1st Saeima

September 2023 Parliament of Latvia 1922–1925 First Saeima of the Republic of Latvia 1. Latvijas Republikas Saeima latvian Constitutional Assembly of Latvia 2nd Saeima Speaker of the Saeima Frīdrihs Vesmanis (until 17 March 1925) Pauls Kalniņš (from 20 March 1925) 1Saeima3.png 250 The 1st Saeima was the parliament of Latvia from 7 November 1922 until 2 November 1925. It was the first Saeima to be elected after the Constitutional Assembly of Latvia had created the Constitution of Latvia and the Elections Law. Social-Democrat Frīdrihs Vesmanis was Speaker of the Saeima until 17 March 1925 followed by Social Democrat Pauls Kalniņš. The 1st Saeima gave confidence to the 1st cabinet of Zigfrīds Anna Meierovics (20 July 1922 – 26 January 1923), cabinet of Jānis Pauļuks (27 January 1923 – 27 June 1923), 2nd cabinet of Meierovics (28 June 1923 – 26 January 1924), cabinet of Voldemārs Zāmuēls (25 January 1924 – 17 December 1924) and the 1st cabinet of Hugo Celmiņš (19 December 1924 – 23 December 1925). Elections and parties 1st Saeima elections were held on 7–8 October 1922 and 82,2% (800,840 people) of eligible voters participated. Due to the liberal Elections law, 20 parties were elected to the 100 seats, representing all the political and ethnic interest groups of Latvia. Of the 100 MPs, 84 were Latvians, 62 had a higher education, 22 had a secondary education, 7 had graduated from teacher training colleges and 9 had a primary education.History of the legislature Latvian Social Democratic Workers' Party – 30 seats Latvian Farmers' Union – 17 seats Union of Social Democrats – Mensheviks and Rural Workers – 7 seats Democratic Centre and Independents Union – 6 seats Latgalian Christian Peasant and Catholic Party – 6 seats Committee of the German Baltic Parties – 6 seats Non-Partisan National Center – 4 seats Christian National Union – 4 seats Latgalian Farmer-Labour Party – 4 seats New Farmers' Union– 3 seats United List of Russians – 2 seats Agudas Israel – 2 seats Jewish National Bloc– 2 seats Latgalian People's Party – 1 seat Latgalian Farmers Party – 1 seat List of Lithuanians and Catholics – 1 seat Central Union of Old Believers – 1 seat Ceire Cion – 1 seat Jewish socialist Bund – 1 seat United Polish Parties – 1 seat List of Saeima deputies First Saeima deputies list.Saeimas Stenogrammas, Nr.1 (07.11.1922) http://www.periodika.lv/periodika2-viewer/view/index-dev.html?lang=en#panel:pp%7Cissue:/p_001_sast1922n1%7Carticle:DIVL150%7Cpage:4%7Cquery:Saeimas%20Saeimas%20Saeimas%7CissueType:P dead 20 March 2021 Latvian National Digital Library (LNDL) 6 October 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20141006114527/http://www.periodika.lv/periodika2-viewer/view/index-dev.html?lang=en#panel:pp%7Cissue:/p_001_sast1922n1%7Carticle:DIVL150%7Cpage:4%7Cquery:Saeimas%20Saeimas%20Saeimas%7CissueType:P Arturs Alberings Kristaps Bahmanis Viktors Barkāns Voldemārs Bastjānis Ernests Bauers Arveds Bergs Pēteris Berģis Ernests Birkhāns Alfrēds Birznieks Roberts Bīlmanis Aleksandrs Bočagovs Augusts Briedis Kristaps Bungšs Ansis Buševics Kārlis Būmeisters Hugo Celmiņš Jūlijs Celms Fēlikss Cielēns Jānis Čakste Kārlis Dēķens Morduhs Dubins Jānis Ducens Roberts Dukurs Antons Dzenis Kristaps Eliass Ernests Felsbergs Manfrēds Fēgezaks Vilhelms Firkss Leopolds Fišmanis Pauls Gailīts Jānis Goldmanis Eduards Grantskalns Teodors Grīnbergs Ernests Gulbis Kārlis Gulbis Jons Hāns Vilis Holcmanis Kārlis Irbe Roberts Ivanovs Eduards Jaunzems Staņislavs Jubuls Jānis Kalējs Meletijs Kallistratovs Ringolds Kalnings Arvīds Kalniņš Augusts Kalniņš Bruno Kalniņš Nikolajs Kalniņš Pauls Kalniņš Kārlis Kasparsons Karls Kellers Francis Kemps Ādolfs Klīve Egons Knops Pēteris Koreckis Pēteris Kotans Bernards Kublinskis Alberts Kviesis Jēkabs Ķullīts Maksis Lazersons Pauls Lejiņš Rūdolfs Lindiņš Klāvs Lorencs Noijs Maizels Jānis Mazvērsīts Zigfrīds Meierovics Fricis Menders Ernests Morics Oto Nonācs Markus Nuroks Kārlis Ozoliņš Kārlis Pauļuks Andrejs Petrevics Jānis Purgalis Eduards Radziņš Rainis-Jānis Pliekšāns Jezups Rancāns Gustavs Reinhards Jezups Roskošs Miķelis Rozentāls Jezups Rubulis Vladislavs Rubulis Ansis Rudevics Jānis Rudzis Teofils Rudzītis Voldemārs Salnājs Hermanis Salnis Visvaldis Sanders Pēteris Siecenieks Andrejs Sīmanis Kārlis Skalbe Marģers Skujenieks Pauls Šīmanis Francis Trasuns Jezups Trasuns Kārlis Ulmanis Pēteris Ulpe Andrejs Veckalns Antons Velkme Jānis Veržbickis Fridrihs Vesmanis Jānis Vesmanis Jānis Višņa Ruvins Vitenbergs Pēteris Zeibolts Gustavs Zemgals References Category:Political history of Latvia Category:Saeima