Nils Ušakovs is a Latvian politician, former mayor of Riga and former journalist. He was the board chairman of the left-wing party alliance Harmony Centre (2005–2014) and afterwards board chairman of the Social Democratic Party "Harmony" (2014–2019). In 2009 Ušakovs was elected the Mayor of Riga, becoming the first ethnic Russian Riga Mayor since Latvia's restoration of sovereignty in 1991, a position he continuously held until his dismissal in 2019.
- Occupation
- politician, journalist
- Position held
- deputy of Saeima, Member of the European Parliament, Mayor of Riga, Member of the European Parliament
- Citizenship
- Soviet Union, Latvia
- Born
- June 8, 1976
