List of ministers for foreign affairs of Latvia explained

The foreign minister of the Republic of Latvia is the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and is charged with being the architect Latvian foreign policy and carrying out diplomatic orders by the president of Latvia. The position was first created in 1918 after Latvian independence, and re-established in May 1990 following the restoration of the country's independence from the USSR. Since October 2011, the position has been held by Edgars Rinkēvičs.

List of ministers

Name		Portrait	Term of office		Political party	Prime Minister -->
	width=150	Jānis Jurkāns		width=140	22 May 1990	width=140	10 November 1992	Popular Front of Latvia		Ivars Godmanis -->
	width=150	Georgs Andrejevs		width=140	10 November 1992	width=140	7 June 1994	Latvian Way		Valdis Birkavs -->
	width=150	Valdis Birkavs		width=140	19 September 1994	width=140	16 July 1999	Latvian Way		Māris Gailis
	Andris Šķēle
	Guntars Krasts
	Vilis Krištopans -->
	width=150	Indulis Bērziņš		width=140	16 July 1999	width=140	7 November 2002	Latvian Way		Andris Šķēle
	Andris Bērziņš -->
	width=150	Sandra Kalniete		width=140	7 November 2002	width=140	9 March 2004	Independent		Einars Repše -->
	width=150	Rihards Pīks		width=140	9 March 2004	width=140	19 July 2004	People's Party		Indulis Emsis -->
	width=150	Artis Pabriks		width=140	21 July 2004	width=140	28 October 2007	People's Party		Aigars Kalvītis -->
	width=150	Māris Riekstiņš		width=140	8 November 2007	width=140	17 March 2010	People's Party				Ivars Godmanis
	Valdis Dombrovskis -->
		width=150	Aivis Ronis		width=140	29 April 2010	width=140	3 November 2010	Independent	-->
		width=150	Ģirts Valdis Kristovskis		width=140	3 November 2010	width=140	25 October 2011	Unity
		Edgars Rinkēvičs		25 October 2011	8 July 2023	Reform Party
	Unity
	width=150	Krišjānis Kariņš		width=140	8 July 2023	width=140	10 April 2024	Unity
	width=150	Baiba Braže		width=140	19 April 2024	width=140	Incumbent	Unity

See also

• Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Latvia)