Tatjana Ždanoka

Who is Tatjana Ždanoka?

Tatyana Arkadyevna Zhdanok, born May 8, 1950 in Riga, is a Latvian politician and Member of the European Parliament and a co-Chairperson of For Human Rights in United Latvia; part of the European Greens–European Free Alliance group. She was one of the leaders of the Interfront, a political organization opposing Latvia's independence from the Soviet Union and market reforms. She remained active in the Communist Party after the party leadership called for a coup against the elected government of the Latvian SSR in January 1991. She is prohibited from being nominated to the Latvian Parliament or local councils under Latvian law due to her former allegiance with the Communist Party of Latvia after January 1991. She is in the peculiar position of being restricted to Europarliament elections. Zhdanok has been co-chairperson of ForHRUL since 2001.