Latvian National Independence Movement

Latvijas Nacionālās Neatkarības Kustība ( LNNK, Latvian National Independence Movement ) was a political organization in Latvia from 1988 to the mid-1990s.

They formed in 1988 as a radical wing of the Latvian independence movement. Unlike the more moderate Latvian Popular Front, which originally demanded more autonomy for Latvia within the Soviet Union, there was a LNNK from the beginning to the restoration of independence. Einar Repše and Juris Dobelis were among the leaders of the organization.

When Latvia regained its independence, the LNNK converted to a national-conservative political party. In the parliamentary elections in 1993, she won 15 of 100 seats and was an influential opposition party. 1994 won the LNNK the local elections in the Latvian capital of Riga, but then quickly lost popularity. In the elections of 1995, half of its seats went to the Saeima, the Latvian parliament, lost and finally the party united with the Tēvzemei ​​un Brīvībai ( " For Fatherland and Freedom" ), another right-wing party with similar origins in the Latvian independence movement, to Tēvzemei ​​un Brīvībai / LNNK.

• Historic Party ( Republic of Latvia from 1990)