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    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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    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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    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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    2022, following the end of the term of the 13th Saeima elected in 2018. The 100 members of the Saeima are elected by open list, proportional representation...
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    Constitution. The constitution establishes the main bodies of government (Saeima, State President, Cabinet of Ministers, Courts, State Auditor); it consists...
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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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    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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    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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    unicameral Latvian parliament, the Saeima, is elected by direct popular vote every four years. The president is elected by the Saeima in a separate election, also...
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