The Evika Siliņa cabinet (
Latvian: ''Siliņas ministru kabinets'') is the 42nd and current
government
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of
Latvia
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, sworn in on 15 September 2023 after
Evika Siliņa
Evika Siliņa (; born 3 August 1975) is a Latvian lawyer and politician who has been serving as the prime minister of Latvia since 15 September 2023. From 2022 to 2023, she served as in the Second Kariņš cabinet, second cabinet of prime minist ...
was proposed as
Prime Minister
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by
President
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*President (government title)
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*'' Præsident ...
Edgars Rinkēvičs
Edgars Rinkēvičs (born 21 September 1973) is a Latvian public official and politician serving as the 11th and current president of Latvia since July 2023. He previously served as the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Latvia), minister of foreign af ...
and elected by the
Saeima
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.
The government is a coalition between
New Unity
The New Unity (, JV) is a centre-right political alliance in Latvia. Its members are Unity and four other regional parties, and it is orientated towards liberal-conservatism and liberalism.
History
Before the 2018 Latvian parliamentary ele ...
,
Union of Greens and Farmers
The Union of Greens and Farmers (, ZZS) is an agrarian political alliance in Latvia. It is made up of the Latvian Farmers' Union, Latvian Social Democratic Workers' Party, and For Latvia and Ventspils.
It is positioned in the centre on the ...
, and
The Progressives.
Party breakdown
Composition
Notes
References
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Cabinets of Latvia
2023 establishments in Latvia
Cabinets established in 2023
Current governments in Europe