President of Latvia
The president of Latvia (Latvian: Latvijas Valsts prezidents, literally "State President") is head of state and commander-in-chief of the National Armed Forces of the Republic of Latvia.
| President of the Republic of Latvia
Latvijas Valsts prezidents | |
|---|---|
 Presidential Standard | |
| Residence | Riga Castle Riga |
| Appointer | Saeima |
| Term length | Four years renewable once, consecutively |
| Inaugural holder | Jānis Čakste 14 November 1922 |
| Formation | Constitution of Latvia |
| Salary | ~ €54,732[1] |
| Website | www |
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List
- Parties
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- Status
Acting President
| No. | Name (Birth–Death) |
Portrait | Term of office | Political party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jānis Čakste (1859–1927)[n 1] |
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17 December 1918 | 14 November 1922 | Democratic Centre |
| 14 November 1922 | 14 March 1927 (died) | ||||
| — | Pauls Kalniņš (1872–1945)[n 2] |
14 March 1927 | 8 April 1927 | Latvian Social Democratic Workers' Party[2] | |
| 2 | Gustavs Zemgals (1871–1939) |
|
8 April 1927 | 4 September 1930 | Democratic Centre |
| 3 | Alberts Kviesis (1881–1944) |
|
4 September 1930 | 15 May 1934 | Latvian Farmers' Union |
| (3) | 16 May 1934 | 10 April 1936 | Independent | ||
| 4 | Kārlis Ulmanis (1877–1942)[n 3] |
|
11 April 1936 | 21 July 1940 | Independent |
| Occupation of Latvia (21 July 1940 – 21 August 1991) | |||||
| — | Anatolijs Gorbunovs (born 1942)[n 4] |
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21 August 1991 | 13 February 1993 | Popular Front of Latvia |
| (—) | 13 February 1993 | 8 July 1993 | Latvian Way | ||
| 5 | Guntis Ulmanis (born 1939) |
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8 July 1993 | 8 July 1999 | Latvian Farmers' Union |
| 6 | Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga (born 1937) |
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8 July 1999 | 8 July 2007 | Independent |
| 7 | Valdis Zatlers (born 1955) |
|
8 July 2007 | 8 July 2011 | Independent |
| 8 | Andris Bērziņš (born 1944) |
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8 July 2011 | 8 July 2015 | Union of Greens and Farmers[n 5] |
| 9 | Raimonds Vējonis (born 1966) |
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8 July 2015 | 8 July 2019 | Latvian Green Party |
| 10 | Egils Levits (born 1955) |
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8 July 2019 | 8 July 2023 | Independent |
| 11 | Edgars Rinkēvičs (born 1973) |
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8 July 2023 | Incumbent | Unity |
Living former presidents
There are seven living former Latvian Presidents:
Anatolijs Gorbunovs
(1991–1993)
February 10, 1942Guntis Ulmanis
(1993–1999)
September 13, 1939Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga
(1999–2007)
December 1, 1937Valdis Zatlers
(2007–2011)
March 22, 1955Andris Bērziņš
(2011–2015)
December 10, 1944Raimonds Vējonis
(2015–2019)
June 15, 1966Egils Levits
(2019–2023)
June 30, 1955
President Of Latvia Media
Latvian president Čakste meeting president of Finland Lauri Kristian Relander in 1922
Guntis Ulmanis speaking from the Saeima podium during the parliamentary foreign policy debates in 2014
President Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga on 7 June 2006 after an address to a joint meeting of Congress held in her honor at the U.S. Capitol in Washington
President Valdis Zatlers and First Lady Lilita Zatlere with President Barack Obama and U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama.
president Andris Bērziņš with Speaker of the Saeima and Prime Minister of Latvia.
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky and president Raimonds Vējonis during Ukraine-Latvia talks.
Presidential candidates Egils Levits, Juris Jansons and Didzis Šmits (from left to right) during the 2019 Latvian presidential election
Raimonds Vējonis giving the presidential solemn oath at his inauguration ceremony
Riga Castle, the official presidential residence
Dr. Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga speaking at the 2015 London Conference in Chatham House
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Notes
- ↑ Upon Latvian independence on 17 December 1918, Jānis Čakste was head of state as Chairman of Tautas padome (1918–20) and Speaker of the Constitutional Assembly (1920–22), until he was elected President by the first Saeima on 14 November 1922.
- ↑ Upon Čakste's death, Speaker of the Saeima Pauls Kalniņš was acting president from 14 March 1927 to 8 April 1927.
- ↑ Upon the expiration of Kviesis's term, Prime minister Kārlis Ulmanis illegally merged the Presidency and the Premiership, holding both offices himself. After the Soviet occupation Prime Minister Augusts Kirhenšteins was the illegitimate Acting President from 21 July to 25 August 1940
- ↑ After the restoration of Latvian independence, speaker of the Latvian parliament Anatolijs Gorbunovs was acting president from 21 August 1991 to 8 July 1993.
- ↑ Bērziņš is not a member of parties forming the Union of Greens and Farmers, however he ran for the Saeima from their list and was a member of their parliamentary group at the time of his election.
References
- ↑ "Informācija par amatpersonu (darbinieku) darba samaksas apmēru sadalījumā pa amatu grupām". president.lv. 28 January 2017. Archived from the original on 16 November 2017. Retrieved 10 September 2019. (in Latvian)
- ↑ Šiliņš, Jānis (30 May 2018). Things to know about the split among the early Latvian leftists. Public Broadcasting of Latvia. https://eng.lsm.lv/article/culture/history/things-to-know-about-the-split-among-the-early-latvian-leftists.a280223/. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
