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The president of Latvia (Latvian: Latvijas Valsts prezidents lit. ' State President of Latvia ') is head of state and commander-in-chief of the National Armed Forces of the Republic of Latvia. [2] The term of this office is four years. Before 1999, it was three years. The president may be elected any number of times, but not more than twice in ...
The Latvian SSR Supreme Council adopted the declaration On the Restoration of Independence of the Republic of Latvia. 1991: January: The Barricades: Pro-Communist political forces attempted to restore Soviet power in Latvia. 6 September: The Soviet Union recognized Latvian independence. 17 September: Latvia became a member of the United Nations.
This is a list of presidents of Latvia by age. The first table charts the age of each president of Latvia at the beginning of the presidency, upon leaving office, and at the time of death. Where the president is still living, their lifespan is calculated up to February 15, 2025. The five oldest presidents, arranged by lifespan:
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Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga was President of Latvia from 1999 until 2007. She was the first female head of state in the former Soviet block state and was active in Latvia joining both NATO and the European Union in 2004. [83] Latvia signed the Schengen agreement on 16 April 2003 and started its implementation on 21 December 2007. [84]
One sign that Ulmanis was still very popular in Latvia during the first years of regained independence was the election of his grand-nephew Guntis Ulmanis as President of Latvia in 1993. One of the major traffic routes in Riga, the capital of Latvia, is named after him (Kārļa Ulmaņa gatve, previously named after Ernst Thälmann). In 2003, a ...
Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga GCB OC OQ (née Vīķe; born 1 December 1937) is a Latvian politician who served as the sixth President of Latvia from 1999 to 2007. She is the first and to date only woman to hold the post and the most recent to be re-elected for a second term.