Janīna Kursīte-Pakule
Janīna Kursīte-Pakule (born 2 March 1952, in Arendole) is a Latvian literary scholar, linguist, writer, publicist, and politician. She has served as deputy of the 9th, 10th, 11th, and 12th Saeimas. Kursīte-Pakule is a member of the Latvian Academy of Sciences.
Janīna Kursīte-Pakule
Saeima · 10.Saeimas deputāte Janīna Kursīte-Pakule · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Name
- Janīna Kursīte-Pakule
- Born
- 2 March 1952
- Birthplace
- Arendole, Latvian SSR (now Latvia)
- Nationality
- Latvia
- Occupation
- politician · literary scholar · linguist · opinion journalist · writer · philologist · ethnologist
- Education
- University of Latvia · University of Tartu
- Honours
- Order of the Three Stars and 4th Class · Knight's Cross of the Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas
- Languages
- Latvian
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In 2018, after being re-elected to the Saeima, Kursīte-Pakule delivered her oath in Livonian before being asked to retake it in Latvian, which she did in the Livonian dialect of Latvian.
Janīna Kursīte-Pakule studied at University of Latvia and University of Tartu. The recorded working language is Latvian. Places of work recorded in the authority are Riga. Positions recorded include deputy of Saeima. Distinctions recorded are Order of the Three Stars, 4th Class and Knight's Cross of the Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas.
2012.gada 15.merts. Kārtējā Saeimas sēde.
Saeima · 15. marta Saeimas sēde
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• Name — Janīna Kursīte-Pakule • Office — Deputy of the Saeima • Born — 2 March 1952 • Birthplace — Arendole, Latvian SSR (now Latvia) • Party — 2006–2008 For Fatherland and Freedom/LNNK 2008–2011 Civic Union 2011–2014 Unity 2014–present National Alliance • Alma Mater — University of Tartu, University of Latvia
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Janīna Kursīte-Pakule appears in the authority records of the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek as an ethnologist, philologist and politician (born 1952). The birth of Janīna Kursīte-Pakule is recorded in 1952.
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