Nationality Latvian Profession Lawyer Role Lawyer Political party Unity | Name Inese Libina-Egnere Spouse Jan Hendrik Egner | |
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Born September 25, 1977 (age 46) Liepaja, Latvia ( 1977-09-25 ) Alma mater University of LatviaUniversity of Freiburg Education University of Latvia, Albert Ludwigs University of Freiburg | ||
Inese l bi a egnere saeim sveic motokrosa p rst vjus
Inese Lībiņa-Egnere (born 25 September 1977) is a Latvian lawyer and politician representing political party Unity. Was a member and Deputy Speaker of the 11th Saeima (elected from Reform Party), now is elected in the 12th Saeima.
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- Inese l bi a egnere saeim sveic motokrosa p rst vjus
- Saeimas priek s d t jas biedre inese l bi a egnere tiekas ar indijas v stnieku
- Early life and career
- Political activities
- References
Saeimas priek s d t jas biedre inese l bi a egnere tiekas ar indijas v stnieku
Early life and career
Lībiņa-Egnere was born on 25 September 1977 in Liepāja. She completed her secondary education in Liepaja Secondary School No5 in 1996. Higher education was gained in the Faculty of Law at the University of Latvia and afterwards at the University of Freiburg in Germany.
She became a member of a law firm "Liepa, Skopiņa/BORENIUS". Since 2004, she has been a lecturer – Assistant Professor at the Department of Civil Law, University of Latvia. In 2007, she completed her doctoral studies and gained a Doctor in Law at the University of Latvia. From 2007 to 2011 she was the legal advisor to the President of the Republic of Latvia Valdis Zatlers.
Political activities
In 2011 Lībiņa-Egnere joined Zatlers` Reform Party. As a party list candidate for the 11th Parliamentary elections, she was elected from the Courland region. She became a member of the Legal Affairs Committee and the European Affairs Committee. Since October 20, 2011 has been the Deputy Chairperson of the Legal Affairs Committee. On June 14, 2012 she was elected the Deputy Speaker of the Saeima.
In May 2014, together with a group of deputies and ministers from the Reform Party, Lībiņa-Egnere joined the political party Unity, from which she was elected in the 12th Saeima. Currently is the Deputy Speaker of the Saeima, the Deputy Chairperson and a member of the Legal Affairs Committee, as well as a member of Parliamentary Inquiry Committee.
In addition to her role in parliament, Lībiņa-Egnere has been serving as the head of the Latvian delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. As member of the Assembly, she currently is the chairwoman of the Sub-Committee on Human Rights. She also serves as a member of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights; the Committee on the Honouring of Obligations and Commitments by Member States of the Council of Europe (Monitoring Committee); the Committee on the Election of Judges to the European Court of Human Rights; the Sub-Committee on the implementation of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights.