Editing Latvian National Independence Movement

{{Politics of Latvia}}
{{Infobox political party
| country = Latvia
| name = Latvian National Independence Movement
| native_name = Latvijas Nacionālās Neatkarības Kustība
| colorcode = #EFC800
| logo = 
| leader = [[Eduards Berklavs]]
| foundation = July 1988
| dissolution = 1997
| headquarters = 
| ideology = [[National conservatism]]
| position = [[Right-wing politics|Right-wing]]
| merged = [[National Alliance (Latvia)|National Alliance]]
| international = 
| european = 
| europarl = 
| colours = 
| website =
}}
The '''Latvian National Independence Movement''' ({{langx|lv|Latvijas Nacionālās Neatkarības Kustība}}, LNNK) was a political organization in [[Latvia]] from 1988 until 1997.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu/content/latvians-campaign-national-independence-1989-1991 |title=Latvians campaign for national independence, 1989-1991 &#124; Global Nonviolent Action Database |publisher=Nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu |date= |accessdate=2015-11-05}}</ref>
[[File:Day of Lithuanian independence in Šiauliai, Lithuania, attended by the Latvian political party LNNK.jpg|thumb|Day of Lithuanian independence in [[Šiauliai]], [[Lithuania]]. The event is attended by the [[Latvia|Latvian]] political party [[For Fatherland and Freedom/LNNK]]]]

It formed in 1988 as the radical wing of Latvian nationalist movement.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://latvianhistory.com/2011/08/21/the-restoration-of-latvian-independence-1986-1992/ |title=The restoration of Latvian independence 1986-1992 |publisher=Latvian History |date= |accessdate=2015-11-05}}</ref> Unlike the mainstream [[Tautas Fronte|Latvian Popular Front]], which had supported more autonomy for Latvia within the [[Soviet Union]], LNNK insisted on independence from its beginning. The leaders of LNNK included [[Eduards Berklavs]], [[Aleksandrs Kiršteins]], [[Andrejs Krastiņš]], [[Einars Repše]] and [[Juris Dobelis]].

After Latvia [[On the Restoration of Independence of the Republic of Latvia|regained independence]], LNNK became a political party and renamed itself the '''National Conservative Party'''. It won 15 seats out of 100 in the [[1993 Latvian parliamentary election|1993 parliamentary election]] and was an influential opposition party. In 1993 its candidate for Prime Minister was [[Joachim Siegerist]], who lost by only one vote and ended up second. LNNK won the municipal election in the Latvian capital, [[Riga]] in 1994 but its popularity quickly faded after that. It lost half of its seats in the [[Saeima|parliament]] in the [[1995 Latvian parliamentary election|1995 parliamentary election]] and eventually merged with ''Tēvzemei un Brīvībai'' ([[For Fatherland and Freedom]]) in 1997, another right-wing party with similar origins in the Latvian independence movement.

After entering into an alliance with For Fatherland and Freedom, the party increasingly sought to propagate a particularly 'Latvian' vision for Latvia as highlighted by a series of controversial adverts encouraging the consumption of Latvian goods, and warning of the dangers of non-Latvians.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UoePiLBA77w TB/LNNK advert][https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ls2sFYTn53s TB/LNNK advert]; [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ox-I0iUK8GA TB/LNNK advert] (all in Latvian)</ref>

An organization with similar aims and almost identical name, the [[Estonian National Independence Party]] existed in Estonia.

==See also==
*[[Conservatism]] 
*[[Nationalism]] 
*[[Politics of Latvia]]

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