Daiga Mieriņa

Daiga Mieriņa (née Cekule; born 3 March 1969) is a Latvian politician who has been serving as the Speaker of the Saeima since 20 September 2023.

Life
Daiga Mieriņa studied at the Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies.

From 2009 until 2015 and from 2016 until 2021, she was Council chairperson of Carnikava Municipality.

During the 2022 parliamentary election, she was elected as a member of the Latvian parliament for its 14th term and she represents the Latvian Farmers' Union. She became chair of the committee for local government and state administration.

In September 2023, she was nominated Speaker of the Saeima after the Parliament first refused to vote in Gunārs Kūtris. She was elected on September 20 by a majority of 55 votes (34 MPs voted against).