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Valdis Zatlers wins presidential elections

Valdis Zatlers wins presidential elections
# 31 May 2007 12:47 (UTC +04:00)
In just one round of voting, Latvia’s parliament has elected doctor Valdis Zatlers as the country’s seventh president. Zatlers received 58 votes in the 100-seat Saeima, seven more than the 51 required.
His opponent, former Constitutional Court Justice Aivars Endziņš, received 39 votes.
Latvian president is elected for 4 years term. Zatlers will replace two-term president Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga, whose eight years in office end July 7. Valdis Zatlers graduated from Riga Medical University in 1979. Zatlers is chairman of the board of the Hospital of Traumatology and Orthopedics in Riga since 1994. He is also a former member of Latvian National Front. /APA/
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