List of Presidents of Latvia

President of the Republic of Latvia;
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	Incumbent; Andris Bērziņš; since 8 July 2011
Residence	Riga Castle
Term length	Four years, renewable once
Inaugural holder	Jānis Čakste
Formation	14 November 1922

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The President of Latvia is head of state and Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces of the Republic of Latvia. Many presidents to date, but not Gustavs Zemgals, Kārlis Ulmanis, Valdis Zatlers and the current president Andris Bērziņš have been elected for a second term. The term of office is four years. Before 1997 it was three years. In the event of the vacancy in the office of the President, the Speaker of the Saeima assumes the duties of the President. For example, after the restoration of Latvian independence, before a new President could be elected, Anatolijs Gorbunovs was acting president from 1991 to 1993.

#	Name	Took Office	Left Office	Party
1	Jānis Čakste^[1]	14 November 1922	14 March 1927	Democratic Center Party
2	Gustavs Zemgals	4 August 1927	4 September 1930	Democratic Center Party
3	Alberts Kviesis	4 September 1930	4 November 1936	Latvian Farmers' Union
4	Kārlis Ulmanis (took office after expire of Kviesis's term)^[2]	4 November 1936	21 July 1940	Latvian Farmers' Union
Latvian SSR (1940 - 1991)
5	Guntis Ulmanis	8 July 1993	8 July 1999	Latvian Farmers' Union
6	Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga	8 July 1999	8 July 2007	Independent
7	Valdis Zatlers	8 July 2007	8 July 2011	Independent
8	Andris Bērziņš	8 July 2011	Incumbent	Union of Greens and Farmers

[edit] Footnotes

^ Upon Čakste's death Speaker of the Saeima, Paul Kalnins (Social Democratic Party), was acting president March 14, 1927-April 8, 1927
^ Prime minister Augusts Kirhenšteins was acting president July 21, 1940-August 25, 1940

President of the Republic of Latvia
Presidential Standard
Incumbent Andris Bērziņš since 8 July 2011
Residence	Riga Castle
Term length	Four years, renewable once
Inaugural holder	Jānis Čakste
Formation	14 November 1922