List of Ministers of Culture of Latvia
Ministers of Culture of the Republic of Latvia

List of Ministers of Culture of Latvia

Section Title: Ministers of Culture of the Republic of Latvia
Table Section Text: None

Name	Took Office	Left Office	Party

1	Raimonds Pauls	16 May 1990	3 August 1993	Independent

Ministry merged into the Ministry of Education and Science, State Minister of Culture: Raimonds Pauls (3 August 1993 - 20 September 1993), Jānis Dripe (20 September 1993 - 19 September 1994)

2	Jānis Dripe	19 September 1994	21 December 1995	Latvian Way

3	Ojārs Spārītis	21 December 1995	22 July 1996	Latvian Farmers' Union

4	Rihards Pīks	12 August 1996	20 June 1997	Latvian Farmers' Union

5	Ramona Umblija	7 August 1997	26 November 1998	Latvian Farmers' Union

6	Karina Pētersone	26 November 1998	7 November 2002	Latvian Way

7	Inguna Rībena	7 November 2002	9 March 2004	New Era Party

8	Helēna Demakova	9 March 2004	12 January 2009	People's Party

9	Ints Dālderis	12 March 2009	3 November 2010	People's Party (until 19 March 2010)

Independent (from 19 March 2010 to 28 June 2010)

New Era Party (from 28 June 2010)

10	Sarmīte Ēlerte	3 November 2010	25 October 2011	Civic Union (Unity since 6 August 2011)

11	Žaneta Jaunzeme-Grende	25 October 2011	16 September 2013	National Alliance

12	Dace Melbārde	31 October 2013	Incumbent	Independent (until February 2014)

National Alliance (from February 2014)

Sentence(s)

Ints Dālderis was Minister of Culture of Latvia from March 12, 2009 to November 3, 2010.

final_sentence: Ints Dālderis was Minister of Culture of Latvia from March 12, 2009 to November 3, 2010.