A Look at the Finances of Saeima Members
Exploring the financial landscape of Latvia’s political elite, a close look at the 2022 financial disclosures paints a diverse picture of income, debt, and assets among Saeima members.
## Speaker Mieriņa‘s Finances
Speaker of the Saeima, Daiga Mieriņa, earned a salary of €85,400 for her work in 2022. While Mieriņa doesn’t hold significant savings, financial filings reveal €35,000 listed as debt. Mieriņa does not own any vehicles but possesses land in Arona parish and utilizes land and buildings in Carnikava parish.
## Kristopans: Diverse Income Streams
Last year, Vilis Kristopans earned €41,400 from SIA “Stiga RM Mežs,” a company belonging to Anna Ramoliņš, wife of forestry entrepreneur Andras Ramoliņš. The politician also received a salary of €63,000 from the Saeima and a pension of €50,200.
Kristopans possesses a cash reserve of €9,380, along with approximately €13,000 held in a Swedbank account. Although Kristopans has no outstanding debts, he has taken out several loans totaling over €170,000.
Kristopans owns a 2017 Toyota C-HR car and a Tiki SP500-R/Promo25 trailer, purchased in 2022. In addition to a plot of land in Garkalne parish, he holds capital shares in SIA “Berģu tūjas” and SIA “Upes-Plostiņi.”
SIA “Berģu tūjas”, which focuses on real estate rental and management, operated without generating turnover last year, resulting in a loss of €180,000.
A €1.95 million commercial mortgage was provided to the Estonian company
“Estateguru tātigasagent OÜ” in 2022. Vilis Kristopans owns 50.8 percent of the shares in “Estateguru tātigasagent OÜ,”
with the remaining shares belonging to his wife, Aija. Notably, all shares of SIA “Berģu tūjas” are pledged to “Rietumu bank”.
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