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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must have the confidence of the Saeima and they shall be accountable to the Saeima for their actions. If the Saeima expresses no confidence in the Prime...
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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...
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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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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 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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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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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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Daiga Mieriņa (category Speakers of the Saeima)
1969) 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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multi-member constituencies of the Saeima, the national legislature of Latvia. The constituency was established in 1922 when the Saeima was established following...
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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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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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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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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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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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multi-member constituencies of the Saeima, the national legislature of Latvia. The constituency was established in 1922 when the Saeima was established following...
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Deputies of the 9th Saeima are the 100 deputies or members of the parliament of Latvia, the Saeima. Ninety-nine of those elected to 9th Saeima began their term...
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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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4th Saeima was the parliament of Latvia from 3 November 1931 until the 15 May 1934 Latvian coup d'état. It was the last democratically elected Saeima until...
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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...
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