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===[[Latvia]] (1918 - 1940Present)===
'''Presidents'''
|-
|21 July 1940
|[[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
|- bgcolor=#E6E6AA
! style="background:{{Communist Party/meta/color}}; color:white"| –
|[[Augusts Kirhenšteins]]<ref> Prime minister [[Augusts Kirhenšteins]] was acting president July 21, 1940—August 25, 1940.</ref>
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|21 July 1940
|25 August 1940
|[[Communist Party of Latvia]]
|-
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===[[Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic|Latvian SSR]] (1940 - 1991)===
'''[[List of Chairmen of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic|Chairmen of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet]]'''
|-
! style="background:{{Communist Party/meta/color}}; color:white"|
|colspan=2|[[Augusts Kirhenšteins]]<ref> In RSFSR exile 1941-1944</ref>
|25 August 1940
|11 April 1952<ref> According to some sources March 10, 1952</ref>
|rowspan=7|[[Communist Party of Latvia]]
|-
! style="background:{{Communist Party/meta/color}}; color:white"|
|colspan=2|[[Kārlis Ozoliņš]]
|11 April 1952
|27 November 1959
|-
! style="background:{{Communist Party/meta/color}}; color:white"|
|colspan=2|[[Jānis Kalnbērziņš]]
|27 November 1959
|5 May 1970
|-
! style="background:{{Communist Party/meta/color}}; color:white"|
|colspan=2|[[Vitālijs Rubenis]]
|5 May 1970
|20 August 1974
|-
! style="background:{{Communist Party/meta/color}}; color:white"|
|colspan=2|[[Pēteris Strautmanis]]
|20 August 1974
|22 June 1985
|-
! style="background:{{Communist Party/meta/color}}; color:white"|
|colspan=2|[[Jānis Vagris]]
|22 June 1985
|6 October 1988
|-
! style="background:{{Communist Party/meta/color}}; color:white"|
|colspan=2|[[Anatolijs Gorbunovs]]
|6 October 1988
|3 May 1990
|-
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===[[Latvia|Republic of Latvia]] (1991 - )===
'''Presidents'''
|- bgcolor=#E6E6AA
! style="background:{{Communist Party/meta/color}}; color:white"| –
|[[Anatolijs Gorbunovs]]<ref> As [[Speaker of the Saeima]], [[Anatolijs Gorbunovs]] was acting president until the election of Guntis Ulmanis.</ref>
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|3 May 1990
|8 July 1993
|[[Communist Party of Latvia]]
|-
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