Andris Ārgalis
Latvian politician (born 1944)
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Andris Ārgalis (born 18 August 1944) is a Latvian politician. He was the mayor of Riga from 2000 to 2001.
Andris Ārgalis | |
|---|---|
| 4th Mayor of Riga | |
| In office 10 May 2000 – 27 March 2001 | |
| Prime Minister | Andris Bērziņš |
| Preceded by | Andris Bērziņš |
| Succeeded by | Gundars Bojārs |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 18 August 1944 |
| Party | For Fatherland and Freedom/LNNK, People's Party |
| Alma mater | Latvian University of Agriculture |
Andris Ārgalis graduated from the Latvian Academy of Agriculture in 1969.
In 1997 he was elected to the Riga City Council as representative of the For Fatherland and Freedom/LNNK, a Latvian nationalist party. In 2000 and 2001 he was the Riga City Council Chairman (mayor). In a poll conducted in December 2000, he was the third most popular politician in Latvia with a rating 35.4 points on a scale from -100 to +100, after President Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga with 54.6 points and Bank of Latvia President Einars Repše with 52.5 points.[1]
In 2002 he left the City Council Members' office, and was elected a member of Parliament.[2] In 2005 he resigned from Parliament and was re-elected to the Riga City Council, became a deputy mayor and chairman of the board of the Free port of Riga, a post traditionally held by the mayor.[3]
