Government of Latvia

Meeting room of the Government of Latvia in the Palace of Justice

The Government of Latvia is the central government of the Republic of Latvia. The Constitution of Latvia (Latvian: Satversme) outlines the nation as a parliamentary republic represented by a unicameral parliament (Saeima) and the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Latvia (Latvian: Latvijas Republikas Ministru kabinets), which form the executive branch of the Government of Latvia.

Since the early 2000s cabinet meetings in Latvia have been open to the public. In June 2013, the Latvian government became one of the first in Europe to offer live internet broadcasts of cabinet meetings.

Current Cabinet of Ministers[]

The incumbent cabinet is the Kariņš cabinet since 23 January 2019.

Position	Name		Dates
Prime Minister	Krišjānis Kariņš	New Unity	23 January 2019 –
Minister for Justice Vice Prime Minister	Jānis Bordāns	New Conservative Party	23 January 2019 –
Minister for Defence Vice Prime Minister	Artis Pabriks	Development/For!	23 January 2019 –
Minister for Economics	Jānis Vitenbergs	National Alliance	3 June 2021 –
Minister for Finance	Jānis Reirs	New Unity	23 January 2019 –
Minister for Foreign Affairs	Edgars Rinkēvičs	New Unity	25 October 2011 –
Minister for the Interior	Marija Golubeva	Development/For!	3 June 2021 –
Minister for Education and Science	Anita Muižniece	New Conservative Party	3 June 2021 –
Minister for Culture	Nauris Puntulis	National Alliance	8 July 2019 –
	Gatis Eglītis	New Conservative Party	3 June 2021 –
	Artūrs Toms Plešs	Development/For!	17 December 2020 –
Minister for Transport	Tālis Linkaits	New Conservative Party	23 January 2019 –
	Daniels Pavļuts	Development/For!	7 January 2021 –
	Kaspars Gerhards	National Alliance	23 January 2019 –

List of governments[]

	Government	Dates		Coalition parties
1st	Provisional	18 November 1918 – 11 June 1920	Kārlis Ulmanis	LZS, LRDP, DS, LRP, LNP
2nd		20 June 1920 – 18 June 1921	Kārlis Ulmanis	LZS, DS, ENDP, DP, LgZP
3rd		19 June 1921 – 18 July 1922	Zigfrīds Anna Meierovics	LZS, DP, LgZP, SDML,
4th		20 July 1922 – 26 January 1923	Zigfrīds Anna Meierovics	LZS, DP, LgZP, SDML
5th		27 January 1923 – 27 June 1923	Jānis Pauļuks	DC, LZS, LKZS, JS, LSDSP, SDML
6th		28 June 1923 – 26 January 1924	Zigfrīds Anna Meierovics	LZS, DC, LgZP, LSDSP, LKZS, SDML
7th		25 January 1924 – 17 December 1924	Voldemārs Zāmuēls	BPNC, DC, LKZS, JS
8th		19 December 1924 – 23 December 1925	Hugo Celmiņš	LZS, DC, JS, SDML
9th		24 December 1925 – 6 May 1926	Kārlis Ulmanis	LZS, LKZS, LgZP, LJSP, JS, NA
10th		7 May 1926 – 18 December 1926	Arturs Alberings	LZS, DC, LJSP, JS, LgZP
11th		19 december 1926 – 23 January 1928	Marģers Skujenieks	SDML, LSDSP, DC, PTA, JS
12th		24 January 1928 – 30 November 1928	Pēteris Juraševskis	DC, KZKP, LgZP, LZS, DbRP
13th		1 December 1928 – 26 March 1931	Hugo Celmiņš	LZS, DC, KA, KZKP, LDZA, LJSP, NA, DbRP
14th		27 March 1931 – 5 December 1931	Kārlis Ulmanis	LZS, KZKP, LZPA, LJSP, MKRA, NA
15th		6 December 1931 – 23 March 1933	Marģers Skujenieks	PA, LZS, DC, LZPA, LJSP
16th		24 March 1933 – 16 March 1934	Ādolfs Bļodnieks	LJSP, KZKP, PA, LZS, DC, LZPA, KA
17th		17 March 1934 – 15 May 1934	Kārlis Ulmanis	LZS, , KZKP, LZPA
18th		16 May 1934 – 19 June 1940	Kārlis Ulmanis	Authoritarian régime
19th		20 June 1940 – 25 August 1940	Augusts Kirhenšteins	Soviet occupation
Alternating Soviet and Nazi régimes. See Latvian Diplomatic Service in exile.
20th	Godmanis I	7 May 1990 – 3 August 1993	Ivars Godmanis	LTF, LC
21st	Birkavs	3 August 1993 – 19 September 1994	Valdis Birkavs	LC, LZS, LZP
22nd	Gailis	19 September 1994 – 21 December 1995	Māris Gailis	LC, TPA, LZS, LZP, TB
23rd		21 December 1995 – 13 February 1997	Andris Šķēle	DPS, TB, LC, LNNK, LZS, LZP, LVP
24th		13 February 1997 – 7 August 1997	Andris Šķēle	DPS, TB, LC, LNNK, LZS, LZP, KDS
25th	Krasts	7 August 1997 – 26 November 1998	Guntars Krasts	TB/LNNK, LC, LZS, LZP, DPS, KTP
26th	Krištopans	26 November 1998 – 16 July 1999	Vilis Krištopans	LC, TB, JP, LSDSP
27th		16 July 1999 – 5 May 2000	Andris Šķēle	TP, LC, TB/LNNK
28th	Bērziņš	5 May 2000 – 7 November 2002	Andris Bērziņš	LC, TP, TB/LNNK, JP
29th	Repše	7 November 2002 – 9 March 2004	Einars Repše	JL, ZZS, TB/LNNK, LPP
30th		9 March 2004 – 2 December 2004	Indulis Emsis	ZZS, TP, LPP
31st	Kalvītis I	2 December 2004 – 7 November 2006	Aigars Kalvītis	TP, ZZS, LPP, JL
32nd	Kalvītis II	7 November 2006 – 20 December 2007	Aigars Kalvītis	TP, ZZS, LPP/LC, TB/LNNK
33rd	Godmanis II	20 December 2007 – 12 March 2009	Ivars Godmanis	LPP/LC, TP, ZZS, TB/LNNK
34th	Dombrovskis I	12 March 2009 – 3 November 2010	Valdis Dombrovskis	JL, TP, ZZS, TB/LNNK, PS
35th	Dombrovskis II	3 November 2010 – 25 October 2011	Valdis Dombrovskis	Unity, ZZS
36th	Dombrovskis III	25 October 2011 – 22 January 2014	Valdis Dombrovskis	Unity, RP, NA
37th	Straujuma I	22 January 2014 – 5 November 2014	Laimdota Straujuma	Unity, RP, NA, ZZS
38th	Straujuma II	5 November 2014 – 11 February 2016	Laimdota Straujuma	Unity, NA, ZZS
39th	Kučinskis	11 February 2016 – 23 January 2019	Māris Kučinskis	Unity, NA, ZZS
40th	Kariņš I	23 January 2019 – Present	Krišjānis Kariņš	JKP, Development/For!, NA, KPV LV (2019-2021) , Unity

Cabinet of Ministers building (the Palace of Justice) co-located with the Supreme Court.
Freedom Boulevard (Brīvības bulvāris).

References[]

The Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Latvia website