The Speaker of the Saeima is the speaker

Speaker (politics)

The term speaker is a title often given to the presiding officer of a deliberative assembly, especially a legislative body. The speaker's official role is to moderate debate, make rulings on procedure, announce the results of votes, and the like. The speaker decides who may speak and has the...

 of the Parliament of Latvia, the Saeima.

In the case when President of Latvia is not in the country or unable to perform their duties, the Speaker acts interim President.

The Chairman of the Saeima must be elected at the first meeting of the current convocation of the Saeima.

Speakers of the Saeima (1922-1934)

Name	Period	Party
Frīdrihs Vesmanis	November 7, 1922-March 17, 1925	Latvian Social Democratic Workers' Party Latvian Social Democratic Workers' Party The Latvian Social Democratic Workers' Party is a centre-left, social democratic party in Latvia. It has a long history but is not represented in the current parliament of Latvia.-History:...
Pauls Kalniņš	March 20, 1925-May 15, 1934	Latvian Social Democratic Workers' Party

Chairman of the Supreme Council (1990-1993)

Name	Period	Party
Anatolijs Gorbunovs Anatolijs Gorbunovs Anatolijs Gorbunovs also formerly known as Anatoly Valeryanovich Gorbunov is a Latvian politician who served as the parliamentary speaker during the last years of Soviet regime in Latvia and during the first years after the country regained its independence...	May 3, 1990-July 6, 1993	Communist Party of Latvia Communist Party of Latvia Communist Party of Latvia was a political party in Latvia.- Latvian Social-Democracy prior to 1919 :The party was founded at a congress in June 1904. Initially the party was known as the Latvian Social Democratic Workers' Party . During its second party congress in 1905 it adopted the programme of...  (to 1991)

Speakers of the Saeima (after 1993)

Name	Period	Party
Anatolijs Gorbunovs Anatolijs Gorbunovs Anatolijs Gorbunovs also formerly known as Anatoly Valeryanovich Gorbunov is a Latvian politician who served as the parliamentary speaker during the last years of Soviet regime in Latvia and during the first years after the country regained its independence...	July 6, 1993-November 7, 1995	Latvian Way Latvian Way Latvian Way was a centre-right liberal party in Latvia. It merged with Latvia's First Party to form the Latvia's First Party/Latvian Way in 2007.It described itself as "a liberal party defending people's freedom to shape their own lives"...
Ilga Kreituse	November 7, 1995-September 26, 1996	Democratic Party "Saimnieks" Democratic Party "Saimnieks" The Democratic Party "Saimnieks" was a Latvian centre-left political party formed through the merger of the Latvian Democratic Party and the political party "Saimnieks" in 1995. It won the Latvian parliamentary election, 1995 and was represented with 18 deputies in the Saeima of 6th convocation...
Alfrēds Čepānis	September 26, 1996-November 3, 1998	Democratic Party "Saimnieks"
Jānis Straume Jānis Straume Jānis Straume is a former Latvian politician for For Fatherland and Freedom/LNNK . He was the fourth Speaker of the Saeima since 1991....	November 3, 1998-November 5, 2002	For Fatherland and Freedom/LNNK
Ingrīda Ūdre Ingrida Udre Ingrīda Ūdre is a Latvian politician who belongs to the Latvian Farmers' Union political party.Ūdre is a former professional basketball player who worked as an accountant after the end of her basketball career. She was first elected to Saeima, the Latvian parliament, in 1998, from the list of the...	November 5, 2002-November 7, 2006	Union of Greens and Farmers Union of Greens and Farmers Union of Greens and Farmers is a green/agrarian and conservative political alliance in Latvia. It consists of two political parties: Latvian Farmers' Union and the Green Party of Latvia . It is the third-largest party in the Saeima....  (Latvian Farmers' Union Latvian Farmers' Union The Latvian Farmers' Union is a centrist agrarian political party in Latvia. Founded in 1917, it was the most influential right-wing political party between the two World Wars, during the period of Latvian independence from the Russian SFSR in 1918 until its annexation by the Soviet Union in 1940,... )
Indulis Emsis Indulis Emsis Indulis Emsis is a Latvian biologist and politician. He was Prime Minister of Latvia for ten months in 2004, the first Green politician to lead a country in the history of the world. He was Speaker of the Saeima, the Latvian parliament from 2006 to 2007...	November 7, 2006-September 24, 2007	Union of Greens and Farmers Union of Greens and Farmers Union of Greens and Farmers is a green/agrarian and conservative political alliance in Latvia. It consists of two political parties: Latvian Farmers' Union and the Green Party of Latvia . It is the third-largest party in the Saeima....  (Latvian Green Party Latvian Green Party The Latvian Green Party is a green political party in Latvia. It was founded January 13, 1990.-Chairpersons:Three co-chairpersons share the leadership position at any one time... )
Gundars Daudze Gundars Daudze Gundars Daudze is a Latvian physician and politician, Speaker of the 9th Saeima of Latvia .-References:...	September 24, 2007-November 2, 2010	Union of Greens and Farmers Union of Greens and Farmers Union of Greens and Farmers is a green/agrarian and conservative political alliance in Latvia. It consists of two political parties: Latvian Farmers' Union and the Green Party of Latvia . It is the third-largest party in the Saeima....  (Latvijai un Ventspilij)
Solvita Āboltiņa Solvita Āboltiņa Solvita Āboltiņa is a Latvian politician. She is a member of the New Era Party and a deputy of the 9th Saeima . She began her current term in parliament on November 7, 2006, and has been speaker since 2010....	November 2, 2010-Incumbent	Unity Unity (Latvia) Unity is a Latvian centre-right political party, founded as an electoral alliance of the New Era Party, the Civic Union and the Society for Other Politics on 6 March 2010...  (New Era Party New Era Party The New Era Party , abbreviated to JL, was a centre-right political party in Latvia. Founded in 2002, the party merged with Civic Union and Society for Other Politics to form Unity in 2011.... )