Jānis Straume

Jānis Straume (27 August 1962 – 10 July 2024) was a Latvian politician for For Fatherland and Freedom/LNNK (TB/LNNK). He was the fourth Speaker of the Saeima (1998–2002) since 1991.

Straume was a leading member of a number of organisations in the Latvian independence movement, including Helsinki-86, the Latvian National Independence Movement, the Citizens' Congress, and the 18th November Union.

When the 18th November Union merged into For Fatherland and Freedom, he became a party member. He served as the Speaker of the Saeima from 1998 to 2002, during the 7th Saeima.^[1] He was chairman of the TB/LNNK from 2002 to 2006, during the 8th Saeima, when he was also Deputy Chairman of the Saeima.^[2]

On the morning of 10 July 2024, an accident was reported on Lielupes Street in Jūrmala (near Jaundubulti Station), when a train fatally ran over a pedestrian. The man was later identified as Straume, and it was confirmed that he deliberately threw himself under the train. He was 61.^[3][4]

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