The Speaker of the Saeima ( lv, Saeimas priekšsēdētājs;
lit. "Chairperson of the Saeima") is the
presiding officer of the
Parliament of Latvia
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 vo ...
, the Saeima.
Speaker of the Saeima
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If the President of Latvia
The president of Latvia ( lv, Latvijas Valsts prezidents ) is head of state and commander-in-chief of the Latvian National Armed Forces, National Armed Forces of the Latvia, Republic of Latvia.
The term of office is four years. Before 1999, it w ...
resigns from office, dies or is removed from office before their term has ended, the Speaker of the Saeima shall assume the duties of the President until the Saeima has elected a new President. Similarly, the Speaker of the Saeima shall assume the duties of the President if the latter is away from Latvia or for any other reason unable to fulfil the duties of office.
The Speaker of the Saeima must be elected at the first meeting of the current convocation of the Saeima.
List of speakers
Speakers of the Saeima (1922-1934)
Parties
Chairman of the Supreme Council (1990-1993)
Parties
Speakers of the Saeima (after 1993)
Parties
Timeline
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from:07/11/1922 till:17/03/1925 color:pink shift:($dx,-8) text:Frīdrihs Vesmanis
Frīdrihs Vesmanis (April 15, 1875 – December 7, 1941) was a Latvian lawyer and politician for the LSDWP and the first Speaker of the Saeima.
Early life
Vesmanis was born on April 15, 1875, in Rundāle Parish to Kārļa Vesmaņa and Elizab ...
from:20/03/1925 till:15/05/1934 color:pink shift:($dx,-8) text: Pauls Kalniņš
from:15/05/1934 till:17/06/1940 color:red shift:($dx,0) text:Kārlis Ulmanis
Kārlis Augusts Vilhelms Ulmanis (; 4 September 1877 – 20 September 1942) was a Latvian politician. He was one of the most prominent Latvian politicians of pre-World War II Latvia during the Interwar period of independence from November 1918 to ...
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from:17/06/1940 till:04/05/1990 color:red shift:($dx,0) text:Soviet and Nazi occupation
from:04/05/1990 till:06/07/1993 color:red shift:($dx,0) text:Supreme Council of Latvia
from:06/07/1993 till:07/11/1995 color:skyblue shift:($dx,-6) text:Anatolijs Gorbunovs
Anatolijs Gorbunovs, also known as Anatoly Valeryanovich Gorbunov ( rus, Анато́лий Валериа́нович Горбуно́в, born 10 February 1942, in Pilda parish, Ludza municipality, Latvia), is a Latvian politician who served a ...
from:07/11/1995 till:26/09/1996 color:drabgreen shift:($dx,-4) text:Ilga Kreituse
Ilga Kreituse (née Grava, born July 5, 1952, in Tērvete) is a Latvian politician, historian, and former Speaker of the Saeima.
Biography
Kreituse was born in Tērvete and lived with her family, later moving to Jūrmala. In 1970, she graduated ...
from:26/09/1996 till:03/11/1998 color:drabgreen shift:($dx,-5) text: Alfrēds Čepānis
from:03/11/1998 till:05/11/2002 color:yellow shift:($dx,-5) text:Jānis Straume
Jānis Straume (born 27 August 1962 in Sigulda, Latvian SSR) is a former Latvian politician for For Fatherland and Freedom/LNNK (TB/LNNK). He was the fourth Speaker of the Saeima (1998–2002) since 1991.
Straume was a leading member of a num ...
from:05/11/2002 till:07/11/2006 color:green shift:($dx,-4) text: Ingrīda Ūdre
from:07/11/2006 till:24/09/2007 color:green shift:($dx,-4) text:Indulis Emsis
Indulis Emsis (born 2 January 1952) is a Latvian biologist and politician. He was Prime Minister of Latvia for ten months in 2004, the first Green party, Green politician to lead a country in the history of the world. He was Speaker of the Saeim ...
from:24/09/2007 till:02/11/2010 color:green shift:($dx,-1) text: Gundars Daudze
from:02/11/2010 till:04/11/2014 color:blue shift:($dx,-1) text:Solvita Āboltiņa
Solvita Āboltiņa ( Mellupe; born 19 February 1963) is a Latvian politician who was Speaker of the Saeima from 2010 until 2014.
Early life
She graduated from Riga Secondary School No. 5, a German language immersion school in 1981, and from the ...
from:04/11/2014 till:01/11/2022 color:yellow shift:($dx,-1) text:Ināra Mūrniece
Ināra Mūrniece (born 30 December 1970) is a Latvian journalist, politician and a member of Saeima. She was Speaker of the Saeima from 2014 to 2022. In 2022 she was succeeded by Edvards Smiltēns.
Biography
In 2007, she graduated from the Scho ...
at:01/11/2022 color:orange shift:($dx,-1) text: Edvards Smiltēns
See also
* List of Chairmen of the Supreme Soviet of the Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic
References
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Saeima
1922 establishments in Latvia