Pēteris Juraševskis
Pēteris Juraševskis (born March 23 . Jul / 4. April 1872 greg. , Rural community Sesava , Courland Governorate ; † 10. January 1945 in Jelgava ) was Latvian politician and Prime Minister of the Democratic Center Party ( Demokrātiskā Centra Partija ).
Life
Degree, Minister and Member of Parliament
After working as a civil servant in the government of Courland , he studied law at the University of Saint Petersburg from 1900 to 1904 . He then worked as a lawyer .
After Latvia gained independence on November 18, 1918, he was a member of the first government of Kārlis Ulmanis until July 14, 1919, as Minister of Justice . Only on May 25, 1924 was he reappointed to a government and belonged to the cabinet of Prime Minister Voldemārs Zāmuels until the end of his term on December 18, 1924.
On October 4, 1925 he was elected as a candidate for the Democratic Center Party ( Demokrātiskā Centra Partija ) for the first time as a member of parliament ( Saeima ).
On December 24, 1925, Ulmanis reappointed him as Minister of Justice, but lost this office a month later on January 26, 1926.
Presidential candidate and Prime Minister from 1928
In 1927 he ran unsuccessfully as one of five candidates for the office of President of the Republic of Latvia against Gustavs Zemgals .
On January 24, 1928, he finally became Prime Minister himself, succeeding Marģers Skujenieks . During his term of office, which lasted until November 30, 1928, he was also Minister of Finance until March 8, 1928 . Successor as prime minister was Hugo Celmiņš .
Web links
- Biographical information in rulers.org
- Homepage of the Government of Latvia
Individual evidence
- ↑ Entry in the baptismal register of the municipality of Sessau (Latvian: Sesava)
- ↑ History of the Ministry of Justice 1918–1940 ( Memento from December 19, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )
- ↑ 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.
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Marģers Skujenieks |
Prime Minister of Latvia January 24, 1924 - November 30, 1924 |
Hugo Celmiņš |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Juraševskis, Pēteris |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Latvian politician, member of the Saeima and Prime Minister |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 4, 1872 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rural municipality of Sesava , Courland Governorate |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 10, 1945 |
| Place of death | Jelgava |