Daiga Mieriņa, Union of Greens and Farmers since 20 September 2023
Structure
Seats
100
Political groups
Government (51)
JV (25)[a]
ZZS (16)[b]
P (10)[c]
Confidence and supply (3)
Ind. (3)[d]
Opposition (46)
AS (14)[e]
NA (12)
S! (10)
LPV (8)
Ind. (2)[f]
Committees
16
Foreign Affairs
Budget and Finance (Taxation)
Legal Affairs
Human Rights and Public Affairs
Education, Culture and Science
Defence, Internal Affairs and Corruption Prevention
Public Administration and Local Government
Economic, Agricultural, Environmental and Regional Policy
Social and Employment Matters
Mandate, Ethics and Submissions
Parliamentary Inquiry
Public Expenditure and Audit
National Security
Citizenship, Migration and Social Cohesion
European Affairs
Sustainable Development
Length of term
4 years
Elections
Voting system
Open list proportional representation with a 5% electoral threshold
First election
7 and 8 October 1922
Last election
1 October 2022
Next election
By 3 October 2026
Meeting place
House of the Livonian Noble Corporation, Riga
Website
www.saeima.lv
The Saeima (Latvian pronunciation:[ˈsai.ma]) is the parliament of the Republic of Latvia. It is a unicameral parliament consisting of 100 members who are elected by proportional representation, with seats allocated to political parties which gain at least 5% of the popular vote. Elections are scheduled to be held once every four years, normally on the first Saturday of October. The most recent elections were held in October 2022.
The President of Latvia can dismiss the Saeima and request early elections. The procedure for dismissing it involves substantial political risk to the president, including a risk of loss of office. On 28 May 2011 president Valdis Zatlers decided to initiate the dissolution of the Saeima, which was approved in a referendum, and the Saeima was dissolved on 23 July 2011.[1]
The current Speaker of the Saeima is Daiga Mieriņa of the Union of Greens and Farmers party. The basic document that regulates the proceedings of the parliament is the Rules of Order of Saeima (Saeimas kārtības rullis, also Rules of Procedure), adopted 23 March 1923 with amendments in 1929 and 1994.[2][3]
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^"Zatlers nolemj rosināt Saeimas atlaišanu" [Zatlers decides to initiate thedissolution of the Saeima]. Delfi (in Latvian). 28 May 2011. Retrieved 28 May 2011.
^"Saeimas kārtības rullis". LIKUMI.LV (in Latvian). Retrieved 31 January 2024.
^"Speaker Smiltēns at the centenary of the law governing parliamentary work: The Saeima Rules of Procedure are the traffic rules of legislation". saeima.lv. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
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