Aldis Gobzems
Aldis Gobzems (born October 10, 1978) is a Latvian politician and lawyer. He first rose to prominence as a lawyer who represented victims of the 2013 Zolitūde shopping centre roof collapse, and was the prime ministerial candidate for the Who Owns the State? party in the 2018 Latvian parliamentary elections.
Aldis Gobzems | |
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Aldis Gobzems in 2018 | |
| Member of 13th Saeima | |
| In office November 6, 2018 – November 1, 2022 | |
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| Born | October 10, 1978 Kuldīga, Latvian SSR, USSR (now Latvia) |
| Other political affiliations | For Each and Every One (2021–2022) Independent (2019–2021) Who Owns the State? (2018–2019) |
| Occupation | Politician, lawyer |
| Website | Personal Twitter account Facebook page Personal Facebook account Personal Instagram account Personal YouTube channel |
After being elected into parliament, Gobzems was nominated by President Raimonds Vējonis on November 26, 2018, to attempt to form and lead a new government by becoming Prime Minister of Latvia, but his nomination was revoked on December 10 after negotiations with other parties failed. After an increasingly public dispute with fellow Who Owns the State? leader Artuss Kaimiņš, he was expelled from the party on February 4, 2019.
He has commonly been described as a populist by media, while he has described his former party as part of a "right-of-center bloc".