United List (Latvia)

The United List (Latvian: Apvienotais saraksts; AS) is a centrist[1] and regionalist[2] political alliance in Latvia established to contest the 2022 parliamentary election. The list consists of the Latvian Green Party, the Latvian Association of Regions, the Liepāja Party, as well as the "United List of Latvia" (Latvian: Apvienotais Latvijas saraksts) association led by Liepāja construction contractor Uldis Pīlēns.[3]

United List Apvienotais saraksts
Abbreviation	AS
Leader	Uldis Pīlēns
Chairman	Edvards Smiltēns Edgars Tavars
Founded	1 July 2022 (2022-07-01)
Split from	Union of Greens and Farmers
Headquarters	Riga
Ideology	Regionalism
Political position	Centre
Coalition members	LZP LRA Liepāja Party
Saeima	15 / 100
Website
apvienotaissaraksts.lv
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The list was founded on 1 July 2022.[4] Later, LRA and LZP leaders Edvards Smiltēns and Edgars Tavars became the co-chairmen of the board of the association, and Uldis Pīlēns was named as the prime minister candidate.[5][6]

The interim name of the ticket, in the works since May 2022, was reported as the "United List of Latvia" or the "Latvia United List" (Latvian: Latvijas apvienotais saraksts) – previously, "Power of Regions" (Reģionu spēks) was suggested).[7][8] The NGO led by Pīlēns scheduled its founding event for 1 July and announced that it would be called Apvienotais Latvijas saraksts.[9] Pīlēns was announced as the alliance's candidate for Prime Minister.

One of the catalysts in the origins of the alliance was the refusal of the Green and Liepāja parties to work with their former Union of Greens and Farmers partners as they promoted convicted oligarch Aivars Lembergs as their prime ministerial candidate.[10]