Miroslavs Mitrofanovs: Difference between revisions

| name = MiroslavMiroslavs MitrofanovMitrofanovs

| party = [[Latvian Russian Union]]/[[Latvian Russian Union|LRU]] (since 20142014–2024) <br /> [[For Human Rights in a United Latvia]]/[[ForHRUL]] (2007–2014) <br /> [[Equal Rights (Latvia)|Equal Rights]] (1994–2007)

| image = Flickr - Saeima - 9.Saeimas deputāts Miroslavs Mitrofanovs.jpg

| office = [[Member of the European Parliament]]

| constituency = [[Latvia (European Parliament constituency)|Latvia]]

| term_start = 2018

| term_end = 2019

| parliament = European

| predecessor = Tatjana Ždanoka

| order2 = Member of the Saeima

| constituency2 = Latgale

| term_start2 = November 2006

| term_end2 = November 2010

| parliament2 =

| order3 = Member of the Saeima

| constituency3 = Latgale

| term_start3 = November 1998

| term_end3 = November 2002

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1966|12|18|df=y}}

| birth_place = [[Daugavpils]], [[Soviet Union]]

| death_date =

| death_place =

| otherparty = European Free Alliance

| citizenship = USSR (until 1991)<br /> [[Latvia]] (since 1991)

| alma_mater = [[University of Latvia]]

| occupation =

| profession = biologist

'''MiroslavMiroslavs BorisovichMitrofanovs''' or '''Miroslav Mitrofanov'''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.russkije.lv/en/lib/read/miroslav-mitrofanov.html |title=Miroslav Mitrofanov |work=Russians of Latvia |publisher=Institute of the Russian heritage of Latvia |access-date=August 22, 2018}}</ref> ({{lang-langx|ru|Миросла́в Бори́сович Митрофа́нов}}, {{lang-lv|Miroslavs''Miroslav Mitrofanovs}}Borisovich Mitrofanov''; born 18 December 18, 1966 in [[Daugavpils]], LatviaSoviet Union) is a [[Latvian Russian]] journalist and politician, Member of the 7th and 9th [[Saeima]] for [[For Human Rights in United Latvia]]. Co-chairman of ForHRUL (later renamed LRU) since 2011. He had been a member of the [[European Parliament]] since March 2018<ref>{{cite web |last1=Berezovskaya |first1=Alla |title=Miroslav Mitrofanov speaks on the struggle for the "Russian issues" in the European Parliament |url=https://russkiymir.ru/en/publications/244579/ |publisher=Russki Mir |accessdate=1 March 2019 |date=10 August 2018}}</ref> until July 2019. In 2020, Mitrofanov was elected to the [[Riga City Council]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://rd2020.cvk.lv/pub/en/election-results/riga/candidate-lists/latvijas-krievu-savieniba |title=August 29, 2020 Riga city elections |website=rd2020.cvk.lv}}</ref>

In 2020 MitrofanovMitrofanovs, alongside his party members [[Tatjana Ždanoka]] and [[Andrejs Mamikins]], was included in the European Platform for Democratic Elections database of "biased observers" for backing disputed and rigged elections in [[Russia]] and [[Temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine|occupied Ukraine]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://eng.lsm.lv/article/politics/politics/five-latvian-politicians-named-as-politically-biased-election-observers.a365793/|title=Five Latvian politicians named as 'politically biased election observers'|date=July 3, 2020|publisher=[[Public Broadcasting of Latvia]]|accessdate=July 19, 2020}}</ref>