Jānis Dūklavs

Jānis Dūklavs
Minister of Agriculture
Assumed office
22 January 2014
Prime Minister Laimdota Straujuma
Māris Kučinskis
Preceded by Laimdota Straujuma
In office
12 March 2009 – 25 October 2011
Prime Minister Valdis Dombrovskis
Preceded by Mārtiņš Roze
Succeeded by Laimdota Straujuma
Personal details
Born (1952-11-24) 24 November 1952
Ķegums, Latvia
Political party Union of Greens and Farmers

Jānis Dūklavs (born 24 November 1952, Ķegums, Latvia) is a Latvian politician from Union of Greens and Farmers. Dūklavs is the current Minister of Agriculture of Latvia.[1]

One occasion on which Dūklavs came into disrepute was during the Hotel Rīdzene leaks scandal in 2017, during which transcripts of secretly recorded talks between Aivars Lembergs, Andris Šķēle, Ainārs Šlesers and other individuals at the Hotel Rīdzene were published by the Ir magazine.[2][3] The transcripts of the recordings feature Dūklavs asking Ainārs Šlesers for help selling a piece of land next to the Riga Freeport for 15 million Euros ("15 ļimončiki", "little lemons", from slang Russian: лимон).[4][5] Dūklavs is purported to have co-owned 10% of this land under fake registration.

References

  1. ↑ "The Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Latvia: Jānis Dūklavss". Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Latvia. Retrieved 2010-04-17.
  2. ↑ http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-07/08/c_136426839.htm
  3. ↑ "Anti-graft squad won't start case against Agriculture Minister". LSM. LETA. 8 August 2017. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
  4. ↑ "Dūklavs lūdzis Šleseram palīdzību nedeklarētas zemes pārdošanā". Ir. Retrieved 2017-06-30.
  5. ↑ http://www.baltic-course.com/eng/transport/?doc=131081


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