Jānis Dūklavs

Jānis Dūklavs (born 24 November 1952) is a Latvian politician from Union of Greens and Farmers. Dūklavs was Minister of Agriculture of Latvia from 2009 to 2011 and again from 2014 to 2019.[1]

Jānis Dūklavs
Minister of Agriculture
In office
22 January 2014  23 January 2019
Prime MinisterLaimdota Straujuma
Māris Kučinskis
Preceded byLaimdota Straujuma
Succeeded byKaspars Gerhards
In office
12 March 2009  25 October 2011
Prime MinisterValdis Dombrovskis
Preceded byMārtiņš Roze
Succeeded byLaimdota Straujuma
Personal details
Born (1952-11-24) 24 November 1952
Ķegums, Latvia
Political partyUnion of Greens and Farmers

Dūklavs came into disrepute during the Hotel Rīdzene leaks scandal in 2017, during which transcripts of secretly recorded talks between Aivars Lembergs, Andris Šķēle, Ainārs Šlesers and other individuals at the Hotel Rīdzene were published by the Ir magazine.[2][3] The transcripts of the recordings feature Dūklavs asking Ainārs Šlesers for help selling a piece of undeclared land next to the Riga Freeport for 15 million Euros.[4][5]

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