Prime Minister of Latvia

The prime minister of Latvia (Latvian: Ministru prezidents) is the most powerful member of the Government of Latvia, and presides over the Latvian Cabinet of Ministers. The prime minister is nominated by the president of Latvia, but must be able to obtain the support of a majority of the Saeima (parliament).

Prime Minister of the Republic of Latvia
Flag of the Prime Minister of Latvia
Incumbent
Krišjānis Kariņš
since 23 January 2019
Member of
AppointerPresident of Latvia
Term lengthGeneral elections to the Saeima are held every four years at most. No term limits are imposed on the office.
Inaugural holderKārlis Ulmanis
Formation19 November 1918
Salary~ €53,601 annually[1]

The tables below display all Latvian prime ministers from both the first period of Latvian independence (1918–1940) and since the country regained its independence (1990–present). From 1990 to 6 July 1993, the office was known as Chairman of the Council of Ministers, but is generally considered to have been the same role.

A direct translation of the official Latvian term is Minister-President. Although the equivalent is used in some European languages, it is not used conventionally in English.

Republic of Latvia (1918–1940)

Political Party:   LZS   Independent   MP   DC   PA   LJSP   CPSU

No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)		 Term of Office Political Party Cabinet Saeima
Took Office Left Office Days
1
(1 of 4)[1]		 Kārlis Ulmanis
(1877–1942)
Prime Minister
of the Provisional Government
1st Prime Minister		 18 November 1918 13 July 1919 944 Latvian Farmers' Union
(LZS)		 I LZS – LNP – DC – DS PC
14 July 1919 8 December 1919 II LZS – LŽNP
DC joined later		 PC
( ···· )
9 December 1919 11 June 1920 III LZS – LŽNP
DS joined later		 PC
( ···· )
12 June 1920 18 June 1921 IV LZS – DS – LDP
DS exited later		 CA (1920)
2
(1 of 2)		 Zigfrīds Anna Meierovics
(1887–1925)
2nd Prime Minister		 19 June 1921 26 January 1923 587 Latvian Farmers' Union
(LZS)		 I LZS – DC – MP – LTP
LTP exited later		 CA
( ···· )
3 – Jānis Pauļuks
(1865–1937)
3rd Prime Minister		 27 January 1923 27 June 1923 152 Independent I LZS – LSPDS – DC – LJS – MP 1 (1922)
2
(2 of 2)		 Zigfrīds Anna Meierovics
(1887–1925)		 28 June 1923 26 January 1924 213 Latvian Farmers' Union
(LZS)		 II LZS – LSPDS – DC – LJS – MP 1 ( ···· )
4 Voldemārs Zāmuēls
(1872–1948)
4th Prime Minister		 27 January 1924 18 December 1924 327 Independent I BNC – DC – LJS 1 ( ···· )
5
(1 of 2)		 – Hugo Celmiņš
(1877–1941)
5th Prime Minister		 19 December 1924 23 December 1925 370 Latvian Farmers' Union
(LZS)		 I LZS – DC
MP and LJS joined later		 1 ( ···· )
1
(2 of 4)		 Kārlis Ulmanis
(1877–1942)		 24 December 1925 6 May 1926 134 Latvian Farmers' Union
(LZS)		 V LZS – LJSP – LJS – LZP
NA joined later		 2 (1925)
6 – Arturs Alberings
(1877–1934)
6th Prime Minister		 7 May 1926 18 December 1926 226 Latvian Farmers' Union
(LZS)		 I LZS – DC – LJSP – LJS – LZP 2 ( ···· )
7
(1 of 2)		 – Marģers Skujenieks
(1886–1941)
7th Prime Minister		 19 December 1926 23 January 1928 401 Mensheviks Party
(MP)		 I LSDSP – MP – LPP – DC – LJS
DC exited cabinet		 2 ( ···· )
8 Pēteris Juraševskis
(1872–1945)
8th Prime Minister		 24 January 1928 30 November 1928 312 Democratic Centre
(DC)		 I LZS – DC – LZP – VRP / DbRP 2 ( ···· )
5
(2 of 2)		 – Hugo Celmiņš
(1877–1941)		 1 December 1928 26 March 1931 846 Latvian Farmers' Union
(LZS)		 II LZS – DC – LJSP – LDZA – LA – KNP – VRP / DbRP
DC, KNP, VRP / DbRP exited cabinet		 3 (1928)
1
(3 of 4)		 Kārlis Ulmanis
(1877–1942)		 27 March 1931 5 December 1931 254 Latvian Farmers' Union
(LZS)		 VI LZS – LJSP – LDZA – NA – MKRA – LKZP – LPP 3 ( ···· )
7
(2 of 2)		 – Marģers Skujenieks
(1886–1941)		 6 December 1931 23 March 1933 474 Progressive Association of New Farmers
(PA)		 II PA – DC – LZS – LZPA
LJSP joined later		 4 (1931)
9 Ādolfs Bļodnieks
(1889–1962)
9th Prime Minister		 24 March 1933 16 March 1934 358 Party of New Farmers and Smallholders
(LJSP)		 I LJSP – LZS – DC – LZPA – PA – LKKP – KDP
DC, PA exited cabinet		 4 ( ···· )
1
(4 of 4)[2]		 Kārlis Ulmanis
(1877–1942)		 17 March 1934 15 May 1934 2287 Latvian Farmers' Union
(LZS)		 VII LZS – KA – LKKP – LPP – KDP 4 ( ···· )
15 May 1934 19 June 1940 Independent VIII No party Dis.
–[3] Augusts Kirhenšteins
(1872–1963)		 20 June 1940 25 August 1940 66 CPSU I CSPU Dis.
Notes

1 During the 1918–1920 Independence War, Latvia was contested by two other governments: the government of Soviet Latvia, led by Pēteris Stučka, and the government of Andrievs Niedra, backed by Baltic Germans. Some sources may list Stučka and Niedra as prime ministers for periods when their governments controlled most of Latvia.

2 On 15 May 1934, prime minister Ulmanis dissolved parliament and banned all political parties (including his own Farmer's Union), establishing authoritarian rule.

3 Puppet leader appointed by Soviet authorities. Not recognized as such by the Latvian government.

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Republic of Latvia (1990–present)

From 4 May 1990 after adopting the Declaration of the Restoration of Independence of the Republic.

Political Party:   LTF   LC   Independent   TB/LNNK   TP   JL   LZP   LPP/LC   V   LP   JV

No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)		 Term of Office Political Party Cabinet Saeima
Took Office Left Office Days
1
(1 of 2)		 Ivars Godmanis
(born 1951)
10th Prime Minister		 7 May 1990 3 August 1993 1136 Popular Front of Latvia
(LTF)		 I LTF
LC joined later		 SC (1990)
2 Valdis Birkavs
(born 1942)
11th Prime Minister		 3 August 1993 15 September 1994 408 Latvian Way
(LC)		 I LC – LZS – LZP 5 (1993)
3 Māris Gailis
(born 1951)
12th Prime Minister		 15 September 1994 21 December 1995 462 Latvian Way
(LC)		 I LC – TPA – LZS – LZP
TB joined later and exited cabinet		 5 ( ···· )
4
(1 of 2)		 Andris Šķēle
(born 1958)
13th Prime Minister		 21 December 1995 13 February 1997 595 Independent I DP‘S’ – TB – LC – LNNK – LZS – LZP – LVP 6 (1995)
13 February 1997 7 August 1997 II DP‘S’ – TB – LC – LNNK – LZS – LZP
KDS joined later		 6 ( ···· )
5 Guntars Krasts
(born 1957)
14th Prime Minister		 7 August 1997 26 November 1998 476 For Fatherland and Freedom/LNNK
(TB/LNNK)		 I TB/LNNK – LC – LZS – LZP – DPS – KTP
DPS and KTP exited cabinet		 6 ( ···· )
6 Vilis Krištopans
(born 1954)
15th Prime Minister		 26 November 1998 16 July 1999 232 Latvian Way
(LC)		 I LC – TB/LNNK – JP
LSDSP joined later		 7 (1998)
4
(2 of 2)		 Andris Šķēle
(born 1958)		 16 July 1999 5 May 2000 294 People's Party
(TP)		 III TP – LC – TB/LNNK 7 ( ···· )
7 Andris Bērziņš
(1951–)
16th Prime Minister		 5 May 2000 7 November 2002 916 Latvian Way
(LC)		 I LC – TP – TB/LNNK – JP 7 ( ···· )
8 Einars Repše
(born 1961)
17th Prime Minister		 7 November 2002 9 March 2004 488 New Era Party
(JL)		 I JL – TB/LNNK – LZS – LPP – LZP
LPP exited cabinet		 8 (2002)
9 Indulis Emsis
(born 1952)
18th Prime Minister		 9 March 2004 2 December 2004 268 Latvian Green Party
(LZP)		 I TP – LPP – LZS – LZP 8 ( ···· )
10 Aigars Kalvītis
(born 1966)
19th Prime Minister		 2 December 2004 7 November 2006 1113 People's Party
(TP)		 I TP – JL – LZS – LPP – LZP
JL exited cabinet		 8 ( ···· )
7 November 2006 20 December 2007 II TP – LZS – LPP – TB/LNNK – LZP – LC 9 (2006)
1
(2 of 2)		 Ivars Godmanis
(born 1951)		 20 December 2007 12 March 2009 448 Latvia's First Party/Latvian Way
(LPP/LC)		 II LPP/LC – TP – LZS – TB/LNNK – LZP 9 ( ···· )
11 Valdis Dombrovskis
(born 1971)
20th Prime Minister		 12 March 2009 3 November 2010 1777 New Era Party
(JL)
JL later replaced by V		 I JL – TP – TB/LNNK – LZS – LZP – PS 9 ( ···· )
3 November 2010 25 October 2011 II JL – PS – SCP – LZS – LZP – LP
JL, PS, SCP, LP later replaced by V		 10 (2010)
25 October 2011 22 January 2014 Party "UNITY"
(V)		 III V – ZRP – NA 11 (2011)
12 Laimdota Straujuma
(born 1951)
21st Prime Minister		 22 January 2014 5 November 2014 750 Party "UNITY"
(V)		 I V – RP – NA – LZS – LZP 11 ( ···· )
5 November 2014 11 February 2016 II V – NA – LZS – LZP – LuV – LP 12 (2014)
13 Māris Kučinskis
(born 1961)
22nd Prime Minister		 11 February 2016 23 January 2019 1077 Liepāja Party
(LP)		 I V – NA – LZS – LZP – LuV – LP 12 ( ···· )
14 Krišjānis Kariņš
(born 1964)
23rd Prime Minister		 23 January 2019 incumbent 745 New Unity
(JV)		 I JV – JKP – KPV LV – A/P! – NA 13 (2018)

Statistics
# Prime Minister Date of birth Age at ascension
(first term)		 Time in office
(total)		 Age at retirement
(last term)		 Date of death Longevity
1 Ulmanis, KārlisKārlis Ulmanis 18770904September 4, 1877(September 4, 1877) 41 07541 years, 75 days 09 3349 years, 334 days 62 28762 years, 287 days 19420920September 20, 1942 23,75665 years, 16 days
2 Meierovics, ZigfrīdsZigfrīds Meierovics 18870206February 6, 1887(February 6, 1887) 34 13334 years, 133 days 02 0702 years, 70 days 36 35436 years, 354 days 19250822August 22, 1925 14,07638 years, 197 days
3 Pauļuks, JānisJānis Pauļuks 18651112November 12, 1865(November 12, 1865) 57 07657 years, 76 days 00 1520 years, 152 days 57 22857 years, 228 days 19370621June 21, 1937 26,15371 years, 221 days
4 Zāmuēls, VoldemārsVoldemārs Zāmuēls 18720522May 22, 1872(May 22, 1872) 51 25051 years, 250 days 00 3270 years, 327 days 52 21052 years, 210 days 19480116September 25, 1944 27,63175 years, 239 days
5 Celmiņš, HugoHugo Celmiņš 18771030October 30, 1877(October 30, 1877) 47 05047 years, 50 days 03 1213 years, 121 days 53 14753 years, 147 days 19410730July 30, 1941 23,28363 years, 273 days
6 Alberings, ArtursArturs Alberings 18760108January 8, 1876(January 8, 1876) 50 11950 years, 119 days 00 2260 years, 226 days 50 34550 years, 345 days 19340426April 26, 1934 21,29258 years, 108 days
7 Skujenieks, MarģersMarģers Skujenieks 18860622June 22, 1886(June 22, 1886) 40 18040 years, 180 days 02 1452 years, 145 days 46 27446 years, 274 days 19410712July 12, 1941 20,10855 years, 20 days
8 Juraševskis, PēterisPēteris Juraševskis 18720323March 23, 1872(March 23, 1872) 55 30755 years, 307 days 00 3120 years, 312 days 56 25256 years, 252 days 19450110January 10, 1945 26,59072 years, 293 days
9 Blzodnieks, AzdolfsĀdolfs Bļodnieks 18890724July 24, 1889(July 24, 1889) 43 24343 years, 243 days 00 3580 years, 358 days 44 23544 years, 235 days 19620321March 21, 1962 26,53772 years, 240 day
10 Kirhenšteins, AugustsAugusts Kirhenšteins 18720918September 18, 1872(September 18, 1872) 67 27667 years, 276 days 00 0660 years, 66 days 67 34267 years, 342 days 19631103November 11, 1963 33,28291 years, 46 days
11 Godmanis, IvarsIvars Godmanis 19511127November 27, 1951(November 27, 1951) 38 16138 years, 161 days 04 1244 years, 124 days 57 10557 years, 105 days Living 25,27469 years, 71 days (Living)
12 Birkavs, ValdisValdis Birkavs 19420728July 28, 1942(July 28, 1942) 51 00651 years, 6 days 01 0431 year, 43 days 52 04952 years, 49 days Living 28,68378 years, 193 days (Living)
13 Gailis, MārisMāris Gailis 19510709July 9, 1951(July 9, 1951) 43 03743 years, 37 days 01 0971 year, 97 days 44 16544 years, 165 days Living 25,41569 years, 212 days (Living)
14 Szkzēle, AndrisAndris Šķēle 19580116January 16, 1958(January 16, 1958) 37 33937 years, 339 days 02 1592 years, 159 days 42 11042 years, 110 days Living 23,03263 years, 21 days (Living)
15 Krasts, GuntarsGuntars Krasts 19571016October 16, 1957(October 16, 1957) 39 29539 years, 295 days 01 1111 year, 111 days 41 04141 years, 51 days Living 23,12463 years, 113 days (Living)
16 Krisztopans, VilisVilis Krištopans 19540613June 13, 1954(June 13, 1954) 44 16644 years, 166 days 00 2320 years, 232 days 45 03345 years, 33 days Living 24,34566 years, 238 days (Living)
17 Bērziņš, AndrisAndris Bērziņš 19510804August 4, 1951(August 4, 1951) 48 27548 years, 275 days 02 1862 years, 186 days 51 09551 years, 95 days Living 25,38969 years, 186 days (Living)
18 Repše, EinarsEinars Repše 19611209December 9, 1961(December 9, 1961) 40 33340 years, 333 days 01 1231 year, 123 days 42 09142 years, 91 days Living 21,60959 years, 59 days (Living)
19 Emsis, IndulisIndulis Emsis 19520102January 2, 1952(January 2, 1952) 52 06752 years, 67 days 00 2680 years, 268 days 52 33552 years, 335 days Living 25,23869 years, 35 days (Living)
20 Kalvītis, AigarsAigars Kalvītis 19660627June 27, 1966(June 27, 1966) 38 15838 years, 158 days 03 0183 years, 18 days 41 17642 years, 91 days Living 19,94854 years, 224 days (Living)
21 Dombrovskis, ValdisValdis Dombrovskis 19710805August 5, 1971(August 5, 1971) 37 21937 years, 219 days 04 3164 years, 316 days 42 17042 years, 170 days Living 18,08349 years, 185 days (Living)
22 Straujuma, LaimdotaLaimdota Straujuma 19510224February 24, 1951(February 24, 1951) 62 33262 years, 332 days 02 0202 years, 20 days 64 35264 years, 352 days Living 25,55069 years, 348 days (Living)
23 Kučinskis, MārisMāris Kučinskis 19611128November 28, 1961(November 28, 1961) 54 07554 years, 75 days 02 3452 years, 345 days 57 05657 years, 56 days Living 21,62059 years, 70 days (Living)
24 Kariņš, Arturs KrišjānisKrišjānis Kariņš 19641213December 13, 1964(December 13, 1964) 54 04154 years, 41 days 01 1233802 years, 14 days Living 20,50956 years, 55 days (Living)

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