State · 1918 – present
Latvia
A state of 1918 – present — 108 years, still standing in Europe. It replaced Soviet Union, United Baltic Duchy and Latvian Socialist Soviet Republic and 1 more. The atlas records 24 things within it — wars and battles 6 · regime change 1 · unrest and atrocity 2 · famine and plague 1 · treaties 1 · people 13. Its line of rulers holds 12 people.
- Still standing: the span runs to the year of the build, 2026.
For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the state.
- Stood
- 108 years
- and still standing
- Rulers
- 12
- the President of Latvia
- Most ground
- 67,800 km²
- in 1936
- Within it
- 24
- recorded rows
- Symbols
- 2
- on record, with years
Where it sits in time
Five thousand years, 3000 BCE to 2026; the state in gold, what it replaced or followed and what replaced or followed it in grey.
Before and after
The states the record files it as replacing or following, and those that replaced or followed it - Wikidata's own statements, each read from this state's side.
Before it
- Soviet Union · replaces · 1923 – 1991
- Pskov Governorate · replaces
- Latvian Socialist Soviet Republic · replaces · 1918 – 1920
- United Baltic Duchy · replaces · 1918
Rulers
The line of President of Latvia - the office this state names as its head of state.
| Ruler | Reign | Length | How it ended · source | To the ruler before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jānis Čakste | 1922 – 1927 | 5 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| Pauls Kalniņš | 1927 – 1927 | under a year | left office aliveread off the dates alone | |
| Gustavs Zemgals | 1927 – 1930 | 3 years | left office aliveread off the dates alone | |
| Alberts Kviesis | 1930 – 1936 | 6 years | left office aliveread off the dates alone | |
| Kārlis Ulmanis | 1936 – 1940 | 4 years | exiled, imprisoned or confined, the article saysread from the ruler's own article | |
| Guntis Ulmanis | 1993 – 1999 | 6 years | ending not on record | |
| Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga | 1999 – 2007 | 8 years | ending not on record | |
| Valdis Zatlers | 2007 – 2011 | 4 years | resigned or stood down, the article saysread from the ruler's own article | |
| Andris Bērziņš | 2011 – 2015 | 4 years | ending not on record | |
| Raimonds Vējonis | 2015 – 2019 | 4 years | ending not on record | |
| Egils Levits | 2019 – 2023 | 4 years | ending not on record | |
| Edgars Rinkēvičs | 2023 – in office | in office since 2023 | still in office |
12 rulers, 12 with terms dated as terms, covering 1922 – 2023. Median reign 4 years. 2 of 11 handovers irregular - a killing, a deposition, a rival claimant, a rising or a coup beside it. A blank in the last column means no kin on record, which is coverage, never “unrelated”.
Heads of government
The line of Prime Minister of Latvia, drawn and never measured: a cabinet is not a reign.
| Kārlis Ulmanis | 1918 – 1921 |
| Zigfrīds Anna Meierovics | 1921 – 1923 |
| Jānis Pauļuks | 1923 – 1923 |
| Zigfrīds Anna Meierovics | 1923 – 1924 |
| Hugo Celmiņš | 1924 – 1925 |
| Voldemārs Zāmuēls | 1924 – 1924 |
| Kārlis Ulmanis | 1925 – 1926 |
| Arturs Alberings | 1926 – 1926 |
| Marģers Skujenieks | 1926 – 1928 |
| Hugo Celmiņš | 1928 – 1931 |
| Pēteris Juraševskis | 1928 – 1928 |
| Marģers Skujenieks | 1931 – 1933 |
| Kārlis Ulmanis | 1931 – 1931 |
| Adolph Bowler | 1933 – 1934 |
| Kārlis Ulmanis | 1934 – 1940 |
| Augusts Kirhenšteins | 1940 – 1940 |
| Ivars Godmanis | 1990 – 1993 |
| Valdis Birkavs | 1993 – 1994 |
| Māris Gailis | 1994 – 1995 |
| Andris Šķēle | 1995 – 1997 |
| Guntars Krasts | 1997 – 1998 |
| Vilis Krištopans | 1998 – 1999 |
| Andris Šķēle | 1999 – 2000 |
| Andris Bērziņš | 2000 – 2002 |
| Einars Repše | 2002 – 2004 |
| Aigars Kalvītis | 2004 – 2007 |
| Indulis Emsis | 2004 – 2004 |
| Ivars Godmanis | 2007 – 2009 |
| Valdis Dombrovskis | 2009 – 2014 |
| Laimdota Straujuma | 2014 – 2016 |
| Māris Kučinskis | 2016 – 2019 |
| Krišjānis Kariņš | 2019 – 2023 |
| Evika Siliņa | 2023 – 2026 |
| Andris Kulbergs | 2026 – … |
Ground held, by year
km² inside its borders as the borders dataset draws them, measured on an equal-area grid; a step series, held between the years the dataset maps.
67,500 km² in 1928, 67,600 km² in 2018; at its largest 67,800 km² in 1938. Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0.
Flags and arms, in order
Each symbol with the years its own statement gives; the timeline flies the one of the year on screen.
coat of arms, from 1921Coat of arms of Latvia · Public domain 
flag, from 1923Flag of Latvia · Public domain
What happened within it, by century
Every row the atlas hosts under this state, by the century it began in: wars and battles in red, risings, regime changes and massacres beside them, everything else in grey. A tall bar is a century the record is full for, which is partly a fact about Wikipedia.
1900 – 199918 rows · 6 wars and battles · 3 risings, regime changes and massacres
- Mikhail Tal · writer · 1936 – 1992
- Valdis Zatlers · ruler · 1955 – present
- Edgars Rinkēvičs · ruler · 1973 – present
- Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga · ruler · 1937 – present
- Raimonds Vējonis · ruler · 1966 – present
- Egils Levits · ruler · 1955 – present
- Andris Bērziņš · ruler · 1944 – present
- Guntis Ulmanis · ruler · 1939 – present
and 10 more in the atlas.
2000 – 20991 row
- COVID-19 pandemic in Latvia · plague · 2020
Among all states
Each measure against the states that carry it, never against all of them: a bar is the share of those states below this one.
- How long it stood108 years
stood longer than 48% of 3,187 states with a recorded end or still standing.
- The most ground it held67,800 km²
held more ground at its peak than 38% of 1,465 states with a border in Cliopatria.
- Wars recorded per century0.9
had more wars on record per century than 93% of 3,187 states, counting the wars the atlas hosts under each.
- How long a reign lasted, at the median4 years
had longer reigns, at the median, than 13% of 967 states whose dated line can carry a median.
- Rulers on record12
has more rulers on record than 84% of 1,968 states with a line of rulers.
What led to it, and what came of it
The investigation's own picture: 6 causes the record names and 0 results, the strongest six of each at their own years, joined to the state by the kind of claim - a recorded statement solid, the article's sentence dashed, a theory dash-dot.
Open the investigation: every row with its evidence, the conditions at the time, the theories condition by condition, and the succession analysed.
Open in the atlas
- On the timeline, 1907 – 2037, with everything that stood beside it.
- On the map in 1936, live: scrub the year and watch its borders move.
- Investigate it: what led to it, what came of it, and its succession analysed.
Wikidata Q211 (CC0) · borders Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0 · coast and rivers Natural Earth · symbols from Wikimedia Commons, each credited above · data built 2026-10-06 · Pastlas v2.9.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.