List of ministers of defence of Latvia explained

The defence minister of the Republic of Latvia is the head of the Ministry of Defence, who is charged with the political leadership of the Latvian National Armed Forces. The position was re-established in November 1991 following the declaration on the restoration of the country's independence from the USSR.

Since 15 September 2023, the position has been held by Andris Sprūds.

From 1918 to 1922 the officeholder's title was Minister of Protection (Apsardzības ministrs), and from 1922 to 1940 — Minister of War (Kaŗa ministrs).

List of ministers (since 1991)

Name		Portrait	Term of office		Political party	Prime Minister
	width=150	Tālavs Jundzis		width=140	19 November 1991	width=140	3 August 1993	Popular Front of Latvia		Ivars Godmanis
	width=150	Valdis Pavlovskis		width=140	3 August 1993	width=140	19 September 1994	Latvian Way		Valdis Birkavs
	width=150	Jānis Arveds Trapāns		width=140	19 September 1994	width=140	23 May 1995	Independent		Māris Gailis
	width=150	Andrejs Krastiņš		width=140	21 December 1995	width=140	12 May 1997	LNNK		Andris Šķēle
	Tālavs Jundzis		6 June 1997	27 October 1998	KDS
							Guntars Krasts
	Ģirts Valdis Kristovskis		26 November 1998	9 March 2004	TB/LNNK		Vilis Krištopans
							Andris Šķēle
							Andris Bērziņš
							Einars Repše
	width=150	Atis Slakteris		width=140	9 March 2004	width=140	2 December 2004	People's Party		Indulis Emsis
	width=150	Einars Repše		width=140	2 December 2004	width=140	23 December 2005	New Era Party		Aigars Kalvītis
	width=150	Linda Mūrniece		width=140	5 January 2006	width=140	7 April 2006	New Era Party
	width=150	Atis Slakteris		width=140	8 April 2006	width=140	20 December 2007	People's Party
	width=150	Vinets Veldre		width=140	20 December 2007	width=140	12 March 2009	People's Party		Ivars Godmanis
	width=150	Imants Lieģis		width=140	12 March 2009	width=140	3 November 2010	Civic Union		Valdis Dombrovskis
	width=150	Artis Pabriks		width=140	3 November 2010	width=140	22 January 2014	Unity
	width=150	Raimonds Vējonis		width=140	22 January 2014	width=140	7 July 2015	Union of Greens and Farmers		Laimdota Straujuma
	Raimonds Bergmanis		8 July 2015	23 January 2019	Union of Greens and Farmers		Laimdota Straujuma
							Māris Kučinskis
	width=150	Artis Pabriks		width=140	23 January 2019	width=140	14 December 2022	Development/For!		Krišjānis Kariņš
	width=150	Ināra Mūrniece		width=140	14 December 2022	width=140	15 September 2023	National Alliance		Krišjānis Kariņš
	width=150	Andris Sprūds		width=140	15 September 2023	width=140	Incumbent	The Progressives		Evika Siliņa

See also

• Ministry of Defence (Latvia)
• Latvian National Armed Forces