Jānis Straume

Jānis Straume (27 August 1962 – 10 July 2024) was a Latvian politician for For Fatherland and Freedom/LNNK (TB/LNNK).Straume was a leading member of a number of organisations in the Latvian independence movement, including Helsinki-86, the Latvian National Independence Movement, the Citizens' Congress, and the 18th November Union.When the 18th November Union merged into For Fatherland and Freedom, he became a party member.[2] On the morning of 10 July 2024, an accident was reported on Lielupes Street in Jūrmala (near Jaundubulti Station), when a train fatally ran over a pedestrian.The man was later identified as Straume, and it was confirmed that he deliberately threw himself under the train.