200px, Meeting room of the Government of Latvia in the Palace of Justice
The Government of Latvia is the
central government
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of the
Republic of Latvia
Latvia ( or ; lv, Latvija ; ltg, Latveja; liv, Leţmō), officially the Republic of Latvia ( lv, Latvijas Republika, links=no, ltg, Latvejas Republika, links=no, liv, Leţmō Vabāmō, links=no), is a country in the Baltic region of ...
. The
Constitution of Latvia
The Constitution of Latvia ( lv, Satversme) 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 ...
( lv, Satversme) outlines the nation as a
parliamentary republic
represented by a
unicameral
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Unicameral legislatures exist when there is no widely perceived need for multic ...
parliament
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(
Saeima
The Saeima () is the parliament of the Latvia, 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 po ...
) and the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Latvia ( lv, 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.
List of governments
File:Gabinete de Ministerios de Letonia, Riga, Letonia, 2012-08-07, DD 01.JPG, Cabinet of Ministers building (the Palace of Justice) co-located with the Supreme Court
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.
File:Brīvības bulvāris, Riga.jpg, Freedom Boulevard ().
References
The Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Latvia website
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