Latvian Jurists - Latvian Judges, Latvian Lawyers, Latvian Legal Academics, Ministers of Justice of Latvia, Gustavs Zemgals, Jnis Akste (Paperback)

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Latvian Judges, Latvian Lawyers, Latvian Legal Academics, Ministers of Justice of Latvia, Gustavs Zemgals, Jnis akste, Alberts Kviesis, Mareks Segli, Valrijs Ageins, Valdis Birkavs, Aivars Endzi, Anita Uacka, Kristine Jarinovska, Juris Sokolovskis, Aivars Aksenoks, Pteris Juraevskis, Ineta Ziemele, Solvita boltia, Mrti Antons, Vjaeslavs Stepaenko. Excerpt: Gustavs Zemgals (12 August 1871, Dkste parish 6 January 1939) was a Latvian politician and the second President of Latvia. Zemgals was born in Dkste, Latvia. He attended elementary school in a small parish of Saka, and later continued education in Riga Nikolai Gymansium. He graduated from Moscow University in 1899 with a degree in law. He then returned to Latvia and was a lawyer, a newspaper editor and a political activist. In 1904, during the Russo-Japanese War, Zemgals was mobilised and sent to the front, where he spent a year and a half and was promoted to the rank of captain. After his return to Latvia in 1905, Zemgals became one of the creators of a new liberal newspaper "Jaun Dienas Lapa" (New Day's Page) and proceeded to become an editor of this paper. He was also an editor in the newspaper that succeeded "Jaun Dienas Lapa" -"Msu Laiki" (Our Times). In July 1907, the Riga district court sentenced Zemgals to a three months long arrest for his work at "Msu Laiki". Soon after that, Zemgals created the Latvian democratic party together with some other political activities. In the time period between 1912 and 1914 Zemgals also worked on a magazine "Domas" (Thoughts). When World War I began, Zemgals was once again mobilised and initially assigned to an infantry division in the middle part of Latvia, but later he was sent to Finland. After his return to Riga, Zemgals was ... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=497824