Alfrēds Rubiks
Alfrēds Rubiks (Russian: Альфред Петрович Рубикс, Alfred Petrovich Rubiks; born 24 September 1935), is a Latvian communist politician and a former leader of the Communist Party of Latvia. He was a Member of the European Parliament for Latvia from 2009 until 2014. In the European Parliament he was a member of the European United Left–Nordic Green Left group.
Alfrēds Rubiks | |
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Rubiks in 2014 | |
| Member of the European Parliament | |
| In office 2009–2014 | |
| Constituency | Latvia |
| First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Latvia | |
| In office 7 April 1990 – 24 August 1991 | |
| Preceded by | Jānis Vagris |
| Member of the 28th Politburo of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union | |
| In office 13 June 1990 – 6 November 1991 | |
| Chairman of the Riga City Executive Committee | |
| In office 1984–1990 | |
| Preceded by | Mečislavs Dubra |
| Succeeded by | Andrejs Inkulis |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 24 September 1935 Daugavpils, Latvia |
| Political party | Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1958—1991) Socialist Party of Latvia (since 1999) |
| Other political affiliations | European United Left/Nordic Green Left |
| Children | Raimonds Rubiks (1963), Artūrs Rubiks (1970) |
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| Alma mater | Riga Polytechnic Institute (1963), Leningrad Higher Party School (1980) |
| Profession | mechanical engineer |
Due to his former allegiance with the Communist Party of Latvia after January 1991, Rubiks is prohibited from running for an electable office in Latvia under Latvian law. His two sons Artūrs Rubiks and Raimonds Rubiks are also politicians and members of the Saeima for Harmony.
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