Government of Latvia

The Government of Latvia is the central government of the Republic of Latvia. The Constitution of Latvia (Satversme) outlines the nation as a parliamentary republic represented by a unicameral parliament (Saeima) and the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Latvia, which form the executive branch of the Government of Latvia.

Since the early 2000s cabinet meetings in Latvia have been open to the public. In June 2013, the Latvian government became one of the first in Europe to offer live internet broadcasts of cabinet meetings.

Current Cabinet of Ministers

The incumbent cabinet is the Kučinskis cabinet since 11 February 2016. On 7 December 2015 Prime Minister Laimdota Straujuma resigned, which forced negotiations for a new government. The Second Straujuma cabinet served as a caretaker government until the new cabinet was sworn in.

Position	Name	Party		Dates
Prime Minister	Māris Kučinskis		Union of Greens and Farmers	11 February 2016 –
Minister for Economics, Vice Prime Minister	Arvils Ašeradens		Unity	11 February 2016 –
Minister for Finance	Dana Reizniece-Ozola		Union of Greens and Farmers	11 February 2016 –
Minister for Foreign Affairs	Edgars Rinkēvičs		Unity	11 February 2016 –
Minister for Defence	Raimonds Bergmanis		Union of Greens and Farmers	11 February 2016 –
Minister for the Interior	Rihards Kozlovskis		Unity	11 February 2016 –
Minister for Education and Science	Kārlis Šadurskis		Unity	11 February 2016 –
Minister for Culture	Dace Melbārde		National Alliance	11 February 2016 –
Minister for Welfare	Jānis Reirs		Unity	11 February 2016 –
Minister for Environmental Protection and Regional Development	Kaspars Gerhards		National Alliance	11 February 2016 –
Minister for Transport	Uldis Augulis		Union of Greens and Farmers	11 February 2016 –
Minister for Justice	Dzintars Rasnačs		National Alliance	11 February 2016 –
Minister for Health	Guntis Belēvičs		Union of Greens and Farmers	11 February 2016 –
Minister for Agriculture	Jānis Dūklavs		Union of Greens and Farmers	11 February 2016 –

List of governments

	Government	Dates	Prime Minister		Coalition parties
1st	Godmanis I	7 May 1990 – 3 August 1993		Ivars Godmanis	LTF, LC
2nd	Birkavs	3 August 1993 – 19 September 1994		Valdis Birkavs	LC, LZS, LZP
3rd	Gailis	19 September 1994 – 21 December 1995		Māris Gailis	LC, TPA, LZS, LZP, TB
4th	Šķēle I	21 December 1995 – 13 February 1997		Andris Šķēle	DPS, TB, LC, LNNK, LZS, LZP, LVP
5th	Šķēle II	13 February 1997 – 7 August 1997		Andris Šķēle	DPS, TB, LC, LNNK, LZS, LZP, KDS
6th	Krasts	7 August 1997 – 26 November 1998		Guntars Krasts	TB/LNNK, LC, LZS, LZP, DPS, KTP
7th	Krištopans	26 November 1998 – 16 July 1999		Vilis Krištopans	LC, TB, JP, LSDSP
8th	Šķēle III	16 July 1999 – 5 May 2000		Andris Šķēle	TP, LC, TB/LNNK
9th	Bērziņš	5 May 2000 – 7 November 2002		Andris Bērziņš	LC, TP, TB/LNNK, JP
10th	Repše	7 November 2002 – 9 March 2004		Einars Repše	JL, ZZS, TB/LNNK, LPP
11th	Emsis	9 March 2004 – 2 December 2004		Indulis Emsis	ZZS, TP, LPP
12th	Kalvītis I	2 December 2004 – 7 November 2006		Aigars Kalvītis	TP, ZZS, LPP, JL
13th	Kalvītis II	7 November 2006 – 20 December 2007		Aigars Kalvītis	TP, ZZS, LPP/LC, TB/LNNK
14th	Godmanis II	20 December 2007 – 12 March 2009		Ivars Godmanis	LPP/LC, TP, ZZS, TB/LNNK
15th	Dombrovskis I	12 March 2009 – 3 November 2010		Valdis Dombrovskis	JL, TP, ZZS, TB/LNNK, PS
16th	Dombrovskis II	3 November 2010 – 25 October 2011		Valdis Dombrovskis	Unity, ZZS
17th	Dombrovskis III	25 October 2011 – 22 January 2014		Valdis Dombrovskis	Unity, RP, NA
18th	Straujuma	22 January 2014 – 5 November 2014		Laimdota Straujuma	Unity, RP, NA, ZZS
19th	Straujuma II	5 November 2014 – 11 February 2016		Laimdota Straujuma	Unity, NA, ZZS
20th	Kučinskis	11 February 2016 – present day		Māris Kučinskis	Unity, NA, ZZS

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  Cabinet of Ministers building (lv) co-located with the Supreme Court (lv).

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  Freedom Boulevard (Brīvības bulvāris).

References

• The Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Latvia website