List of Ministers of Defence of Latvia

The Defence Minister of the Republic of Latvia is the head of the Ministry of Defence, who is charged with the political leadership of the Latvian National Armed Forces. The position was re-established in November 1991 following the declaration on the restoration of the country's independence from the USSR. Since January 2019, the position has been held by Artis Pabriks.

From 1918 to 1922 the officeholder's title was Minister of Protection, and from 1922 to 1940 - Minister of War.

List of Ministers (since 1991)[]

	Term of office		Political party
	19 November 1991	3 August 1993	Popular Front of Latvia	Ivars Godmanis
	3 August 1993	19 September 1994	Latvian Way	Valdis Birkavs
	19 September 1994	23 May 1995	Independent	Māris Gailis
	21 December 1995	12 May 1997	LNNK	Andris Šķēle
	6 June 1997	27 October 1998	KDS	Andris Šķēle
	6 June 1997	27 October 1998	KDS	Guntars Krasts
Ģirts Valdis Kristovskis	26 November 1998	9 March 2004	TB/LNNK	Vilis Krištopans
				Andris Šķēle
				Andris Bērziņš
				Einars Repše
Atis Slakteris	9 March 2004	2 December 2004	People's Party	Indulis Emsis
Einars Repše	2 December 2004	23 December 2005	New Era Party	Aigars Kalvītis
Linda Mūrniece	5 January 2006	7 April 2006	New Era Party
Atis Slakteris	8 April 2006	20 December 2007	People's Party
	20 December 2007	12 March 2009	People's Party	Ivars Godmanis
Imants Lieģis	12 March 2009	3 November 2010	Civic Union	Valdis Dombrovskis
Artis Pabriks	3 November 2010	22 January 2014	Unity	Valdis Dombrovskis
Raimonds Vējonis	22 January 2014	7 July 2015	Union of Greens and Farmers	Laimdota Straujuma
Raimonds Bergmanis	8 July 2015	23 January 2019	Union of Greens and Farmers	Laimdota Straujuma
Raimonds Bergmanis	8 July 2015	23 January 2019	Union of Greens and Farmers	Māris Kučinskis
Artis Pabriks	23 January 2019	Incumbent	Development/For!	Krišjānis Kariņš

List of Ministers of Defence of Latvia

List of Ministers (since 1991)[]

See also[]