Supreme Soviet of the Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic: Difference between revisions

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Верховный Совет Латвийской ССР <br> {{small|{{nobold|[[Russian language|(Russian)]]}}}}|coa_caption=[[Coat of arms of the Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic]]|coa_pic=File:Emblem of the Latvian SSR.svg|background_color={{party color|Communist Party of the Soviet Union}}|established=1940<br />1947 ([[Occupation and annexation of the Baltic states by the Soviet Union (1944)|Re-established]])|disbanded=1941 (Nazi occupation) <br>

1990|house_type=[[Supreme Soviet]]|preceded_by=[[People's Parliament]]|succeeded_by=[[Supreme Council of the Republic of Latvia]]|legislature={{flag|Latvian SSR}} (1940–1941, 1944–1990)|last_election1=[[1990 Latvian Supreme Soviet election|1990]]|meeting_place=[[House of the Livonian Noble Corporation]], [[Riga]], [[Latvian SSR]], [[Soviet Union]]|session_room=File:Flickr - Saeima - 4.maijs Saeimā (6).jpg|leader1_type=Chairman|leader1=[[Anatolijs Gorbunovs]] {{small|(last)}}|leader2_type=Chairman of the Presidium|leader2=[[Anatolijs Gorbunovs]] {{small|(last)}}}}

The '''Supreme Soviet of the Latvian SSR''' ([[Latvian language|Latvian]]: ''Latvijas PSR Augstākā Padome''; [[Russian language|Russian]]: Верховный Совет Латвийской ССР, ''Verkhovnyy Sovet Latvyyskoy SSR'') was the [[Supreme Soviet|supreme soviet]] (main [[Legislature|legislative institution]]) of the [[Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic|Latvian SSR]], one of the [[Republics of the Soviet Union|union republics of the Soviet Union]]. The Supreme Soviet of the Latvian SSR was established in 1940 as the [[People's Saeima]] and finally disbanded in 1990<ref>{{Cite web|title=Latvijas PSR divpadsmitā sasaukuma Augstākās… – Latvijas Vēstnesis|url=https://www.vestnesis.lv/|last=vestnesis.lv|website=www.vestnesis.lv|language=lv|access-date=5 May 2020}}</ref> and was briefly succeeded by the [[Supreme Council of the Republic of Latvia]]. According to the [[1978 Constitution of the Latvian SSR]], representatives could serve an unlimited amount of five-year terms.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Конституция Латвийской ССР (1978)|url=https://stradnieki.org/konstitucija-latvijskoj-ssr-1978|website=РФЛ|language=ru|access-date=5 May 2020}}</ref> The Supreme Soviet consisted of 325 deputies before its dissolution.

The structure and functions of the Supreme Soviet of the [[Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic|Latvian SSR]] were copied from the [[Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union]]. The sessions of the Supreme Soviet lasted only several days twice a year and decisions were made unanimously and without much discussion. Elections for the Supreme Soviet were held in 1947, 1951, 1955, 1959, 1963, 1967, 1971, 1975, 1980, 1985, and [[1990 Latvian Supreme Soviet election|1990]]. The amount of deputies in the Supreme Soviet was increased from 310 to 325 in the [[1978 Constitution of the Latvian SSR]]. The Supreme Soviet of the [[Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic|Latvian SSR]] gathered and met at the [[House of the Livonian Noble Corporation]]; the building currently houses the [[Saeima]] of Latvia.

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== Chairmen of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet ==

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!Portrait

!Chairman

!From

!To

|-

|[[File:Кирхенштейн, Август Мартынович.jpg|105x105px]]

|[[Augusts Kirhenšteins]]

|25 August 1940

|10 March 1952

|-

|[[File:Emblem_of_the_Latvian_SSR.svg|105x105px]]

|[[Kārlis Ozoliņš (politician)|Kārlis Ozoliņš]]

|10 March 1952

|27 November 1959

|-

|[[File:Emblem_of_the_Latvian_SSR.svg|105x105px]]

|[[Jānis Kalnbērziņš]]

|27 November 1959

|5 May 1970

|-

|[[File:Emblem_of_the_Latvian_SSR.svg|105x105px]]

|[[Vitālijs Rubenis]]

|5 May 1970

|20 August 1974

|-

|[[File:Emblem_of_the_Latvian_SSR.svg|105x105px]]

|[[Peteris Strautmanis]]

|20 August 1974

|22 July 1985

|-

|[[File:Emblem_of_the_Latvian_SSR.svg|105x105px]]

|[[Janis Vagris]]

|22 July 1985

|6 October 1988

|-

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|[[Anatolijs Gorbunovs]]

|6 October 1988

|4 May 1990

|}

== See also ==

* [[On the Restoration of Independence of the Republic of Latvia]]

* [[Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union]]

* [[Supreme Council of the Republic of Latvia]]

* [[Saeima]]

== References ==

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[[Category:Saeima]]

[[Category:Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic]]

[[Category:1940 establishments in Latvia]]

[[Category:1990 disestablishments in Latvia]]

[[Category:Defunct unicameral legislatures]]

[[Category:Supreme soviets of the union republics of the Soviet Union|Latvian]]