Alfrēds Rubiks

Alfrēds Rubiks
Rubiks in 2014
Member of the European Parliament
In office
2009–2014
ConstituencyLatvia
First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Latvia
In office
7 April 1990 – 24 August 1991
Preceded byJānis Vagris
Member of the 28th Politburo of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
In office
13 June 1990 – 6 November 1991
Chairman of the Riga City Executive Committee
In office
1984–1990
Preceded byMečislavs Dubra
Succeeded byAndrejs Inkulis
Personal details
Born (1935-09-24) 24 September 1935
Daugavpils, Latvia
Political partyCommunist Party of the Soviet Union (1958—1991)
Socialist Party of Latvia (since 1999)
ChildrenRaimonds Rubiks
Artūrs Rubiks
FatherPēteris Rubiks
Alma materRiga Polytechnic Institute
Leningrad Higher Party School
Professionmechanical engineer

Alfrēds Rubiks (born 24 September 1935) is a Latvian communist politician. He was the leader of the Communist Party of Latvia. He was a Member of the European Parliament for Latvia from 2009 until 2014. In the European Parliament he was a member of the European United Left–Nordic Green Left group.[1][2]

References

  1. ↑ Näf, Kaspar (June 11, 2009). "The European elections strengthened Russians of Latvian" (in Estonian). Postimees. Retrieved June 11, 2009.
  2. ↑ "Politicians Ušakovs and Rubiks removed from the board of Harmony Centre". Baltic News Network. 4 October 2019. Retrieved 1 October 2019.