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.^[1]

Position	Name	Party		Dates
Prime Minister	Māris Kučinskis	style="background-color: Template:Union of Greens and Farmers/meta/color"\|	Union of Greens and Farmers	11 February 2016 –
Minister for Economics, Vice Prime Minister	Arvils Ašeradens	style="background-color: Template:Unity (Latvia)/meta/color"\|	Unity	11 February 2016 –
Minister for Finance	Dana Reizniece-Ozola	style="background-color: Template:Union of Greens and Farmers/meta/color"\|	Union of Greens and Farmers	11 February 2016 –
Minister for Foreign Affairs	Edgars Rinkēvičs	style="background-color: Template:Unity (Latvia)/meta/color"\|	Unity	11 February 2016 –
Minister for Defence	Raimonds Bergmanis	style="background-color: Template:Union of Greens and Farmers/meta/color"\|	Union of Greens and Farmers	11 February 2016 –
Minister for the Interior	Rihards Kozlovskis	style="background-color: Template:Unity (Latvia)/meta/color"\|	Unity	11 February 2016 –
Minister for Education and Science	Kārlis Šadurskis	style="background-color: Template:Unity (Latvia)/meta/color"\|	Unity	11 February 2016 –
Minister for Culture	Dace Melbārde	style="background-color: Template:National Alliance (Latvia)/meta/color"\|	National Alliance	11 February 2016 –
Minister for Welfare	Jānis Reirs	style="background-color: Template:Unity (Latvia)/meta/color"\|	Unity	11 February 2016 –
Minister for Environmental Protection and Regional Development	Kaspars Gerhards	style="background-color: Template:National Alliance (Latvia)/meta/color"\|	National Alliance	11 February 2016 –
Minister for Transport	Uldis Augulis	style="background-color: Template:Union of Greens and Farmers/meta/color"\|	Union of Greens and Farmers	11 February 2016 –
Minister for Justice	Dzintars Rasnačs	style="background-color: Template:National Alliance (Latvia)/meta/color"\|	National Alliance	11 February 2016 –
Minister for Health	Anda Čakša^[2]	style="background-color: Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color"\|	Independent	16 June 2016 –
Minister for Agriculture	Jānis Dūklavs	style="background-color: Template:Union of Greens and Farmers/meta/color"\|	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	width=5px style="background-color: Template:Popular Front of Latvia/meta/color"\|	Ivars Godmanis	LTF, LC
2nd	Birkavs	3 August 1993 – 19 September 1994	style="background-color: Template:Latvian Way/meta/color"\|	Valdis Birkavs	LC, LZS, LZP
3rd	Gailis	19 September 1994 – 21 December 1995	style="background-color: Template:Latvian Way/meta/color"\|	Māris Gailis	LC, TPA, LZS, LZP, TB
4th	Šķēle I	21 December 1995 – 13 February 1997	style="background-color: Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color"\|	Andris Šķēle	DPS, TB, LC, LNNK, LZS, LZP, LVP
5th	Šķēle II	13 February 1997 – 7 August 1997	style="background-color: Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color"\|	Andris Šķēle	DPS, TB, LC, LNNK, LZS, LZP, KDS
6th	Krasts	7 August 1997 – 26 November 1998	style="background-color: Template:For Fatherland and Freedom/LNNK/meta/color"\|	Guntars Krasts	TB/LNNK, LC, LZS, LZP, DPS, KTP
7th	Krištopans	26 November 1998 – 16 July 1999	style="background-color: Template:Latvian Way/meta/color"\|	Vilis Krištopans	LC, TB, JP, LSDSP
8th	Šķēle III	16 July 1999 – 5 May 2000	style="background-color: Template:People's Party (Latvia)/meta/color"\|	Andris Šķēle	TP, LC, TB/LNNK
9th	Bērziņš	5 May 2000 – 7 November 2002	style="background-color: Template:Latvian Way/meta/color"\|	Andris Bērziņš	LC, TP, TB/LNNK, JP
10th	Repše	7 November 2002 – 9 March 2004	style="background-color: Template:New Era Party/meta/color"\|	Einars Repše	JL, ZZS, TB/LNNK, LPP
11th	Emsis	9 March 2004 – 2 December 2004	style="background-color: Template:Union of Greens and Farmers/meta/color"\|	Indulis Emsis	ZZS, TP, LPP
12th	Kalvītis I	2 December 2004 – 7 November 2006	style="background-color: Template:People's Party (Latvia)/meta/color"\|	Aigars Kalvītis	TP, ZZS, LPP, JL
13th	Kalvītis II	7 November 2006 – 20 December 2007	style="background-color: Template:People's Party (Latvia)/meta/color"\|	Aigars Kalvītis	TP, ZZS, LPP/LC, TB/LNNK
14th	Godmanis II	20 December 2007 – 12 March 2009	style="background-color: Template:Latvia's First Party/Latvian Way/meta/color"\|	Ivars Godmanis	LPP/LC, TP, ZZS, TB/LNNK
15th	Dombrovskis I	12 March 2009 – 3 November 2010	style="background-color: Template:New Era Party/meta/color"\|	Valdis Dombrovskis	JL, TP, ZZS, TB/LNNK, PS
16th	Dombrovskis II	3 November 2010 – 25 October 2011	style="background-color: Template:Unity (Latvia)/meta/color"\|	Valdis Dombrovskis	Unity, ZZS
17th	Dombrovskis III	25 October 2011 – 22 January 2014	style="background-color: Template:Unity (Latvia)/meta/color"\|	Valdis Dombrovskis	Unity, RP, NA
18th	Straujuma I	22 January 2014 – 5 November 2014	style="background-color: Template:Unity (Latvia)/meta/color"\|	Laimdota Straujuma	Unity, RP, NA, ZZS
19th	Straujuma II	5 November 2014 – 11 February 2016	style="background-color: Template:Unity (Latvia)/meta/color"\|	Laimdota Straujuma	Unity, NA, ZZS
20th	Kučinskis	11 February 2016 – present day	style="background-color: Template:Union of Greens and Farmers/meta/color"\|	Māris Kučinskis	Unity, NA, ZZS