Ādolfs Bļodnieks

Ādolfs Bļodnieks (born July 25 ^{. Jul} / 6. August  1889 ^greg. In Tukums ; † 21st March 1962 in Brooklyn , New York ) was Latvian politician and Prime Minister of the Party of Smallholders ( Jaunsaimnieku partija ).

Ādolfs Bļodnieks

Life

Professional career

After finishing school and studying, he became an inspector in the Ministry of Finance in May 1919 . He was later from December 1923 to November 1931 and then again in June 1932 a member of the Board of Directors and from November 1931 to June 1932 and from June 1932 to March 1933 Deputy President of the Latvian National Bank.

MP

Before that, however, his political career began. He was a member of the Latvian People's Council ( Tautas padome ), which declared independence from Latvia on November 18, 1918 . He then became a member of the Constituent Assembly ( Satversmes sapulce ) in April 1920 . In October 1925 he was elected a member of parliament ( Saeima ), in which he then represented the interests of the small farmers' party ( Jaunsaimnieku partija ) until May 1934 . At times he was also the secretary of the Saeima and chairman of the small farmers' party.

Prime Minister from 1933 to 1934

On March 24, 1933, he was elected Prime Minister to succeed Marģers Skujenieks . He was the first and only prime minister who belonged to the Jaunsaimnieku partija . On March 16, 1934, he was replaced by Kārlis Ulmanis , who set up an authoritarian regime after a coup on May 15 .

He then largely withdrew from politics. However, in November 1947 he was one of the signatories of an appeal to the chairman of the UN General Assembly, Oswaldo Aranha .

Publications

• The Undefeated Nation ; 1960

Web links

• Biographical information in rulers.org
• Homepage of the Government of Latvia
• Rihards Treihs: Ādolfs Bļodnieks. Astotais Latvijas Ministru prezidents . In: Latvijas Vēstnesim , 2003
• Janis Rogainis: The Emergence Of An Authoritarian Regime In Latvia 1932–1934 1971
• Biography , Tukuma bibliotēka (Latvian)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Entry in the baptismal register of the municipality of Tuckum (Latvian: Tukums)
2. ↑ The Saeima and its MPs ( Memento of the original from June 18, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
3. ↑ Das Baltikum In: TIME Magazine , May 28, 1928
4. ↑ APPEAL of the Representatives of the Baltic Nations to the General Assembly of the United Nations , November 24, 1947 ( Memento of February 5, 2012 in the Internet Archive )

predecessor	Office	successor
Marģers Skujenieks	Prime Minister of Latvia March 24, 1933 - March 16, 1934	Kārlis Ulmanis