Baiba Broka (politician)

Baiba Broka (born 2 October 1975 in Madona, Latvia) is a Latvian lawyer,[1] academic,[2] politician,[3] former Minister of Justice of Latvia from National Alliance.

For the actress, see Baiba Broka (actress).

Baiba Broka
Minister of Justice of Latvia
In office
22 January 2014 – 6 August 2014
PresidentAndris Bērziņš
Preceded byJānis Bordāns
Succeeded byGaidis Bērziņš
Personal details
Born (1975-10-02) 2 October 1975
Madona, Latvian SSR
(now Latvia)
Political partyTB/LNNK (2006–2011)
National Alliance (2011–2019)
Alma materUniversity of Latvia

Broka has an academic career since 1998 in The University of Latvia Faculty of Law teaching Law of Obligations, Consumer Law and Legal Writing. She has been a visiting lecturer in Tulane University (USA, Summer School), Concordia University of Estonia, The Northwestern School of Law of Lewis & Clark (Portland, OR, USA), Federal University of Mato Grosso (Brazil), Federal University Flumeinense (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil). Together with Professor Steven Johansen from The Northwestern School of Law of Lewsi&Clark she wrote a book "Legal Writing". In 2009 she was a Chairman of the Supervisory Council of the Riga International Airport and later became a member of the Board of Latvian Air Navigation Service Provider SJSC "Latvijas gaisa satiksme". In 2012 Broka was nominated a candidate for the office of mayor of Riga in the Riga City Council election. In 2017 Riga City Council election she was nominated a second time as a candidate for the office of mayor of Riga from National Alliance. In 2014 she was Minister of Justice of Latvia in the First Straujuma cabinet. Since 2008 elected as a member of the Governing Council of the International Institute for the Unification of Private Law (UNIDROIT).[4] She has more than 30 scientific research papers in the field of Private Law (Contract Law, Consumer protection, Construction, Public Private Partnership, Aviation Law, Digital Currencies and Smart Contracts). Since June, 2014 Baiba Broka is a President of Latvian Biathlon Federation and became a member of the Legal Committee of the International Biathlon Union (IBU).[5] She has been a member of the Executive Committee of the Latvian Olympic Committee since 2017.[6] Now she is a Vice-Chairperson of the Senate of the University of Latvia and Head of Rector's Office,[7] deputy in Riga City Council and Member of the Board of the Riga Freeport Authority.[8][9]

On July 8, 2019, she was detained by the Latvian corruption watchdog KNAB on suspicion of fraud in her role as University of Latvia deputy rector for legal affairs.[10] At a press conference on July 12, 2019, Broka denied the accusations and stated she would suspend her activities as a member of the National Alliance party during the investigation.[11] In late July 2019, Broka resigned from her post at the University of Latvia.[12]

References
  1. "Bribery accused Baiba Broka decides to leave her work at University of Latvia". lbnn-news.com. Retrieved 2019-07-30.
  2. "Broka claims corruption does not have a place in her life". baltictimes.com. Retrieved 2019-07-12.
  3. "Time passes. Bribery accused Baiba Broka receives new post in University of Latvia". lbnn-news.com. Retrieved 2019-07-30.
  7. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2018-01-31. Retrieved 2018-02-05.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  9. "Par Latvijas Biatlona federācijas prezidenti kļuvusi Baiba Broka". Sportacentrs.com. Retrieved 2016-02-06.
  10. "Corruption Prevention Bureau has detained businessmen Ravis and Ivars Millers besides Broka". LETA.lv. 9 July 2019.
  11. "Former Justice Minister denies bribery, suspends party activities". eng.lsm.lv. Latvian Public Broadcasting. 12 July 2019. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
  12. eng.lsm.lv (31 July 2019). "Broka, accused of bribery, leaves her post at the University of Latvia". eng.lsm.lv. Latvian Public Broadcasting. LETA. Retrieved 2 August 2019.


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