Latvian-American to serve as the new PM of the Baltic state
Nearly four months after parliamentary elections held on October 6, 2018, the Latvian parliament on January 23 finally approved a new government, local sources report.
The five-party coalition will be headed by Latvian-American dual citizen Krišjānis Kariņš, until recently a Member of the European Parliament (MEP), and will consist of his own New Unity party plus the New Conservatives, the Development/For! alliance, the National Alliance plus most of the KPV LV party.
Though the parties in some cases make uneasy bedfellows, broadly speaking the coalition might be characterized as center-right in character.
61 deputies voted in favor of the government and 39 voted against, Public Broadcasting of Latvia reported, adding the coalition partners signed an agreement distributing ministerial portfolios.