The Saeima (Latvian pronunciation: [ˈsai.ma]) is the parliament of the Republic of Latvia. It is a unicameral parliament consisting of 100 members who...
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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...
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the Saeima (Latvian: Saeimas priekšsēdētājs; lit. "Chairperson of the Saeima") is the presiding officer of the Parliament of Latvia, the Saeima. If the...
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2022, following the end of the term of the 13th Saeima elected in 2018. The 100 members of the Saeima are elected by open list, proportional representation...
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Rihards Kols (category Deputies of the 12th Saeima)
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...
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the deputy speakers of the Saeima, the parliament of Latvia. Currently, two deputy speakers of the Saeima (Latvian: Saeimas priekšsēdētāja biedri) are...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Constitution of Latvia (section Saeima)
Constitution. The constitution establishes the main bodies of government (Saeima, State President, Cabinet of Ministers, Courts, State Auditor); it consists...
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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...
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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...
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House of the Livonian Noble Corporation (redirect from Saeima House)
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...
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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...
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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...
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Evika Siliņa (category Deputies of the 14th Saeima)
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...
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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...
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National Power Unity (section Saeima)
National Alliance Justice (Latvian: Nacionālā Savienība Taisnīgums, NST), or simply Justice (Latvian: Taisnīgums), previously known as National Power Union...
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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...
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Daiga Mieriņa (category Speakers of the Saeima)
Riga) is a Latvian politician who has been serving as the Speaker of the Saeima since 20 September 2023. Born in Riga, Mieriņa studied at the Bulduri Horticultural...
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Krišjānis Kariņš (category Deputies of the 8th Saeima)
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...
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of six on the previous year, making it the fourth-largest party in the Saeima. After extensive negotiations with an aim to avoid Kremlin supporting powers...
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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...
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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...
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had been a member of the Riga City Council, and was also a member of the Saeima in two convocations. He represents the "Unity" party, and was previously...
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Saeima in the 1922 elections, but was reduced to four seats in the 1925 elections. The alliance returned to its six-seat strength in the 3rd Saeima as...
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in the Saeima – Jūlija Stepaņenko and Ļubova Švecova. Both were elected from the list of the Social Democratic Party "Harmony" in the 2018 Saeima elections...
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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...
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People's Parliament (redirect from People's Saeima)
The People's Parliaments or People's Assemblies (Latvian: Tautas Saeima; Lithuanian: Liaudies Seimas) were puppet legislatures put together after the show...
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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...
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