Follow Latvia Immigration and Latvia News: On the 6th, President Edgars Rinkēvičs of Latvia signed an order appointing former Minister of Agriculture, Edvīns Straujums, as the new Prime Minister of Latvia, making her the first female Prime Minister in the history of the country.

On November 21 last year, a supermarket in Riga collapsed, resulting in 54 fatalities, leading to the resignation of former Prime Minister Valdis Dombrovskis. Both Straujums and Dombrovskis belong to the country's largest political party, the "Unity" party, and the appointment now awaits parliamentary approval.
Straujums, born in 1951, has long been engaged in research in agricultural economics and has worked in various departments, including the Ministry of Regional Development and the Ministry of Agriculture. On the 6th, she stated in a media interview that there is currently no finalized cabinet plan.





