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Alfrēds Rubiks

Full Name:	Alfrēds Rubiks
Alias:	No information
Origin:	Daugavpils Latvia
Occupation:	First Secretary of Communist Party of Latvia (1990 - 1991)
Skills:	No information
Hobby:	No information
Goals:	No information
Crimes:	Attempting to overthrow the then new democratic government and supporting the August 1991 coup d'état attempt in Moscow
Type of Villain:	Traitor

Alfrēds Rubiks (Russian: Альфред Петрович Рубикс; born 24 September 1935 in Daugavpils) is a Latvian communist politician and a former leader of the Communist Party of Latvia. He was a Member of the European Parliament for Latvia from 2009 until 2014. In the European Parliament he was a member of the European United Left–Nordic Green Left group.

He served as the Chairman of the city of Riga from 1984 to 1990, effectively the last Communist mayor of the city. He was member of the Politburo of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from July 1990 until its abolition on 24 August 1991. As head of the Communist Party of Latvia in 1991 he opposed Latvia's independence from the Soviet Union, and was imprisoned in July 1995 for his role in attempting to overthrow the then new democratic government and supporting the August 1991 coup d'état attempt in Moscow. Despite his incarceration, Rubiks was a candidate in the 1996 election for the President of Latvia, but lost to incumbent Guntis Ulmanis. Rubiks was released in November 1997 for good behavior, became chairman of the Socialist Party of Latvia, the de facto successor to the Communist Party, in 1999 and was elected a Member of the European Parliament in the 2009 European Parliament elections.

Due to his former allegiance with the Communist Party of Latvia after January 1991, Rubiks is prohibited from running for an electable office in Latvia under Latvian law. His two sons Artūrs Rubiks and Raimonds Rubiks are however members of the Saeima for Harmony.

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+{{Stub}}{{Villain_Infobox|Box title = Evil-doer|image = Alfrēds Rubiks (2014).png|fullname = Alfrēds Rubiks|alias = No information|origin = Daugavpils Latvia|occupation = First Secretary of [[Communist Party of Latvia]] (1990 - 1991)|skills = No information|hobby = No information|goals = No information|crimes = Attempting to overthrow the then new democratic government and supporting the August 1991 coup d'état attempt in Moscow|type of villain = Traitor}}'''Alfrēds Rubiks''' (Russian: Альфред Петрович Рубикс; born 24 September 1935 in Daugavpils) is a Latvian communist politician and a former leader of the [[Communist Party of Latvia]]. He was a Member of the European Parliament for Latvia from 2009 until 2014. In the European Parliament he was a member of the European United Left–Nordic Green Left group.
-Rubiks Alfreds September 24, 1935Daugpils, Latvian politician. Engineer. In 1954 and 1957-61 he worked at the Riga Electrical Equipment Factory. 1959-91 Member of the CPSU. Graduated from the Riga Polytechnic Institute in 1963 and graduated from Leningrad Higher Party School in 1980. 1962-68 Latvian Komsomol activist. 1969-76 Deputy Head of the Central Committee, Latvian Communist Party. 1976-82 First Secretary of the Riga Leningrad District Committee. 1982-84 Minister of Local Industry of the Latvian SSR. 1980-91 Member of the Supreme Soviet of the Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic, 1991-92 Member of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Socialist Republic of Latvia, 1985-91. 1981-91 Member of the Central Committee of the Latvian Communist Party. 1984-90 Chairman of the Riga Executive Committee. 1989-91 People's Deputy of the USSR. 1990-91 Member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the CPSU, Secretary I of the Central Committee of the Latvian Communist Party. Opposed Latvia's aspirations for independence. During the August 1991 Putsch in Moscow, Chairman of the Latvian State Committee on Emergencies. Arrested on 08.08.1991 after the collapse of the coup, charged with organizing a coup. 1993-95 Member of the Seimas (mandate canceled). 1995 sentenced to eight years in prison; 1997 Launched. In 1996, while serving his sentence, he was nominated as a candidate for President of Latvia (5% of the vote). Chairman of the Socialist Party since 1999. 1999-2003 Co-Chair of the Human Rights Association in Latvia. Editor-in-chief of the weekly Latvian Socialist / Socialist Latvii, 2003-06. Vice-President of the Harmony Center since 2005. 2009-14 European Parliamentarian. Wrote books: Voted on Flowers (Golosovali cvetami 1997 21999 under the title Otečestvo - bol ′ moja), I claim to be innocent (Trebuju priznat ′ nevinovnym 2001).
+He served as the Chairman of the city of Riga from 1984 to 1990, effectively the last Communist mayor of the city. He was member of the Politburo of the [[Communist Party of the Soviet Union]] from July 1990 until its abolition on 24 August 1991. As head of the Communist Party of Latvia in 1991 he opposed Latvia's independence from the Soviet Union, and was imprisoned in July 1995 for his role in attempting to overthrow the then new democratic government and supporting the August 1991 ''coup d'état'' attempt in Moscow. Despite his incarceration, Rubiks was a candidate in the 1996 election for the President of Latvia, but lost to incumbent Guntis Ulmanis. Rubiks was released in November 1997 for good behavior, became chairman of the Socialist Party of Latvia, the ''de facto'' successor to the Communist Party, in 1999 and was elected a Member of the European Parliament in the 2009 European Parliament elections.
+Due to his former allegiance with the Communist Party of Latvia after January 1991, Rubiks is prohibited from running for an electable office in Latvia under Latvian law. His two sons Artūrs Rubiks and Raimonds Rubiks are however members of the Saeima for Harmony.
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