List of ministers of defence of Latvia

Standard of the minister of defence of Latvia

The defence minister of the Republic of Latvia (Latvian: Latvijas Republikas aizsardzības ministrs) is the head of the Ministry of Defence, who is charged with the political leadership of the Latvian National Armed Forces. The position was re-established in November 1991 following the declaration on the restoration of the country's independence from the USSR.

Since 15 September 2023, the position has been held by Andris Sprūds.

From 1918 to 1922 the officeholder's title was Minister of Protection (Apsardzības ministrs), and from 1922 to 1940 — Minister of War (Kaŗa ministrs).

List of ministers (since 1991)

Name		Portrait	Term of office		Political party	Prime Minister
	Tālavs Jundzis		19 November 1991	3 August 1993	Popular Front of Latvia		Ivars Godmanis
	Valdis Pavlovskis		3 August 1993	19 September 1994	Latvian Way		Valdis Birkavs
	Jānis Arveds Trapāns		19 September 1994	23 May 1995	Independent		Māris Gailis
	Andrejs Krastiņš		21 December 1995	12 May 1997	LNNK		Andris Šķēle
	Tālavs Jundzis		6 June 1997	27 October 1998	KDS
							Guntars Krasts
	Ģirts Valdis Kristovskis		26 November 1998	9 March 2004	TB/LNNK		Vilis Krištopans
							Andris Šķēle
							Andris Bērziņš
							Einars Repše
	Atis Slakteris		9 March 2004	2 December 2004	People's Party		Indulis Emsis
	Einars Repše		2 December 2004	23 December 2005	New Era Party		Aigars Kalvītis
	Linda Mūrniece		5 January 2006	7 April 2006	New Era Party
	Atis Slakteris		8 April 2006	20 December 2007	People's Party
	Vinets Veldre		20 December 2007	12 March 2009	People's Party		Ivars Godmanis
	Imants Lieģis		12 March 2009	3 November 2010	Civic Union		Valdis Dombrovskis
	Artis Pabriks		3 November 2010	22 January 2014	Unity
	Raimonds Vējonis		22 January 2014	7 July 2015	Union of Greens and Farmers		Laimdota Straujuma
	Raimonds Bergmanis		8 July 2015	23 January 2019	Union of Greens and Farmers		Laimdota Straujuma
							Māris Kučinskis
	Artis Pabriks		23 January 2019	14 December 2022	Development/For!		Krišjānis Kariņš
	Ināra Mūrniece		14 December 2022	15 September 2023	National Alliance		Krišjānis Kariņš
	Andris Sprūds		15 September 2023	Incumbent	The Progressives		Evika Siliņa

See also

• Ministry of Defence (Latvia)
• Latvian National Armed Forces