Ruler · 1877 – 1942

Kārlis Ulmanis

Lived 1877 – 1942; politician, diplomat. President of Latvia (Latvia), 1936 – 1940.

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Lived: 1877 – 1942; 65 years
In office: 4 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Latvia
Left it: exiled; the ruler's own article

President of Latvia

Latvia · the 5th of 12 dated reigns · 1922 – 2023

1 before

Pauls Kalniņš1927

Gustavs Zemgals1927 – 1930

Alberts Kviesis1930 – 1936

Kārlis Ulmanis1936 – 1940

Guntis Ulmanis1993 – 1999

Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga1999 – 2007

Valdis Zatlers2007 – 2011

4 after

deposed, abdicated, exiled or removeddied in officeleft alive by a regular roadstill in officeending not on recordthis entry

Reigned 1936 – 1940 · 4 years · came to it aged 59

Left it: exiledread from the ruler's own article

After the start of Operation Barbarossa, he was imprisoned in July 1941.

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