Latvia Parliament is a unicameral legislature which is known as Saeima. The present Latvia Parliament is the ninth parliament of Latvia, which has passed through 557 laws in a span of two years.
Present Parliament of Latvia
Elections for the 9th Latvia Parliament were held on the 7th of October, 2006. The results of the elections were approved on 25th of October, 2006. Presently there are seven parties in the Parliament who won their respective seats on the elections. Indulis Emsis is the present Speaker of the Saeima. The Deputy Speaker is Vineta Muizniece and Karina Peterson, Dzintars Rasnacs is the Secretary, while the deputy secretary is Andrejs Klementjevs.
Committees of Latvia Parliament
There are a number of committees in the present Latvia Parliament which are listed below:-
- Budget and Finance Committee
- Administrative Committee
- Economic Affair Committee
- Foreign Affairs Committee
- Government Review Committee
- Legal Affairs Committee
- Public Expenditure and Local Government Committee
- Agriculture, Environmental and Regional Policy Committee
- European Affairs Committee
- Defense, Internal Affairs and Corruption Prevention Committee
- National Security Committee
- Government Review Committee
- Social and Employment Matters Committee
Thus, it can be concluded that Latvia Parliament or Saeima is an important part of the Latvia Government.
Latvia Constitution