The Socialist Party of Latvia was formed in 1994, as a successor party to the Communist Party of Latvia, which was banned in 1991. In essence, the party is communist; according to the "programme of the party", the LSP was founded as an organization upholding socialist ideas after the 1991 events that the party describes as a 'counter-revolutionary bourgeois-nationalist coup'.
Indulis Emsis is a Latvian biologist and politician. He was Prime Minister of Latvia for ten months in 2004, the first Green politician to lead a country in the history of the world. He was Speaker of the Saeima, the Latvian parliament from 2006 to 2007. Emsis' political views are described as rather conservative, unusual for members of green parties around the world.
The Saeima is the parliament of the Republic of Latvia. It is a unicameral parliament consisting of 100 members who are elected by proportional representation, with seats allocated to political parties which gain at least 5% of the popular vote. Elections are scheduled to be held once every four years, normally on the first Saturday of October. The most recent elections were held in October 2018.
The Constitution of Latvia, ratified on February 15, 1922, contains a provision regarding one of the reserve powers of the President of Latvia to initiate the dissolution of the parliament. According to Article 48-50 of the Constitution,
Ivans Klementjevs is a Soviet-born Latvian politician and former sprint canoeist who competed from the mid-1980s to the late 1990s. He won three Olympic medals in C-1 1000 m at the 1988, 1992 and 1996 Summer Olympics. The highlight was the gold medal in 1988, which he won as a competitor for the USSR. He trained at Trudovye Rezervy and later at the Armed Forces sports society in Riga when Latvia was part of the Soviet Union.
The University of Daugavpils is a public university in Daugavpils, Latvia, and the largest regional university in the country.
The Constitution of Latvia is the fundamental law of the Republic of Latvia. Satversme is the oldest Eastern or Central European constitution still in force and the sixth oldest still-functioning republican basic law in the world. It was adopted, as it states itself in the text, by the people of Latvia, in their freely elected Constitutional Assembly of Latvia on 15 February 1922 and came into force on 7 November 1922. It was heavily influenced by Germany's Weimar Constitution and the Swiss Federal Constitution. The constitution establishes the main bodies of government ; it consists of 115 articles arranged in eight chapters.
The President of Latvia is head of state and commander-in-chief of the National Armed Forces of the Republic of Latvia.
The Deputies of the 9th Saeima are the 100 deputies or members of the parliament of Latvia, the Saeima. Ninety-nine of those elected to 9th Saeima began their term on 7 November 2006, and ended their term on 2 November 2010. However in total including deputies with mandates and others, the 9th Saeima had 116 working members.
Aleksandrs Golubovs was a Latvian politician. He was a member of the Socialist Party of Latvia and a deputy of the 6th, 7th, 8th and 9th Saeima. He began his last term in parliament on November 7, 2006. Golubovs died on 19 May 2010, during an official visit to Belarus.
Andrejs Klementjevs is a Latvian politician of Russian origin. He is a member of Harmony and a deputy of the 11th Saeima.
Artūrs Rubiks is a Latvian politician, the son of Alfrēds Rubiks and the brother of Raimonds Rubiks. He is a member of Harmony and a deputy of the 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th Saeima. He began his current term in parliament on November 4, 2014. He is also affiliated with the Socialist Party of Latvia.
The Christian Democratic Union is a minor Christian-democratic political party in Latvia. It is currently led by Māra Viktorija Zilgalve and Secretary General Armands Agrums.
Parliamentary elections were held in Latvia on 6 October 2018. Following the elections, a coalition government was formed by Who owns the state?, the New Conservative Party, Development/For!, the National Alliance and New Unity. Despite being from the smallest party, Arturs Krišjānis Kariņš of New Unity was chosen as Prime Minister.
The Speaker of the Saeima is the speaker of the Parliament of Latvia, the Saeima.
Jānis Straume is a former Latvian politician for For Fatherland and Freedom/LNNK (TB/LNNK). He was the fourth Speaker of the Saeima (1998–2002) since 1991.
Māris Kučinskis is a Latvian politician and former Prime Minister of Latvia.
Dzintars Rasnačs is a Latvian politician. He is a member of the National Alliance Party and a deputy of the 11th Saeima. He began his current term in parliament on 17 October 2011. He has graduated from the University of Latvia.
For Latvia from the Heart is a conservative political party in Latvia founded in May 2014 by former State Auditor Inguna Sudraba.
Romualds Razuks is a Lithuania-born Latvian doctor and politician. He was the second chairman of the Popular Front of Latvia, thereafter a member of parliament of the Saeima of the republic of Latvia and mayor of Jurmala. As of 2014, he is a member of parliament of the 12th Saiema of the republic of Latvia, representing the political party Unity.
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