The Saeima (Latvian pronunciation: [ˈsai.ma]) is the parliament of the Republic of Latvia. It is a unicameral parliament consisting of 100 members who...

speaker of the Saeima assumes the duties of the president. For example, after the death of Jānis Čakste, Pauls Kalniņš, the speaker of the Saeima, was acting...

the Saeima (Latvian: Saeimas priekšsēdētājs; lit. "Chairperson of the Saeima") is the presiding officer of the Parliament of Latvia, the Saeima. If the...

on 1 October 2022 to elect the Fourteenth Saeima of Latvia, following the end of the term of the 13th Saeima elected in 2018. Incumbent Prime Minister...

Fifth Saeima of Latvia was the Parliament of the Republic of Latvia in the period from July 6, 1993 to November 6, 1995. It was the first Latvian Saeima since...

the deputy speakers of the Saeima, the parliament of Latvia. Currently, two deputy speakers of the Saeima (Latvian: Saeimas priekšsēdētāja biedri) are...

continued to hold the post of Speaker of the Saeima to which he was first elected during the 1st Saeima. 3rd Saeima gave confidence to the 2nd cabinet of Hugo...

Constitution. The constitution establishes the main bodies of government (Saeima, State President, Cabinet of Ministers, Courts, State Auditor); it consists...

The Thirteenth Saeima of Latvia was elected in the 2018 Latvian parliamentary election held on 6 October 2018. The Saeima's term commenced on 6 November...

Saeima of Latvia (Latvian: 14. Saeima) was elected in the 2022 Latvian parliamentary election held on 1 October 2022. The 100 members of the Saeima are...

the Saeima. 49. If the Saeima has been dissolved, the mandate of the members of the Saeima shall continue in effect until the newly elected Saeima has...

of the Saeima since 2014, serving as the Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee from 2018 to 2024. During his tenure, Kols led the Saeima delegation...

unicameral Latvian parliament, the Saeima, is elected by direct popular vote every four years. The president is elected by the Saeima in a separate election, also...

later than 3 October 2026, following the end of the term of the fourteenth Saeima elected in 2022. LTV never released the November poll, because of its editorial...

independence was restored in 1991. Latvian Way emerged as the largest party in the Saeima, winning 36 of the 100 seats. A total of 23 parties participated in the...

KPV LV, Development/For! (AP!), the National Alliance was approved by the Saeima on 23 January 2019. Alongside the Prime Minister's office, the alliance...

in the 2022 Latvian parliamentary election and was elected to the 14th Saeima. On 6 December 2022, Siliņa was appointed as the Minister of Welfare in...

Legislative power is vested in both the government and parliament, the Saeima. The Judiciary is independent of the executive and the legislature. The...

division of Latvia came into force on 1 July 2021. On 10 June 2020, the Saeima approved a municipal reform that would reduce the 110 municipalities and...

bruņniecības nams), also known as Saeima House (Saeimas nams), is the seat of the parliament of Latvia, the Saeima. It is located in the Vecpilsēta (Old...

proposed as Prime Minister by President Edgars Rinkēvičs and elected by the Saeima. The government is a coalition between New Unity, Union of Greens and Farmers...

and putting a cap on naturalisation of Latvian Non-citizens. It won six Saeima seats in its first year, and 14 in 1995, when it entered the governing centre-right...

authorities in August 1991. He is not one of the party's members in the Saeima (Latvian Parliament) since he is not allowed to contest elections. However...

New Unity in 2018). After serving as a deputy in Latvia's parliament (the Saeima), as Minister of Economics, and also as a Member of the European Parliament...

general instruction in Latvian public high schools. On 29 September 2022, Saeima passed in the final reading amendments that state that all schools and kindergartens...

National Alliance Justice (Latvian: Nacionālā Savienība Taisnīgums, NST), or simply Justice (Latvian: Taisnīgums), previously known as National Power Union...

5th Saeima (1993-1995) returned one Green deputy, Anna Seile, on the list of the Latvian National Independence Movement (LNNK). In the 6th Saeima (1995-1998)...

the Defense from 26 November 1998 to 9 March 2004. He was elected to the Saeima in four subsequent elections since 1993, being a member of Latvian Way party...

Ilmārs Dāliņš, a member of the 5th Saeima (Parliament of Latvia). In 1995, Zīle was himself elected in the 6th Saeima from the "For Fatherland and Freedom"...

The Progressives have 11 seats on Riga City Council and 10 seats in the Saeima and one seat in the European Parliament. The party is a successor of a social-democratic...