Jānis Čakste
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Jānis Kristaps Čakste was a Latvian politician and lawyer who served as the first head of an independent Latvian state as the Chairman of the Latvian People's Council, the Speaker of the Latvian Const
Čakste in 1926
Jānis Čakste in 1906
Čakste and President of Finland Lauri Kristian Relander during Relander's 1926 official visit to Latvia. In the background, the Foreign Minister of Finland Eemil Nestor Setälä to the right.
Čakste's Memorial in Forest Cemetery, Riga
Kārlis Ulmanis
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Kārlis Augusts Vilhelms Ulmanis was a Latvian politician and dictator. He was one of the most prominent Latvian politicians of pre-World War II Latvia during the Interwar period of independence from N
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…the party. For the presidential elections of 1925, Čakste's name was proposed by the Democratic Centre, while Rainis was put forward by the LSDSP and Kārlis Ulmanis – by the LZS. In the first round, the incumbent president finished third, with 29 votes, against 33 for Rainis and 32 for Ulmanis. When the Social…
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Kārlis Ulmanis as a student at the University of Nebraska
Ulmanis in 1934
50 lati banknote with the portrait of Ulmanis