List of Ministers of Culture of Latvia

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The Minister of Culture of Latvia is a member of the Cabinet of Ministers of Latvia, and is the political leader of the . Nauris Puntulis is the current minister since 8 July 2019.

Ministers of Culture of the Republic of Latvia[]

Name Took Office Left Office Party
1 Raimonds Pauls 16 May 1990 3 August 1993 Independent
Ministry merged into the , State Minister of Culture: Raimonds Pauls (3 August 1993 - 20 September 1993), Jānis Dripe (20 September 1993 - 19 September 1994)
2 19 September 1994 21 December 1995 Latvian Way
3 21 December 1995 22 July 1996 Latvian Farmers' Union
4 Rihards Pīks 12 August 1996 20 June 1997 Latvian Farmers' Union
5 7 August 1997 26 November 1998 Latvian Farmers' Union
6 Karina Pētersone 26 November 1998 7 November 2002 Latvian Way
7 7 November 2002 9 March 2004 New Era Party
8 Helēna Demakova 9 March 2004 12 January 2009[1] People's Party
9 Ints Dālderis 12 March 2009 3 November 2010 People's Party (until 19 March 2010)
Independent (from 19 March 2010 to 28 June 2010)
New Era Party (from 28 June 2010)
10 Sarmīte Ēlerte 3 November 2010 25 October 2011 Civic Union (Unity since 6 August 2011)
11 Žaneta Jaunzeme-Grende 25 October 2011 16 September 2013 National Alliance
12 Dace Melbārde 31 October 2013 4 July 2019[1] Independent (until February 2014)
National Alliance (from February 2014)
13 Nauris Puntulis 8 July 2019 present National Alliance

Ministers of Culture of the Latvian SSR during the Soviet occupation of Latvia[]

Name Took Office Left Office Party
1 [2] 1953 1958 Latvian Communist Party
2 1958 1961, December[3] Latvian Communist Party
3 1962 1986[4] Latvian Communist Party
4 1986 1988 Latvian Communist Party
5 1988 1988 Latvian Communist Party
5 Raimonds Pauls (As chair of the State Committee for Culture) 1989 1990 (1993) Independent

Notes[]

  1. ^ a b Date of demission.
  2. ^ History of the Ministry of Culture Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Latvia
  3. ^ Ideālais kultūras ministrs – Voldemārs Kalpiņš Latvijas Avīze 2011
  4. ^ Lai diriģenti mierā un dalībniekiem neapniktu Diena 2008 (in Latvian)
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