Cabinet of Kalvītis I

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The Latvian Cabinet ( Cabinet Kalvītis I ), which is composed of 17 ministers, the office of the Prime Minister or Prime Minister, the chairmen of the parliamentary groups of the coaling parties and the respective ministerial state secretaries, was constituted on December 2, 2004 under Prime Minister Aigars Kalvītis (Latvian People's Party / Tautas partija). The ruling parliamentary groups of the People's Party (TP) , the New Age (JL) , the First Party of Latvia (LPP) and the Alliance of Greens and Peasants (ZZS) were represented in the cabinet until April 13, 2006 . Then Neue Zeit left the government and its ministers were replaced by members of the other parties, a non-party and a member of the Latvian Way (LC) party . On November 7, 2007, after mass demonstrations and the resignation of several ministers, the government announced that it would resign on December 5.

Department Surname Political party Remarks
Prime Minister Aigars Kalvītis TP  
defense Einars Repše JL since December 2005: Linda Mūrniece (JL)
since April 2006: Atis Slakteris (TP)
Foreign Affairs Artis Pabriks TP  
economy Krišjānis Kariņš JL since April 2006: Aigars Štokenbergs (TP)  
Finances Oskars Spurdziņš TP  
education and Science Īna Druviete JL since April 2006: Baiba Rivža (ZZS)  
Culture Helēna Demakova TP  
Transportation Ainārs Šlesers LPP April to November 2006: Krišjānis Peters (LPP)  
Judiciary Solvita Āboltiņa JL since April 2006: Guntis Grīnvalds (LPP)  
environment Raimonds Vējonis ZZS  
Agriculture Mārtiņš Roze ZZS  
Social affairs Dagnija Staķe ZZS  
health Gundars Bērziņš TP  
Regional development and local self-government Māris Kučinskis TP  
Children and family Ainars Bastiks LPP  
Matters of social integration / minorities Ainars Latkovskis JL since April 2006: Karina Pētersone (LC) 
Electronic administration Jānis Reirs JL since April 2006: Ina Gudele (independent)  
Internal affairs Ēriks Jēkabsons LPP since October 2005: Dzintars Jaundžeikars (LPP)  

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