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latVia**

H.E. Kristīne Bērziņa,
Chairperson, CVK

part i parts of the 1922 constitution were reintroduced 4
May 1990 and fully reintroduced 6 July 1993
CoUNtrY ProfiLE
11. Language (s)
Latvian (official) 56.3%, Russian 33.8%, other
1. Country Name
LATVIA 0.6% (includes Polish, Ukrainian, and Belarusian),
unspecified 9.4% (2011 est.)
2. Official Name
Republic of Latvia 12. Literacy Levels
Total population: 99.9%
3. Government Male: 99.9%
Presidential Republic Female: 99.9% (2015 est.)

4. Head of the Government part ii
Prime Minister – Krišjānis Kariņš LEgisLAtivE sYstEM

5. Head of the State
President – Egils Levits LEGISLATURE

6. Capital 1. Structure of National Legislature
Riga Unicameral

7. Currency 2. Names of the Houses in vernacular and English
Euro Parliament

8. Ethnic Groups (with %age population) 3. Total no. of members in each house elected/
Latvian 62.2%, Russian 25.2%, Belarusian 3.2%, nominated
Ukrainian 2.2%, Polish 2.1%, Lithuanian 1.2%, other 100 members of the Saeima (Parliament) are
1.5%, unspecified 2.3% (2018 est.) elected through flexible-list proportional represen-
tation system
9. Date of Independence and from which Country
4 May 1990 (declared independence from the So- 4. Popular House
viet Union); 6 September 1991 (recognized by the Saeima
Soviet Union)
5. Type of Electoral System
10. Date of adoption of Democratic Constitution Proportional Representation
several previous (pre-1991 independence); note -
following the restoration of independence in 1991,

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