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4th Saeima
4th Saeima was the parliament of Latvia from 3 November 1931 until the 15 May 1934 Latvian coup d'état. It was the last democratically elected Saeima until the restoration of Latvia’s independence in 1991 and the 5th Saeima elections in 1993. Social Democrat Pauls Kalniņš continued to hold the post of Speaker of the Saeima to which he was first elected during the 1st Saeima. During November 1933 – May 1934 Saeima discussed proposed Constitutional changes, submitted by Kārlis Ulmanis and his Farmers’ Union, that would reduce number of MPs from 100 to 50, allow for the direct popular election of State President and increase his powers. 4th Saeima gave confidence to the 2nd cabinet of Marģers Skujenieks (6 December 1931 – 23 March 1933), cabinet of Ādolfs Bļodnieks (24 March 1933 – 16 March 1934) and the 4th cabinet of Kārlis Ulmanis (17 March 1934 – 15 May 1934). Elections and Parties 4th Saeima elections were held on 3–4 October 1931 and 80,04% of elig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
3rd Saeima
3rd Saeima was the parliament of Latvia from 6 November 1928 until 2 November 1931. Social Democrat Pauls Kalniņš continued to hold the post of Speaker of the Saeima to which he was first elected during the 1st Saeima. 3rd Saeima gave confidence to the 2nd cabinet of Hugo Celmiņš (1 December 1928 – 26 March 1931), and the 3rd cabinet of Kārlis Ulmanis (27 March 1931 – 5 December 1931). Elections and parties 3rd Saeima elections were held on 6-7 October 1928 and 79.35% 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. *Social Democrats – 25 seats *Latvian Farmers’ Union – 16 seats *Committee of the German Baltic Parties – 6 seats *Latgalian Christian Peasant and Catholic Party – 6 seats * Workers and Peasants Party – 6 seats *Christian Union and Workers Party – 4 seats *New Farmers-Small Landowners Party – ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Farmers-Small Landowners Party
The New Farmers-Small Landowners Party ( lv, Latvijas Jaunsaimnieku un sīkgruntnieku partija) was a political party in Latvia during the inter-war period. It had two wings; the Farmers wing led by M Gailītis and the Landowners wing led by Ādolfs Bļodnieks. History The party was established in 1925 as a breakaway from the Latvian Farmers' Union, and had its roots in the Agrarian Union of the Landless (BAS). The BAS had been absorbed into the Farmers' Union following the 1920 Constitutional Assembly elections, but had remained a separate faction within it.Vincent E. McHale (1983) ''Political parties of Europe'', Greenwood Press, p456 In the 1925 elections the new party won three seats. In 1928 it was joined by the more radical members of the BAS, who had remained in the Farmers' Union. The elections that year saw the party win four seats in the 3rd Saeima. However, the radical members split from the party in 1931 to establish the New Farmers' Association. In the elections ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Party For Peace And Order
The Party for Peace and Order was a conservative political party in Latvia during the inter-war period. History The party was established in 1925,Vincent E McHale (1983) ''Political parties of Europe'', Greenwood Press, p456 and won two seats in the second Saima in the 1925 elections. It was reduced to a single seat in the 1928 elections, which it retained in the 1931 elections for the fourth Saeima. Ideology The party held similar views to the Landlords' Party in neighbouring Estonia, supporting a classical capitalist economic policy and advocating private property rights.McHale, p384 It usually sat in the Saeima alongside the National Union and 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 ... and some Latgalian parties, in a grouping known as th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russian Public Workers' Association
The Russian Public Workers' Association was a political group in Latvia during the inter-war period. Primarily representing Russian civil servants of the parishes and counties of Latvia, it was led by (''Leontin Spolianski'').Vincent E McHale (1983) ''Political parties of Europe'', Greenwood Press, p460 It was sometimes also known as ''zemci'' in Latvian (). History The party was initially known as the Union of Russian Officials or the Party for Communal Activities (). It won a single seat in the 2nd Saeima 2nd Saeima was the parliament of Latvia from November 3, 1925, until November 5, 1928. The Social Democrat Pauls Kalniņš continued to hold the post of Speaker of the Saeima to which he was first elected during the 1st Saeima. 2nd Saeima gav ... in the 1925 elections, and gained a seat in the 1928 elections, by which time it had become the Russian Municipal Workers' Association (). The 1931 elections saw it reduced back to a single seat in the 4th Saeima. Refere ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Labour League Of Latvia
The Labour League of Latvia ( lv, Latvijas Darba Savienība) was a political party in Latvia. It existed from 1925 until 1934, when all political parties in Latvia were dissolved following a coup d'état. Its political orientation was centre-left, to the left of the Democratic Centre and to the right of the Union of Social Democrats – Mensheviks and Rural Workers. Elections The Labour League of Latvia first participated in the 1925 parliamentary elections, receiving 0.76% of the vote and failing to win a seat. In the 1928 elections, it received 1.38% of the vote and won one seat, which went to Kārlis Balodis. Balodis died on 13 January 1931, during the session of the 3rd Saeima, and his seat was filled by Pēteris Zālīte. In the 1931 elections the Labour League of Latvia received 0.92% of the vote and retained its one seat, which went to Pēteris Zālīte. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Party Of The Orthodox
The Party of the Orthodox was a political party in Latvia during the inter-war period. Primarily representing Russian Orthodox peasants in Latgale, it was led by Archbishop 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) ....Vincent E McHale (1983) ''Political parties of Europe'', Greenwood Press, pp459–460 History The party won two seats in the 1925 elections, retaining both in the 1928 elections. It was reduced to a single seat in the 1931 elections. Ideology The party's ideology was focused on the 1920 land reforms and attempts to revise them in favour of their supporters. References {{Latvian political parties Defunct political parties in Latvia Eastern Orthodox political parties Eastern Orthodoxy in Latvia Russian political parties in Latvia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United Polish Parties
The United Polish Parties ( lv, Apvienotās poļu partijas), officially the Educational and Charity Associations of Riga and the Polish Association in Latvia, Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1130 was a political alliance in Latvia for Latvian Poles during the inter-war period. History The alliance won a single seat in the 1920 Constitutional Assembly elections.Nohlen & Stöver, p1137 It retained its seat in the 1922 elections, but did not run in the elections in 1925 and 1928. It returned to contest the 1931 elections, winning two seats. The 1931 elections were the last multi-party elections in the country until 1990 File:1990 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1990 FIFA World Cup is played in Italy; The Human Genome Project is launched; Voyager I takes the famous Pale Blue Dot image- speaking on the fragility of Humankind, humanity on Earth, Astroph .... References {{Latvian political parties Defunct political party al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agudas Israel (Latvia)
Agudas Israel (Hebrew for "Union of Israel") was a political party in Latvia in the inter-war period. Primarily a party of the Orthodox Jews, it was the most conservative of the Jewish parties in the country, seeking to limit the power of state monopolies. It was led by Mordehai Dubin.Vincent E McHale (1983) ''Political parties of Europe'', Greenwood Press, p448 History The party first contested national elections in 1922, when it won two seats in the 1st Saeima.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1143 It retained both seats in the 2nd Saeima after the 1925 elections, but was reduced to one seat in the 1928 elections. The 1931 elections saw the party win two seats in the 4th Saeima. However, after the 1934 Latvian coup d'état multi-party elections were not held again until 1990. See also *History of the Jews in Latvia *Ceire Cion Ceire Cion ( he, צעירי ציון, "Youth of Zion"), sometimes called the Zionist Party or Eth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Union Of Social Democrats – Mensheviks And Rural Workers
The Union of Social Democrats – Mensheviks and Rural Workers ( lv, Sociāldemokrātu mazinieku un laukstrādnieku savenība, SDML) was a political party in Latvia in the inter-war period led by Marģers Skujenieks. History The party was established in July 1921 as a breakaway faction from the Latvian Social Democratic Workers' Party ) , colours = Maroon Green , headquarters = Riga, Lāčplēša iela 60, LV-1011 , seats1_title = Saeima , seats1 = , seats2_title = European Parliament , seats2 = , website lsdsp.lv, membership_year = 2017 , membership = 633 The Latv .... They won seven seats in the 1922 elections, becoming the third-largest faction in the 1st Saeima. Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1143 In the 1925 elections they were reduced to four seats, with the party going on to win just two seats in the 1928 elections. The party was dissolved in 1929, with its leadership going onto establish the Progressive Associa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christian National Union (Latvia)
The Christian National Union was a political party in Latvia in the inter-war period. History The party was established in 1920,Vincent E McHale (1983) ''Political parties of Europe'', Greenwood Press, p449 and won three seats in the 1920 Constitutional Assembly elections.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1137 It went on to win four seats in the 1st Saeima after the 1922 elections, but was reduced to two seats in the 2nd Saeima after the 1925 elections. It won four seats again in the 1928 elections, but only three in the 4th Saeima elections of 1931. Ideology The party advocated Lutheranism as the basis for governance and also supported prohibition. It usually sat in the Saeima alongside the National Union, the Party for Peace and Order The Party for Peace and Order was a conservative political party in Latvia during the inter-war period. History The party was established in 1925,Vincent E McHale (1983) ''Political part ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Committee Of The German Baltic Parties
The Committee of the German-Baltic Parties (german: Ausschuß der Deutschbaltischen Parteien, ADP) was an alliance of Baltic German political parties in Latvia during the inter-war period. Its members included the German-Baltic Democratic Party, the German-Baltic Progressive Party, the German-Baltic Reform Party, the German-Baltic People's Party, the German-Baltic Integration Party, the German-Baltic State Party and the Voters Association of Mitau. History The alliance was established in early 1920 as a successor to the National Committee.John Hiden (2002) ''The Baltic States and Weimar Ostpolitik'', Cambridge University Press, p59 It won six seats in the 1920 Constitutional Assembly elections.Dieter Nohlen Dieter Nohlen (born 6 November 1939) is a German academic and political scientist. He currently holds the position of Emeritus Professor of Political Science in the Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences of the University of Heidelberg. An expe ... & Philip Stöver ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Latgalian Farmer-Labour Party
The Latgalian Farmer-Labour Party, also known as the Latgalian Progressive Farmers, was a political party in Latvia during the inter-war period. The party contested elections in an alliance with several other parties under the name United List of Latgalian Small Landless Farmers and Latgalian Labour Party. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1130 It was led by Jezups Trasuns. History The party first contested national elections in 1922, when it won four seats in the parliamentary elections that year. It was reduced to two seats in 2nd Saeima after 1925 elections, but won three seats in the 1928 elections. The 1931 elections saw the party win five seats in the 4th Saeima. Ideology The party supported radical land reform, including land distribution without compensation for former landowners. Like other parties in Latgale, it took an anti-Polish Polish may refer to: * Anything from or related to Poland, a country in Europe * Po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |