For Latvia and Ventspils

For Latvia and Ventspils

Latvijai un Ventspilij
For Latvia and Ventspils Latvijai un Ventspilij
Chairman	Aivars Lembergs
Founded	10 March 1994
Headquarters	Ventspils, Raiņa iela 4a, LV-3601
Ideology	Ventspils regionalism
National affiliation	Union of Greens and Farmers
Colours	Cyan; Yellow;
Ventspils City Council	7 / 13
Saeima	2 / 100
Website
	latvijaiunventspilij.lv
	Politics of Latvia; Political parties; Elections;

For Latvia and Ventspils (Latvian: Latvijai un Ventspilij, LuV) is a regionalist political party in Latvia that mainly operates as a localist party in Ventspils.^[1]^[2] It is mostly known for its chairman, Aivars Lembergs, who has been mayor of Ventspils between 1988 until his arrest in 2021.^[3] In 2006, the party signed an agreement with the Union of Greens and Farmers to allow members of For Latvia and Ventspils to be elected to the Saeima, including the former speaker of the parliament Gundars Daudze,^[4] and current members Dana Reizniece-Ozola and Jānis Vucāns. Since then, Lembergs has been named as a candidate for the position of the prime minister many times.^[5]

^ "For Latvia and Ventspils party to assess possibilities to nominate Lembergs for mayor". baltictimes.com. Retrieved 2021-11-25.
^ Nordsieck, Wolfram (2018). "Latvia". Parties and Elections in Europe. Archived from the original on 27 September 2018.
^ "Local government". Ventspils City Council. 2014. Archived from the original on August 19, 2017. Retrieved June 28, 2014.
^ "Par partiju (in Latvian)". Partija Latvijai un Ventspilij. 2014. Archived from the original on October 28, 2017. Retrieved June 28, 2014.
^ "Opinion: unfathomable how UGF could nominate Lembergs as its Prime Minister candidate". BNN. 2014. Retrieved June 28, 2014.