List of Presidents of Latvia

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President of Latvia is head of state and Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces of Republic of Latvia. Each president to date, except Gustavs Zemgals, has served two terms. The term of office is four years. Before 1997 it was three years. In the event of absence of the President the Speaker of Saeima assumes the duties of the President, for example after restoration of independence of Latvia Anatolijs Gorbunovs was acting president from 1991 to 1993.

	Name		Took Office	Left Office	Party
1	Jānis Čakste		1922	1927	Democratic Center Party
2	Gustavs Zemgals		1927	1930	Democratic Center Party
3	Alberts Kviesis		1930	1936	Latvian Farmers' Union
4	Kārlis Ulmanis (took office after a Coup d'état)		1936	1940	Latvian Farmers' Union
Latvian SSR (1940 - 1991)
5	Guntis Ulmanis		1993	1999	Latvian Farmers' Union
6	Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga		1999	2007	none
7	Valdis Zatlers		2007	term expires in 2011	none

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• Lists of office-holders

v • d • e Presidents of Latvia Čakste | Zemgals | Kviesis | K. Ulmanis | interrupted by Latvian SSR (1940-1991) | G. Ulmanis | Vīķe-Freiberga | Zatlers