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Golubeva and Edgars Rinkēvičs, were among the 100 elected to the Latvian parliament last week. The latter is the incumbent foreign minister, so that aspect is not as noteworthy as the article implies.
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Leader of a minor and unsuccessful political party (they got 2.6% in last weekend's general election, winning no seats.) No other claims to notability and I've had a look at the equivalent
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