What type of details about janis urbanovics can be gathered from the following bio? Bio: janis urbanovics is a latvian politician and a member of the saeima since 1994 . he was the chairman of harmony from 2010-2014 . from 2005 -- 2010 he was chairman of the national harmony party . urbanovics was born on 23 march 1959 in rezekne district , latvia , into a large devout catholic family of modest means . the urbanovics family history is closely tied with the history of latvia : his father fought nazi germany in the red army , while his uncle was in the latvian waffen-ss legion . during his school years urbanovics worked on different irrigation engineering projects , shaping his choice of education . in 1982 , he graduated from the latvian academy of agriculture as a hydraulic engineer . at the same time , he mastered cabinetmaking , which is still a hobby today . he then worked as a chief engineer leading various construction projects . in 1984 , during the early years of perestroika , he decided to become a part of komsomol , the communist youth league where he quickly gained the position of the first secretary of the central committee of komsomol in the latvian ssr . at this time young people were demanding change and urbanovics managed to transform komsomol into a european-style youth organisation . under his direction the organisation held conferences , discussion pannels and training courses , thus helping young people to adapt to the coming global changes . in 1986 he actively participated in the organisation of the chautauqua conferences on u.s.-soviet relations in jurmala . the conferences , which brought together public figures from both countries , became a precursor of the upcoming transformation from fierce confrontation to cooperation between the two superpowers . in 1994 , urbanovics became a member of the saeima . this was the first saeima since the restoration of latvian independence . from 2005 was the head of the harmony centre electoral alliance . in 2010 he became the chairman of the newly-merged harmony . today it is the largest party in latvia , both in terms of the number of...
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