Groundbreaking Victory: First Openly Gay Head of State
The 100-seat Riga legislature voted Rinkevics, who has been the country’s highest ambassador for almost 12 years, as the new president of Latvia. Rinkevics was chosen by the ruling party of Prime Minister Krisjanis Karins. In 2014, longtime politician and foreign minister Rinkevics came out, revealing on social media that he was “proud to be…