Alfrēds Čepānis

Alfrēds Čepānis (3 August 1943 – 26 April 2024) was a Latvian politician and the Speaker of the Saeima from 1996 to 1998.[1] Čepānis was born in a Lithuanian and Belarusian family, where they spoke only Latvian in their household.From 1968 to 1974, he worked for the Komsomol and in 1973 graduated in part from the Higher Party School in Moscow.[4] On 26 September 1996, after Ilga Kreituse resigned from the faction, Čepānis became the 7th Speaker of the Saeima.He was elected to the Riga City Council in 2006 for the Latvian Democratic Party, the successor of "Saimnieka."
Speaker of the SaeimaGuntis UlmanisAndris ŠķēleGuntars KrastsIlga KreituseJānis StraumeKalsnava ParishGeneralbezirk LettlandReichskommissariat OstlandCommunist Party of the Soviet UnionDemocratic Center Party of LatviaDemocratic Party "Saimnieks"New CentreLatviancombine harvesterKomsomolMoscowRiga City CouncilLatviaOrder of the Three Stars