Pabriks to be PM candidate of For Development/For! bloc

  • 2018-07-15
  • LETA/TBT Staff

RIGA - European Parliament member and former Latvian foreign and defense minister Artis Pabriks will be the prime minister candidate for the For Development/For! bloc in the upcoming Saeima elections.

Meanwhile, former economy minister and the co-chairman of the bloc Daniels Pavluts will head the party's ticket in the Riga election district.

The bloc's other co-chairman Juris Puce will head the bloc's ticket in the Kurzeme election district.

Former MP and Unity member Ilze Vinkele will head the bloc's ticket in the Zemgale election district.

Pabriks will head the party's ticket in Vidzeme, while Martins Bondars, currently a Riga City Council member, will head the party's ticket in Latgale.