Mārtiņš Staķis is a member of the European Parliament with the Greens/EFA group. He was elected in 2024 on behalf of Progresīvie (the Progressives), a governing coalition party in Latvia and a member of the European Green Party. Previously, he served as a member of the Latvian parliament, as a parliamentary secretary (vice minister) in the Latvian defence ministry, and as the mayor of Riga. Staķis is a volunteer in the Latvian National Guard, with the rank of private first class.