Alfrēds Čepānis

Alfrēds Čepānis (born 3 August 1943, in Kalsnava Parish) is a Latvian politician and the former Speaker of the Saeima from 1996 to 1998.[1]

Alfrēds Čepānis
Čepānis in 2018
Speaker of the Saeima
In office
September 26, 1996 – November 3, 1998
PresidentGuntis Ulmanis
Prime MinisterAndris Šķēle (1996–1997)
Guntars Krasts (1997–1998)
Preceded byIlga Kreituse
Succeeded byJānis Straume
Personal details
Born (1943-08-03) August 3, 1943
Kalsnava Parish, Generalbezirk Lettland, Reichskommissariat Ostland
Political partyCommunist Party of the Soviet Union
Democratic Center Party of Latvia (until 1995)
Democratic Party "Saimnieks" (1995–1999)
Latvian Democratic Party (1999–2004)
New Centre (2004–present)
SpouseIlma Čepāne

Biography

Čepānis was born in a Lithuanian and Belarusian family, where they spoke only Latvian in their household.[2] In 1957, he graduated from Kalsnava Primary School and continued his studies at Jaungulbene Vocational School and Riga. After graduating from primary school, Čepānis worked in agriculture where was an assistant tractor driver, tractor driver and combine harvester. From 1968 to 1974, he worked for the Komsomol and in 1973 graduated in part from the Higher Party School in Moscow.[3]

In 1990, Čepānis was elected as the deputy of the Supreme Council in. In 1993 he was elected to the 5th Saeima as a part of the Democratic Center Party of Latvia, and two years later was elected to the 6th Saeima as a part of the Democratic Party "Saimnieks", becoming a member of the Speaker of the Saeima.[4] On September 26, 1996, after Ilga Kreituse resigned from the faction, Čepānis became the 7th Speaker of the Saeima.[5]

In 1999, he was elected to the Council of Trasta Komercbanka and later became its Deputy Chairman in 2006. He was elected to the Riga City Council in 2006 for the Latvian Democratic Party, the successor of "Saimnieka." Following the liquidation of Latvian Democratic Party in 2004, he became a founder of the party New Centre.

Honors

References
  1. "Alfrēds Čepānis". Helios Saeima (in Latvian). Archived from the original on October 30, 2008.
  2. "Cilvēks , kas māk tēmēt". Valoda (in Latvian). Archived from the original on August 19, 2011.
  3. "ALFREDS ČEPĀNIS". Latvijas ļaudis. Archived from the original on November 7, 2015.
  4. Līcītis, Egils (May 2, 2021). ""Pusi no tagadējā ministru sastāva es darbā savā kantorī neņemtu! To es godīgi, bez fleitēšanas saku!" Saruna ar Alfrēdu Čepāni". Ziņu Portāls Latvijai.
  5. "Iznākusi Ērika Hānberga sarakstītā grāmata Alfrēds Čepānis vaļsirdībās". Diena (in Latvian). July 1, 2021.
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