2nd Saeima was the parliament 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 ...

from November 3, 1925, until November 5, 1928. The Social Democrat

Pauls Kalniņš Pauls Kalniņš (3 March 1872, in Vilce Parish – 26 August 1945, in Lustenau, Austria) was a Latvian physician and politician ( LSDSP), a long-term Speaker of the Saeima, one of the signatories of the Memorandum of the Central Council of Lat ...

continued to hold the post of

Speaker of the Saeima The Speaker of the Saeima ( lv, Saeimas priekšsēdētājs; lit. "Chairperson of the Saeima") is the presiding officer of the Parliament of Latvia, the Saeima. If the President of Latvia resigns from office, dies or is removed from office befo ...

to which he was first elected during the

1st Saeima The 1st Saeima was the parliament of Latvia from November 7, 1922 until November 2, 1925. It was the first Saeima to be elected after the Constitutional Assembly of Latvia had created the Constitution of Latvia and the Elections Law. Social- ...

. 2nd Saeima gave confidence to the second cabinet of Kārlis Ulmanis (December 24, 1925 – May 6, 1926), cabinet of Arturs Alberings (May 7, 1926 – December 18, 1926), the firsts cabinet of

Marģers Skujenieks Marģers Skujenieks (22 June 1886 – 12 July 1941) held the office of Prime Minister of Latvia twice from 19 December 1926 – 23 January 1928 and 6 December 1931 – 23 March 1933. Early life Skujenieks was born in Riga, into the family of Ven ...

(December 19, 1926 – January 23, 1928) and cabinet of Pēteris Juraševskis (January 24, 1928 – November 30, 1928).

Elections and parties

The 2nd Saeima elections were held on October 3–4, 1925, and 74,89% of eligible voters participated. Due to the liberal elections law, 27 parties and candidates lists were elected to the 100 seats, representing all the political and ethnic interest groups of Latvia. *

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– 32 seats *

Latvian Farmers' Union The Latvian Farmers' Union ( lv, Latvijas Zemnieku savienība, LZS) is an agrarian political party in Latvia. Initially formed in 1917 during the period of Latvian War of Independence, it was banned in 1934. It was re-established in 1990. It i ...

– 16 seats * Democratic Centre and Independents union - 5 seats * Latgalian Christian Peasant and Catholic Party – 5 seats * Committee of the German Baltic Parties – 4 seats * Union of Social Democrats – Mensheviks and Rural Workers – 4 seats * National Union – 3 seats * New Farmers-Small Landowners Party – 3 seats * New Farmers' Union – 3 seats * Independent national center – 3 seats * Agudas Israel – 2 seats * The United List of Latgalian Labour Party and Latgalian small-holder and landless Union – 2 seats *

Christian National Union The Christian National Union ( pl, Zjednoczenie Chrześcijańsko-Narodowe), abbreviated to ZChN,Maher (2004), p. 3458 was a Polish nationalist political party in Poland. Founded on 15 September 1989, the party traced its tradition to the Solida ...

– 2 seats *Latgalian Democrat Party – 2 seats * Latgalian Farmers Party – 2 seats * Peace, order and production Union – 2 seats * Russian Orthodox and Russian organizations Bloc – 2 seats * Polish-Catholic Latvian Union of Poles – 2 seats * Old Believer Central Committee – 2 seats *

Ceire Cion Ceire Cion ( he, צעירי ציון, "Youth of Zion"), sometimes called the Zionist Party or Ethnic Socialist Party, was a centre-left Jewish political party in Latvia during the inter-war period. It was led by jurist Max Lazerson. The party comb ...

– 1 seat *Independent candidate – 1 seat * – 1 seat *Congress of War ravaged districts – 1 seat * Union of Russian Officials – 1 seat *Latgalian Non-party Union – 1 seat *National Farmers Union – 1 seat * Latvia’s Jewish socialdemocratic workers party Bund – 1 seat

List of Saeima deputies

* Arturs Alberings * Alfrēds Alslēbens * Jānis Annuss * Longins Ausējs * Kristaps Bahmanis * Jānis Balodis * Voldemārs Bastjānis * Ernests Bauers *

Arveds Bergs Arveds Kārlis Kristaps Bergs (born 13 September 1875 Riga, Governorate of Livonia, Russian Empire – died 19 December 1941, Chkalov, Orenburg Oblast, Soviet Union) was a Latvian lawyer, newspaper editor and politician actively advocating establis ...

Roberts Bīlmanis Roberts may refer to: People * Roberts (given name), a Latvian masculine given name * Roberts (surname), a popular surname, especially among the Welsh Places * Roberts (crater), a lunar impact crater on the far side of the Moon ;United Sta ...

* Jānis Blumbergs *

Ādolfs Bļodnieks Ādolfs Bļodnieks (24 July 1889 – 21 March 1962) held the office of Prime Minister of Latvia from 24 March 1933 – 16 March 1934, for the New Farmers' Party. Blodnieks was born in Tukums and died in Brooklyn, NY Brooklyn () is a Boroug ...

* Jānis Breikšs * Augusts Briedis * Kristaps Bungšs * Kārlis Būmeisters * Hugo Celmiņš * Jūlijs Celms * Fēlikss Cielēns *

Jānis Čakste Jānis Kristaps Čakste (14 September 1859 – 14 March 1927) was a Latvian politician and lawyer who served as the first head of an independent Latvian state as the Chairman of the People's Council (1918–1920), the Speaker of the Constituti ...

* Kārlis Dēķens * Kārlis Dišlers * Morduhs Dubins * Roberts Dukurs * Hugo Dzelzītis * Antons Dzenis * Arkādijs Eglītis * Kristaps Eliass * Hermanis Enzeliņš * Aleksandrs Evans * Jūlijs Ērglis * Vilhelms Firkss * Markus Gailītis * Jānis Goldmanis * Eduards Grantskalns *

Ernests Gulbis Ernests Gulbis (, born 30 August 1988, nicknamed "Lord", "The Gull" or "Ernie") is a Latvian professional tennis player. In 2008, Gulbis won his first ATP Tour doubles title at the U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships, teaming with Rainer Schütt ...

* Kārlis Gulbis * Jānis Ģībietis * Jons Hāns * Vilis Holcmanis * Eduards Jaunzems * Staņislavs Jubuls * Ivans Jupatovs * Pēteris Juraševskis * Jānis Kalējs * Meletijs Kallistratovs * Ringolds Kalnings * Augusts Kalniņš * Bruno Kalniņš * Nikolajs Kalniņš *

* Hermanis Kaupiņš * Karls Kellers * Ādolfs Klīve * Pēteris Kotans * Andrejs Krastkalns * Kārlis Krievs * Bernhards Kublinskis * Kārlis Kvellbergs * Alberts Kviesis * Krišs Ķūķis * Kārlis Lauva * Maksis Lazersons * Pauls Lejiņš * Rūdolfs Lindiņš * Francis Logins * Klāvs Lorencs * Noijs Maizels * Fricis Menders * Gotfrīds Mīlbergs * Ernests Morics * Oto Nonācs * Markus Nuroks * Jānis Opincāns * Lukass Ozoliņš * Alfons Pastors * Kārlis Pauļuks * Andrejs Petrevics *

Jānis Pommers Archbishop John ( lv, Аrhibīskaps Jānis, russian: Архиепископ Иоанн, secular name Jānis Pommers or Ivan Andreyevich Pommer, russian: Иван Андреевич Поммер; 6 (18) January 1876 – 29 September (12 October) ...

* Eduards Radziņš *

Rainis Rainis was the pseudonym of Jānis Pliekšāns (September 11, 1865 – September 12, 1929), a Latvian poet, playwright, translator, and politician. Rainis' works include the classic plays ''Uguns un nakts'' (''Fire and Night'', 1905) and ''Ind ...

* Antons Rancāns * Jezups Rancāns * Gustavs Reinhards * Miķelis Rozentāls * Jānis Rubulis * Vladislavs Rubulis * Ansis Rudevics * Jānis Rudzis *

* Pauls Šīmanis * Leontijs Špoļanskis * Jānis Šterns * Elpidifors Tihoņickis * Francis Trasuns * Jezups Trasuns * Kārlis Ulmanis * Pēteris Ulpe * Ādolfs Valters * Andrejs Veckalns * Jānis Veržbickis * Jaroslavs Viļpiševskis * Jānis Višņa * Ruvins Vitenbergs * Pēteris Zeibolts * Francis Zeps

References

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