President of Latvia

The president of Latvia (, literally "State President") is head of state and commander-in-chief of the National Armed Forces of the Republic of Latvia.

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 Status

 No. Name(Birth–Death) PortraitTerm of office Political party 1Jānis Čakste(1859–1927)Upon Latvian independence on 17 December 1918, Jānis Čakste was head of state as Chairman of Tautas padome (1918–20) and Speaker of the Constitutional Assembly (1920–22), until he was elected President by the first Saeima on 14 November 1922.75px17 December 191814 November 1922Democratic Centre14 November 192214 March 1927 (died) —Pauls Kalniņš(1872–1945)Upon Čakste's death, Speaker of the Saeima Pauls Kalniņš was acting president from 14 March 1927 to 8 April 1927.14 March 19278 April 1927Latvian Social Democratic Workers' Party 2Gustavs Zemgals(1871–1939)75px8 April 19274 September 1930Democratic Centre 3 Alberts Kviesis(1881–1944) 75px4 September 193015 May 1934Latvian Farmers' Union (3)16 May 193410 April 1936Independent 4Kārlis Ulmanis(1877–1942)Upon the expiration of Kviesis's term, Prime minister Kārlis Ulmanis illegally merged the Presidency and the Premiership, holding both offices himself. After the Soviet occupation Prime Minister Augusts Kirhenšteins was the illegitimate Acting President from 21 July to 25 August 194075px11 April 193621 July 1940IndependentOccupation of Latvia (21 July 1940 – 21 August 1991) — Anatolijs Gorbunovs(born 1942)After the restoration of Latvian independence, speaker of the Latvian parliament Anatolijs Gorbunovs was acting president from 21 August 1991 to 8 July 1993. 75px21 August 199113 February 1993Popular Front of Latvia (—)13 February 19938 July 1993Latvian Way 5Guntis Ulmanis(born 1939)75px8 July 19938 July 1999Latvian Farmers' Union 6Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga(born 1937)75px8 July 19998 July 2007Independent 7Valdis Zatlers(born 1955)75px8 July 20078 July 2011Independent 8Andris Bērziņš(born 1944)75px8 July 20118 July 2015Union of Greens and FarmersBērziņš is not a member of parties forming the Union of Greens and Farmers, however he ran for the Saeima from their list and was a member of their parliamentary group at the time of his election. 9Raimonds Vējonis(born 1966)75px8 July 20158 July 2019Latvian Green Party 10 Egils Levits(born 1955)75px8 July 20198 July 2023Independent 11Edgars Rinkēvičs(born 1973)75px8 July 2023IncumbentUnity

Living former presidents
There are seven living former Latvian Presidents:

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