2nd Saeima was the parliament of

Latvia Latvia, officially the Republic of Latvia, is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is one of the three Baltic states, along with Estonia to the north and Lithuania to the south. It borders Russia to the east and Belarus to t ...

from 3 November 1925, until 5 November 1928. The Social Democrat Pauls Kalniņš continued to hold the post of

Speaker of the Saeima The Speaker of the Saeima (; literal translation, lit. "Chairperson of the Saeima") is the speaker (politics), presiding officer of the Parliament of Latvia, the Saeima. If the President of Latvia resigns from office, dies or is removed from off ...

to which he was first elected during the

1st Saeima The 1st Saeima was the parliament of Latvia from 7 November 1922 until 2 November 1925. It was the first Saeima to be elected after the Constitutional Assembly of Latvia had created the Constitution of Latvia and the Elections Law. Social- ...

. 2nd Saeima gave confidence to the second cabinet of

Kārlis Ulmanis Kārlis Augusts Vilhelms Ulmanis (; 4 September 1877 – 20 September 1942) was a Latvian politician and a dictator. He was one of the most prominent Latvian politicians of pre-World War II Latvia during the Interwar period of independence from N ...

(24 December 1925 – 6 May 1926), cabinet of

Arturs Alberings Arturs Alberings (8 January 1876 – 26 April 1934) was the 6th Prime Minister of Latvia. He held office from 7 May 1926 to 18 December 1926. Personal life Alberings was born on 8 January 1876 to a family of farmers in Rūjiena, Kreis Wolmar ...

(7 May 1926 – 18 December 1926), the first cabinet of Marģers Skujenieks (19 December 1926 – 23 January 1928) and cabinet of

Pēteris Juraševskis Pēteris Juraševskis (; 23 March 1872, in Sesava parish – 10 January 1945) held the office of Prime Minister of Latvia from 24 January 1928 – 30 November 1928. He was the Minister of Finance from January 1928 to March 1928. References ...

(24 January 1928 – 30 November 1928).

Elections and parties

The 2nd Saeima elections were held on 3–4 October 1925, and 74,89% of eligible voters participated. Due to the liberal elections law, 27 parties and candidates lists were elected to the 100 seats, representing all the political and ethnic interest groups of Latvia. *

Latvian Social Democratic Workers' Party The Latvian Social Democratic Workers' Party (, LSDSP) is a Social democracy, social-democratic list of political parties in Latvia, political party in Latvia and the second oldest existing Latvian political party after the Latvian Farmers' Uni ...

– 32 seats * Latvian Farmers' Union – 16 seats * Democratic Centre and Independents union – 5 seats * Latgalian Christian Peasant and Catholic Party – 5 seats *

Committee of the German Baltic Parties The Committee of the German-Baltic Parties (, ADP) was an alliance of Baltic German political parties in Latvia during the inter-war period. Its members included the German-Baltic Democratic Party, the German-Baltic Progressive Party, the Ger ...

– 4 seats *

Union of Social Democrats – Mensheviks and Rural Workers The Union of Social Democrats – Mensheviks and Rural Workers (, SDML) was a political party in Latvia in the inter-war period led by Marģers Skujenieks. History The party was established in July 1921 as a breakaway faction from the Latvian S ...

– 4 seats * National Union – 3 seats * New Farmers-Small Landowners Party – 3 seats *

New Farmers' Union The New Farmers' Union (, JS) was a centrist political party in Latvia in the inter-war period, founded by former Latvian Farmers' Union member . History The party was established by the merger of several parties, and was officially known as th ...

– 3 seats * Independent national center – 3 seats * Agudas Israel – 2 seats * The United List of Latgalian Labour Party and Latgalian small-holder and landless Union – 2 seats *

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– 2 seats *Latgalian Democrat Party – 2 seats *

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– 2 seats * Peace, order and production Union – 2 seats * Russian Orthodox and Russian organizations Bloc – 2 seats * Polish-Catholic Latvian Union of Poles – 2 seats * Old Believer Central Committee – 2 seats *

Ceire Cion Ceire Cion (, "Youth of Zion"), sometimes called the Zionist Party or Ethnic Socialist Party, was a centre-left Jewish political party in Latvia during the inter-war period. It was led by jurist Max Lazerson. The party combined the ideas of Zioni ...

– 1 seat *Independent candidate – 1 seat * – 1 seat *Congress of War ravaged districts – 1 seat * Union of Russian Officials – 1 seat *Latgalian Non-party Union – 1 seat *National Farmers Union – 1 seat * Latvia’s Jewish socialdemocratic workers party Bund – 1 seat

List of Saeima deputies

* Alfrēds Alslēbens * Jānis Annuss * Longins Ausējs * Kristaps Bahmanis *

Jānis Balodis Jānis Balodis (20 February 1881 – 8 August 1965) was an army general, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Latvia (1919–1921), Minister of War (1931–1940), and a politician who was one of the principal figures during the Latvian War ...

* Voldemārs Bastjānis * Ernests Bauers * Arveds Bergs *

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* Augusts Briedis * Kristaps Bungšs * Kārlis Būmeisters *

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* Jūlijs Celms * Fēlikss Cielēns *

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* Kārlis Dēķens * Kārlis Dišlers * Morduhs Dubins * Roberts Dukurs * Hugo Dzelzītis * Antons Dzenis * Arkādijs Eglītis * Kristaps Eliass *

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* Aleksandrs Evans * Jūlijs Ērglis * Vilhelms Firkss * Markus Gailītis * Jānis Goldmanis * Eduards Grantskalns *

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* Kārlis Gulbis * Jānis Ģībietis * Jons Hāns * Vilis Holcmanis * Eduards Jaunzems * Staņislavs Jubuls * Ivans Jupatovs *

* Jānis Kalējs * Meletijs Kallistratovs * Ringolds Kalnings * Augusts Kalniņš * Bruno Kalniņš * Nikolajs Kalniņš * Pauls Kalniņš * Hermanis Kaupiņš * Karls Kellers * Ādolfs Klīve * Pēteris Kotans * Andrejs Krastkalns * Kārlis Krievs * Bernhards Kublinskis * Kārlis Kvellbergs * Alberts Kviesis * Krišs Ķūķis * Kārlis Lauva * Maksis Lazersons * Pauls Lejiņš * Rūdolfs Lindiņš * Francis Logins * Klāvs Lorencs * Noijs Maizels * Fricis Menders * Gotfrīds Mīlbergs * Ernests Morics * Oto Nonācs * Mordehajs Nuroks * Jānis Opincāns * Lukass Ozoliņš * Alfons Pastors * Kārlis Pauļuks * Andrejs Petrevics *

Jānis Pommers Archbishop John (, , secular name Jānis Pommers or Ivan Andreyevich Pommer, ; 6 (18) January 1876 – 29 September (12 October) 1934) was the first Latvian Archbishop of the Latvian Orthodox Church, serving from 1921 to his assassination in 1934 ...

* Eduards Radziņš *

Rainis Jānis Pliekšāns (11 September 1865 – 11 September 1929), known by his pseudonym Rainis, was a Latvian Poetry, poet, playwright, Translation, translator, and politics, politician. Rainis' works include the classic plays ''Uguns un nakts'' ('' ...

* Antons Rancāns * Jezups Rancāns * Gustavs Reinhards * Miķelis Rozentāls * Jānis Rubulis * Vladislavs Rubulis * Ansis Rudevics * Jānis Rudzis * Marģers Skujenieks * Pauls Šīmanis * Leontijs Špoļanskis * Jānis Šterns * Elpidifors Tihoņickis * Francis Trasuns * Jezups Trasuns *

* Pēteris Ulpe * Ādolfs Valters * Andrejs Veckalns * Jānis Veržbickis * Jaroslavs Viļpiševskis * Jānis Višņa * Ruvins Vitenbergs * Pēteris Zeibolts * Francis Zeps

References

{{reflist Political history of Latvia Saeima