Godmani's II cabinet

The Cabinet Godmanis II was the fourteenth Government of Latvia after independence in 1990. It held office of 20 December 2007 to 12 March of 2009.

After the attempt by Prime Minister Aigars Kalvītis to dismiss the head of the Anti-Corruption Authority ( KNAB ) Aleksejs Loskutovs, public protests led Kalvītis to resign on December 5, 2007. The previous Interior Minister Ivars Godmanis (LPP / LC), who was Prime Minister from 1990 to 1993, became Prime Minister of the new government, which, like the previous government, is based on the parliamentary groups of the People's Party (TP), Latvia's First Party / Latvia's Way (LPP / LC) , Alliance of Greens and Peasants (ZZS) and For Fatherland and Freedom (TB / LNNK). It had 59 of the 100 parliamentary seats.

The bursting of a real estate and credit bubble led to a recession in the course of 2008. Unemployment rose, property prices fell, and private consumption collapsed. At the end of 2008, the IMF granted a stand-by loan that was topped up by the EU , World Bank , Eastern European Bank and several European countries to a total of 7.5 billion euros. In return, the Latvian government had to commit to drastic austerity measures. This led to popular protests. After TP and ZZS withdrew their support from the government, Prime Minister Godmanis submitted his resignation on February 20, 2009. MEP and former Minister of Finance Valdis Dombrovskis (JL) was entrusted with the formation of a government . The new government, in addition to the previous ruling parties RB / LNNK, TP and ZZS, included the New Era (JL) and the newly founded Citizens Union (PS).

Cabinet members

Department	Surname	Political party		Term of office
Prime Minister	Ivars Godmanis		LPP / LC	December 20, 2007 - March 12, 2009
Defense Minister	Vinets Veldre		TP	December 20, 2007 - March 12, 2009
Foreign minister	Māris Riekstiņš		TP	December 20, 2007 - March 12, 2009
Minister for Children and Families	Ainars Baštiks		LPP / LC	December 20, 2007 - February 15, 2009
Minister for Children, Families and Integration				February 15, 2009 - March 12, 2009
Economics Minister	Kaspars Gerhards		TB / LNNK	December 20, 2007 - March 12, 2009
Finance minister	Atis Slakteris		TP	December 20, 2007 - March 12, 2009
Interior minister	Mareks Segliņš		TP	December 20, 2007 - March 12, 2009
Minister for Education and Science	Tatjana Koķe		LZS	December 20, 2007 - March 12, 2009
Minister of Culture	Helēna Demakova		TP	December 20, 2007 - February 3, 2009
Minister of Culture	Edgars Zalāns (acting)		TP	February 3, 2009 - March 12, 2009
Minister of Social Affairs	Iveta Purne		LZS	December 20, 2007 - March 12, 2009
Minister for Regional Development and Local Authorities	Edgars Zalāns		TP	December 20, 2007 - March 12, 2009
Minister of transport	Ainārs Šlesers		LPP / LC	December 20, 2007 - March 12, 2009
Minister of Justice	Gaidis Bērziņš		TB / LNNK	December 20, 2007 - March 12, 2009
Minister of Health	Ivars Eglītis		TP	December 20, 2007 - March 12, 2009
Environment Minister	Raimonds Vējonis		LZP	December 20, 2007 - March 12, 2009
Minister of Agriculture	Mārtiņš Roze		LZS	December 20, 2007 - March 12, 2009
Minister for Special Affairs
Electronic government	Ina Gudele		LZS	December 20, 2007 - May 15, 2008
	Signe Bāliņa			May 15, 2008 - March 12, 2009
Social integration	Oskars Kastēns		LPP / LC	December 20, 2007 - December 31, 2008
EU funding	Normunds Broks		TB / LNNK	December 20, 2007 - December 31, 2008

Parties

	Political party
	Latvia's First Party / Latvia's Way (LPP / LC)
	Green Party of Latvia (LZP)
	Farmers' Union of Latvia (LZS)
	For Fatherland and Freedom (TB / LNNK)
	People's Party (TP)

Remarks

The Latvian Green Party (LZP) and the Latvian Farmers' Union (LZS) competed in the 2006 elections, as they did in 2002, with a common list Alliance of Greens and Farmers (ZZS) and formed a common parliamentary group.

Web links

Latvijas Republikas valdības sastāvs 2007.gada 20.decembris - 2009.gada 12.marts. (PDF) Latvian Government, accessed August 24, 2019 (Latvian). 

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The Fischer World Almanac 2009 . Fischer Taschenbuchverlag, Frankfurt am Main 2008, ISBN 978-3-596-72009-5 , pp.  302 f .
2. ↑ The Fischer World Almanac 2010 . Fischer Taschenbuchverlag, Frankfurt am Main 2009, ISBN 978-3-596-72010-1 , pp.  331 f .
3. ^ Thomas Schmidt: The political system of Latvia . In: Wolfgang Ismayr (Ed.): The political systems of Eastern Europe . 3rd, updated and revised edition. VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, Wiesbaden 2010, ISBN 978-3-531-17181-4 , p. 155 f .