Birkav's cabinet

The Birkavs cabinet was the second government of Latvia after independence in 1990. It was in office from August 3, 1993 to September 19, 1994. The Godmanis I cabinet was supported by the Latvian Front , which passed the four percent threshold in the 1993 parliamentary elections failed. The strongest party was the Latvian way of 36 of the 100 members of parliament and together with the farmers' union constituted a minority government. The departure of the farmers' union in the summer of 1994 led to the resignation of the government on July 3, 1994.

Cabinet members

Department	Surname		Term of office
Prime Minister	Valdis Birkavs	LC	August 3, 1993 - September 19, 1994
Deputy Prime Minister	Ojārs Kehris	LC	August 3, 1993 - September 19, 1994
	Egils Levits	LC	August 3, 1993 - September 19, 1994
	Māris Gailis	LC	August 3, 1993 - September 19, 1994
Defense Minister	Valdis Pavlovskis	LC	August 3, 1993 - September 19, 1994
Foreign minister	Georgs Andrejevs	LC	August 3, 1993 - June 7, 1994
Foreign minister	Valdis Birkavs (acting)	LC	June 7, 1994 - September 19, 1994
Economics Minister	Ojārs Kehris	LC	August 3, 1993 - September 19, 1994
Finance minister	Uldis Osis	LC	August 3, 1993 - September 19, 1994
Interior minister	Ģirts Valdis Kristovskis	LC	August 3, 1993 - September 19, 1994
Minister for Education, Culture and Science	Jānis Vaivads	LC	August 3, 1993 - August 17, 1994
Minister for Education and Science	Jānis Vaivads (acting)	LC	August 17, 1994 - September 19, 1994
Minister of Culture	Jānis Dripe (acting)	LC	August 17, 1994 - September 19, 1994
Minister of Social Affairs	Jānis Ritenis	LC	August 3, 1993 - September 19, 1994
Minister of transport	Andris Gūtmanis	LC	August 3, 1993 - September 19, 1994
Minister of Justice	Egils Levits	LC	August 3, 1993 - September 19, 1994
Minister for the National Reform Program	Māris Gailis	LC	August 3, 1993 - September 19, 1994
Minister of Environment and Regional Development	Ģirts Lūkins	LZS	August 3, 1993 - September 19, 1994
Minister of Agriculture	Jānis Kinna	LZS	August 3, 1993 - September 19, 1994
Minister for Special Tasks	Edvīns Inkēns	LC	August 3, 1993 - September 19, 1994

Minister of State
Minister of State for Foreign Trade and Europe in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs	Oļģerts Pavlovskis	LC	August 3, 1993 - September 19, 1994
Minister of State for the Baltic and Nordic countries in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs	Gunārs Meierovics	LC	August 3, 1993 - September 19, 1994
Minister of State for Budget in the Minister of Finance	Jānis Platais	independent	August 3, 1993 - September 19, 1994
Minister of State for Human Rights	Olaf's Brūvers	independent	March 3, 1994 - September 19, 1994
Minister of State for Labor in the Ministry of Social Affairs	Andris Bērziņš	LC	August 3, 1993 - September 19, 1994
Minister of State for Energy in the Ministry of Economic Affairs	Andris Krēsliņš	independent	March 3, 1994 - September 19, 1994
Minister of State for State Assets in the Minister of Finance	Edmunds Krastiņš	LZS	March 3, 1994 - September 19, 1994
Minister of State for Culture in the Ministry of Education, Culture and Research	Raimonds Pauls	independent	August 3, 1993 - September 20, 1993
	Jānis Dripe	LC	September 20, 1993 - September 19, 1994
Minister of State for Privatization	Druvis cults	LC	August 3, 1993 - September 19, 1994
Minister of State for Health in the Ministry of Social Affairs	Normunds Zemvaldis	independent	September 20, 1993 - September 19, 1994
Minister of State for Environmental Protection in the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development	Indulis Emsis	LZP	August 3, 1993 - September 19, 1994
Minister of State for Forestry in the Ministry of Agriculture	Kazimirs Šļakota	LZS	August 3, 1993 - September 19, 1994
Minister of State for State Income	Vilis Krištopans	LC	August 12, 1993 - September 19, 1994

Parties

	Political party
	Latvian Way (LC)
	Latvian Farmers' Union (LZS)
	Green Party of Latvia (LZP)

Web links

Latvijas Republikas valdības sastāvs 1990.gada 7.maijs - 1993.gada 3.augusts. (PDF) Government of Latvia, accessed July 21, 2019 (Latvian).