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Latvia swears in Edgars Rinkevics as EU's first openly gay president

2023-07-08 18:53
Edgars Rinkevics came out in 2014 and has been a vocal champion of LGBT rights.
Latvia swears in Edgars Rinkevics as EU's first openly gay president

Latvia's long-serving foreign minister Edgars Rinkevics has become the first openly gay head of state of a European Union nation.

Mr Rinkevics, who from 2011 served as foreign minister, was sworn in as Latvia's president on Saturday in Riga.

Although generally a ceremonial position, Latvia...