Marģers Skujenieks

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Marģers skujenieks (born June 10 . Jul / 22. June  1886 greg. In Riga , † 1941 in Russia ) was a Latvian politician of the Latvian Social Democratic Workers' Party ( Latvijas socialdemokratiska Strādnieku Partija ) and two-time prime minister .

biography

Studies and professional career

While still a student at a secondary school , he took part in the 1905 Russian Revolution . He then completed a degree in statistics in Moscow , which he graduated in 1911. While still a student, he campaigned for the independence of the Baltic States . As a statistician, he gained widespread attention, especially as director of the State Statistics Bureau ( Latvijas Statistika ) on September 1, 1919 and also due to the publication of the Latvian Statistical Atlas of 1938 ( Latvijas statistikas atlass ).

MP

His actual political career began as a member of the Latvian People's Council ( Tautas padome ), which declared Latvia's independence on November 18, 1918. In 1919 he was a member of the Latvian delegation at the Versailles Peace Conference .

In April 1920 he was elected a member of the Constituent Assembly ( Satversmes sapulce ). In October 1922 he was elected Member of Parliament ( Saeima ), in which he represented the interests of the Latvian Social Democratic Labor Party ( Latvijas Sociāldemokrātiskā Strādnieku Partija ) until May 1934 .

Prime Minister

On December 19, 1926, he was appointed as the successor to Arturs Alberings as the first social democratic prime minister. As such, he was also Minister of the Interior during his term of office, which lasted until January 23, 1928 . Successor as Prime Minister was Pēteris Juraševskis the following day . During his tenure, a trade agreement was signed with the USSR in 1927 .

After the parliamentary elections of October 1931, he was again Prime Minister on December 6, 1931, succeeding Kārlis Ulmanis . He held office until March 23, 1933. From February 21, 1932 to the end of his term of office, he was both Minister of Finance and temporarily acting Foreign Minister. On February 5, 1932 in Riga he concluded a non-aggression pact with the USSR . His successor as Prime Minister was Ādolfs Bļodnieks .

Deputy Prime Minister, Sports Official and Death

In the authoritarian regime established by Ulmanis on March 17, 1934, he was Deputy Prime Minister until June 16, 1938. At the same time he was chairman of the sports association and president of the National Olympic Committee . After the unification of the offices of Prime Minister and President of the State in the person of Ulmanis through the amendment of the Latvian Constitution ( Satversme ) in 1936, he increasingly distanced himself from Ulmanis.

After the occupation of Latvia by the Red Army in 1940, he was arrested and interned in the Soviet Union , where he died soon after.

literature

  • Rihards Treijs: Prezidenti. Latvijas valsts un ministru prezidenti 1918–1940 . Latvijas Vēstnesis, Riga 2004, ISBN 9984-731-47-2 (Latvian).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Entry in the baptismal register of St. John's Church in Riga (Latvian: Rīgas sv. Jāņa baznīca)
  2. ^ "Latvian Statistics Atlas" ( Memento from July 24, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ^ Edgar Anderson: The USSR Trades with Latvia: The Treaty of 1927 . In: Slavic Review Vol. 21 (1962), No. 2 (June), pp. 296-321.
  4. ^ Non-aggression treaty with the Soviet Union of February 5, 1932
  5. ↑ History of the Latvian Sports Administration ( Memento of May 30, 2003 in the Internet Archive )
  6. ^ President of the Latvian Olympic Committee
predecessor Office successor
Arturs Alberings Prime Minister of Latvia
December 19, 1926 - January 23, 1928 		Pēteris Juraševskis
Kārlis Ulmanis Prime Minister of Latvia
December 6, 1931 - March 23, 1933 		Ādolfs Bļodnieks
personal data
SURNAME Skujenieks, Marģers
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Latvian politician, member of the Saeima and Prime Minister
DATE OF BIRTH June 22, 1886
PLACE OF BIRTH Riga
DATE OF DEATH 1941
Place of death Russia