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 People's Council, the Speaker of the Constitutional Assemb
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.