Ernests Voldemārs Bastjānis (born Ernests Voldemārs Bašēns on August 17, 1884, in Pociems (now

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), Kreis Wolmar, died on May 19, 1975, in Boston, Massachusetts) was a Social Democratic Latvian politician and member of the

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from 1922 until the 1934 Ulmanis coup. He also served as

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of the Republic of Latvia from 1926 to 1927. He wrote three books covering that period of Latvian history: Gala Sakums (Memento, Sweden 1964); Demokratiska Latvija (Ogrins, Stockholm 1966); and Dzives Straume, Atminas (Ogrins, Stockholm 1970).

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1884 births 1975 deaths People from Limbaži Municipality People from Kreis Wolmar Latvian Social Democratic Workers' Party politicians Ministers of Finance of Latvia Deputies of the 1st Saeima Deputies of the 2nd Saeima Deputies of the 3rd Saeima Latvian World War II refugees Latvian emigrants to the United States {{Latvia-politician-stub