderi". LSM (in Latvian). August 26, 2017. Archived from the original on 25 September 2020. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  4. 1 2 "Record number of women elected in 13th Saeima". Baltic News Network. October 8, 2018. Archived from the original on 4 June 2021. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  5. ↑ Semjonova, Ella (November 6, 2018). "13. Saeimas pirmajā sēdē sadalītas vietas Prezidijā – bez amatiem paliek "KPV LV" un ZZS". LSM (in Latvian). Archived from the original on 20 October 2020. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  6. ↑ https://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/CBP-9479/CBP-9479.pdf
  7. ↑ Dunne, Peter (October 9, 2018). "Latvia Makes History By Electing Openly LGBT+ Politicians". GCN. Archived from the original on 28 February 2022. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
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