The minister of culture of Latvia is a member of the Cabinet of Ministers of Latvia, and is the political leader of the Ministry of Culture of Latvia. Nauris Puntulis is the current minister since 28 May 2026.
List of ministers of culture Republic of Latvia
NameTook officeLeft officeParty1Raimonds Pauls16 May 19903 August 1993Independent Ministry merged into the Ministry of Education and Science, State Minister of Culture: Raimonds Pauls (3 August 1993 - 20 September 1993), Jānis Dripe (20 September 1993 - 19 September 1994)2Jānis Dripe19 September 199421 December 1995Latvian Way3Ojārs Spārītis21 December 199522 July 1996Latvian Farmers' Union4Rihards Pīks12 August 199620 June 1997Latvian Farmers' Union5Ramona Umblija7 August 199726 November 1998Latvian Farmers' Union6Karina Pētersone26 November 19987 November 2002Latvian Way7Inguna Rībena7 November 20029 March 2004New Era Party8Helēna Demakova9 March 200412 January 2009Date of demission.People's Party9Ints Dālderis12 March 20093 November 2010People's Party (until 19 March 2010)Independent (from 19 March 2010 to 28 June 2010)New Era Party (from 28 June 2010)10Sarmīte Ēlerte3 November 201025 October 2011Civic Union (Unity since 6 August 2011)11Žaneta Jaunzeme-Grende25 October 201116 September 2013National Alliance12Dace Melbārde31 October 20134 July 2019Independent (until February 2014)National Alliance (from February 2014)13Nauris Puntulis8 July 201915 September 2023National Alliance14Agnese Logina15 September 202317 June 2024The Progressives15Agnese Lāce20 June 202428 May 202816Nauris Puntulis28 May 2026presentNational Alliance "All for Latvia!" – "For Fatherland and Freedom/LNNK"
Latvian SSR during the Soviet occupation of Latvia NameTook officeLeft officeParty1Jānis OstrovsHistory of the Ministry of Culture Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Latvia19531958 Latvian Communist Party2Voldemārs Kalpiņš19581961, DecemberIdeālais kultūras ministrs – Voldemārs Kalpiņš Latvijas Avīze 2011 Latvian Communist Party3Vladimirs Kaupužs19621986Lai diriģenti mierā un dalībniekiem neapniktu Diena 2008 Latvian Communist Party4Jāzeps Barkāns19861988Latvian Communist Party5Ivars Ķezbers19881988Latvian Communist Party5Raimonds Pauls (As chair of the State Committee for Culture)19891990 (1993)Independent
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