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Long-time civil servant Laimdota Straujuma, who was nominated as Latvia's prime minister, gestures during a news conference in Riga January 6, 2014. Photo courtesy of Reuters |
Latvia: Latvia's parliament approved on Wednesday Laimdota Straujuma to become the first female prime minister of the Baltic state, which joined the euro zone on January 1.
Valdis Dombrovskis, 42, who steered the country through the economic crisis, resigned as prime minister last November, taking responsibility for the collapse of a supermarket in Riga which killed more than 50 people.
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