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Eduards Āboltiņš(21 April 1937-16 July 2006) was a Latvian politican who was elected in 18 March 1990, to the Supreme Council of Latvia as the People's Deputy of the 36th District of Riga.He was member of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Latvian SSR until it was dissolved in May 4th, 1990 .In 1991, He was one of the only members to vote with no to the Declaration of Independence of the Republic of Latvia.Later he joined the "Equality" faction in 1991 and left the faction in the samer year.

Education and early career
He was born in Rostov-on-Don, in April 21, 1937.His dad was Eduards Aboltins and Jedvokia Aboltina .He finished his studies at Liepaja Pedagogical Institute between 1954 and 1958, he spoke Russian and English.He continued his studies in the Institute of Physics and Energetics, Academy of Sciences of Latvia from 1961 to 1974 and became senior scientific worker. From 1974, He became the Professor and Head of Chair of Physics, Riga Aviation University.He was rewarded with the Bronze Medal of All Union National Economy Exhibition.

Career
He was the Secretary of the Riga Committee of the Communist Party of Latvia from 1989 to 1990.Later on during the 1990 elections, he was elected to be the People's Deputy of the 36th district of Riga and became a member of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Latvian SSR and after it was dissolved in 4th of May, He became a member of the Supreme Council of Latvia from 1990 until it was dissolved in 1993 and was representative of Commission on Human Rights and National Issues .He continued to be member of the Saeima until 2004 .In the files of KGB agents, Eduards Āboltiņš can be found under the nickname "Olegs", recruited in 1970 .He died in 2006, in the 16th of July at the age of 69.

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