Gustavs Zemgals [SEP] position held
Gustavs Zemgals
Gustavs Zemgals (12 August 1871, Džūkste parish, Courland Governorate – 6 January 1939) was a Latvian politician and the second President of Latvia.
Zemgals was born in Džūkste, Latvia. He attended elementary school in a small parish of Saka, and later continued education in Riga Nikolai Gymnasium. He graduated from Moscow University in 1899 with a degree in law. He then returned to Latvia and was a lawyer, a newspaper editor and a political activist. 
In 1904, during the Russo-Japanese
era.
During the thirties, Zemgals published articles in the newspaper "Jaunākās Ziņas" (Latest News).
On 6 January 1939 Zemgals died and was buried in Riga. In 1990, a monument to Zemgals was constructed in Džūkste, place of his birth.
External links.
- Gustavs Zemgals – biography in Latvian