Žaneta Jaunzeme-Grende

{{short description|Latvian politician and businesswoman}}

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|office = Minister for Culture of Latvia

|term_start = 25 October 2011

|term_end = 16 September 2013

|primeminister = Valdis Dombrovskis

|predecessor = Sarmīte Ēlerte

|successor = Dace Melbārde

|birth_date = 10 March 1964

|birth_place = Riga, Latvian SSR

|nationality = {{flagicon|Latvia}} Latvian

|party = National Alliance

|otherparty = All For Latvia! (2011)

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|alma_mater = University of Latvia
Latvian Academy of Sport Education

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Žaneta Jaunzeme-Grende (born 10 March 1964){{cite news |title=Kultūras ministres kandidātes Žanetas Jaunzemes-Grendes biogrāfija |url=http://www.tvnet.lv/zinas/latvija/396834-kulturas_ministres_kandidates_zanetas_jaunzemesgrendes_biografija |newspaper=TVNet |date=24 October 2011 |access-date=29 October 2011|language=lv}} is a Latvian politician and businesswoman. She is a member of the National Alliance, and former Minister for Culture in the Third Dombrovskis cabinet. She was President of the Latvian Chamber of Commerce from 2008 to 2011.

On September 16, 2013 Jaunzeme-Grende was fired from the position of Minister for Culture of Latvia by the Prime Minister Valdis Dombrovskis because of her conflict with the culture sector,{{cite news |url=https://www.baltictimes.com/news/articles/33433/ |title=Latvia’s culture minister fired over conflicts |date=17 August 2013 |publisher=The Baltic Times |access-date=20 January 2014}} She was subsequently replaced by Dace Melbārde.{{cite news |url=https://bnn-news.com/melnbarde-formally-nominated-post-culture-minister-105081 |title=Melnbarde is formally nominated for the post of Culture Minister |date=29 October 2013 |publisher=Baltic News Network |access-date=20 January 2014}}

She speaks Latvian, English, and Russian.{{cite web |url=http://195.244.155.183/en/mk/sastavs/jaunzeme-grende/ |title=Žaneta Jaunzeme-Grende |date=31 October 2011 |publisher=State Chancellery of Latvia |access-date=30 October 2011}}