Cabinet Šķēle II

The Šķēle II cabinet was the fifth government of Latvia after independence in 1990. It was in office from February 13, 1997 to August 7, 1997.

Cabinet members

Department	Surname		Term of office
Prime Minister	Andris Šķēle	independent	February 13, 1997 - August 7, 1997
Deputy Prime Minister	Juris Kaksītis	DPS	February 13, 1997 - August 7, 1997
Deputy Prime Minister	Anatolijs Gorbunovs	LC	February 13, 1997 - August 7, 1997
Minister for Environmental Protection and Regional Development	Anatolijs Gorbunovs	LC	February 13, 1997 - August 7, 1997
Defense Minister	Andrejs Krastiņš	LNNK	February 13, 1997 - May 12, 1997
	Dzintars Rasnačs (acting)	TB	May 12, 1997 - June 5, 1997
	Tālavs Jundzis	KDS	June 5, 1997 - August 7, 1997
Foreign minister	Valdis Birkavs	LC	February 13, 1997 - August 7, 1997
Economics Minister	Guntars Krasts	TB	February 13, 1997 - August 7, 1997
Finance minister	Andris Šķēle (acting)	independent	February 13, 1997 - February 26, 1997
Finance minister	Roberts Zīle	TB	February 27, 1997 - August 7, 1997
Interior minister	Dainis Turlais	DPS	February 13, 1997 - July 10, 1997
Interior minister	Juris Kaksītis (acting)	DPS	July 11, 1997 - August 7, 1997
Minister for Education and Science	Juris Celmiņš	DPS	February 13, 1997 - August 7, 1997
Minister of Agriculture	Roberts Dilba	LVP	February 13, 1997 - August 7, 1997
Minister of transport	Vilis Krištopans	LC	February 13, 1997 - July 25, 1997
Minister of transport	Roberts Zīle (acting)	TB	July 26, 1997 - August 7, 1997
Minister of Social Affairs	Vladimir Makarovs	TB	February 13, 1997 - August 7, 1997
Minister of Justice	Dzintars Rasnačs	TB	February 13, 1997 - August 7, 1997
Minister of Culture	Rihards Pīks	LZS	August 12, 1996 - June 20, 1997
Minister of Culture	Aleksandrs Kiršteins (acting)	LNNK	June 21 - August 7, 1997
Minister for Special Affairs and Europe	Aleksandrs Kiršteins	LNNK	February 13, 1997 - August 7, 1997

Minister of State
Minister of State for State Revenue in the Ministry of Finance	Aija Poča	LC	February 13, 1997 - August 7, 1997
Minister of State for Health in the Ministry of Social Affairs	Juris Viņķelis	TB	February 13, 1997 - June 25, 1997
Minister of State for the Environment in the Ministry of Environment and Regional Development	Indulis Emsis	LZP	February 13, 1997 - August 7, 1997
Minister of State for Local Government in the Ministry of Environment and Regional Development	Ēriks Zunda	DPS	February 13, 1997 - August 7, 1997

Parties

	Political party
	Saimniek Democratic Party (DPS)
	Christian Democratic Union (KDS)
	Latvian Way (LC)
	Latvian National Independence Movement (LNNK)
	Party of Unity of Latvia (LVP)
	Green Party of Latvia (LZP)
	Latvian Farmers' Union (LZS)
	For Fatherland and Freedom (TB)

Web links

Latvijas Republikas valdības sastāvs 1997.gada 13.februāris - 1997.gada 7.augusts. (PDF) Government of Latvia, accessed on August 2, 2019 (Latvian).

Remarks

↑ For Roberts Zīle, the source used ( Latvijas Republikas valdības sastāvs 1997.gada 13.februāris - 1997.gada August 7th. (PDF) Latvian government, accessed on August 2, 2019 (Latvian). ) Is neither party nor non-party specified. According to the website of the Latvian Parliament ( Roberts Zīle. Saeima , accessed on August 2, 2019 (Latvian). ) He was a member of the For Fatherland and Freedom (TB) parliamentary group .

↑ For Roberts Dilba, the source used ( Latvijas Republikas valdības sastāvs 1997.gada 13.februāris - 1997.gada August 7th. (PDF) Latvian Government, accessed on August 2, 2019 (Latvian). ) Indicates the party affiliation with the Democratic Party Saimnieks (DPS) specified. According to the website of the Latvian Parliament ( Roberts Dilba. Saeima , accessed August 2, 2019 (Latvian). ) He was a member of the parliamentary group of the Party of Unity of Latvia (LVP).

[Zile-1] For Roberts Zīle, the source used ( Latvijas Republikas valdības sastāvs 1997.gada 13.februāris - 1997.gada August 7th. (PDF) Latvian government, accessed on August 2, 2019 (Latvian). ) Is neither party nor non-party specified. According to the website of the Latvian Parliament ( Roberts Zīle. Saeima , accessed on August 2, 2019 (Latvian). ) He was a member of the For Fatherland and Freedom (TB) parliamentary group .

[Dilba-2] For Roberts Dilba, the source used ( Latvijas Republikas valdības sastāvs 1997.gada 13.februāris - 1997.gada August 7th. (PDF) Latvian Government, accessed on August 2, 2019 (Latvian). ) Indicates the party affiliation with the Democratic Party Saimnieks (DPS) specified. According to the website of the Latvian Parliament ( Roberts Dilba. Saeima , accessed August 2, 2019 (Latvian). ) He was a member of the parliamentary group of the Party of Unity of Latvia (LVP).