Yakov Pliner

Jakovs Pliners (Russian: Я́ков Гда́льевич Пли́нер; born 27 December 1946 in Rēzekne) is a Latvian politician of Jewish origin and MP of the 7th, 8th and 9th convocations for the union For Human Rights in United Latvia (ForHRUL).

degree from the University of Latvia, and was elected to the Riga City Council from National Harmony Party (NHP).

2003 — Pliner left NHP (which had withdrawn from For Human Rights in a United Latvia (ForHRUL) that year) and returned to the union.

He became the leader of the newly founded party "Free Choice in People's Europe" (BITE), co-chairman of ForHRUL (until 2015) and chairman of its parliamentary group.

One of the leaders of Headquarters for the Protection of Russian Schools, writing several publications on the language of instruction issues.