List of ministers of defence of Latvia

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Standard of the minister of defence of Latvia

The defence minister of the Republic of Latvia (Template:Langx) 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
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Tālavs Jundzis	File:Ministru prezidents Valdis Dombrovskis atklāj Latvijas Trešajai atmodai veltītu izstādi "Mēs, tauta" (8703401921).jpg	19 November 1991	3 August 1993	Popular Front of Latvia	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Ivars Godmanis
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Valdis Pavlovskis		3 August 1993	19 September 1994	Latvian Way	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Valdis Birkavs
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Jānis Arveds Trapāns		19 September 1994	23 May 1995	Independent	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Māris Gailis
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Andrejs Krastiņš		21 December 1995	12 May 1997	LNNK	rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Andris Šķēle
rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Tālavs Jundzis	File:Ministru prezidents Valdis Dombrovskis atklāj Latvijas Trešajai atmodai veltītu izstādi "Mēs, tauta" (8703401921).jpg	6 June 1997	27 October 1998	KDS
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |						Guntars Krasts
rowspan="4" style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Ģirts Valdis Kristovskis	File:Girts Valdis Kristovskis.jpg	26 November 1998	9 March 2004	TB/LNNK	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Vilis Krištopans
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |						Andris Šķēle
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |						Andris Bērziņš
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |						Einars Repše
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Atis Slakteris	File:Flickr - Saeima - 9.Saeimas deputāts Atis Slakteris.jpg	9 March 2004	2 December 2004	People's Party	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Indulis Emsis
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Einars Repše	File:Einars Repse.jpeg	2 December 2004	23 December 2005	New Era Party	rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Aigars Kalvītis
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Linda Mūrniece	File:Flickr - Saeima - 9.Saeimas deputāte Linda Mūrniece.jpg	5 January 2006	7 April 2006	New Era Party
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Atis Slakteris	File:Flickr - Saeima - 9.Saeimas deputāts Atis Slakteris.jpg	8 April 2006	20 December 2007	People's Party
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Vinets Veldre		20 December 2007	12 March 2009	People's Party	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Ivars Godmanis
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Imants Lieģis	File:Flickr - Saeima - 10.Saeimas deputāts Imants Lieģis.jpg	12 March 2009	3 November 2010	Civic Union	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Valdis Dombrovskis
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Artis Pabriks	File:Artis Pabriks saeima.jpg	3 November 2010	22 January 2014	Unity	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Raimonds Vējonis	File:Flickr - Saeima - 10.Saeimas deputāts Raimonds Vējonis.jpg	22 January 2014	7 July 2015	Union of Greens and Farmers	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Laimdota Straujuma
rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Raimonds Bergmanis	File:12.Saeimas deputāts Raimonds Bergmanis (15818566157).jpg	8 July 2015	23 January 2019	Union of Greens and Farmers	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Laimdota Straujuma
style="background-color: Template:Party color" |						Māris Kučinskis
	Artis Pabriks	File:Artis Pabriks 2018 (cropped).jpg	23 January 2019	14 December 2022	Development/For!	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Krišjānis Kariņš
style="background-color: Template:Party color |	Ināra Mūrniece	File:12.Saeimas priekšsēdētāja Ināra Mūrniece (42993645042).jpg	14 December 2022	15 September 2023	National Alliance	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Krišjānis Kariņš
style="background-color: Template:Party color |	Andris Sprūds	File:14.Saeimas deputātu svinīgais solījums - 52470751023 (cropped).jpg	15 September 2023	Incumbent	The Progressives	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Evika Siliņa

See also

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