Editing Politics of Latvia (section)

==Executive branch==
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!scope="row"| [[President of Latvia|President]]
|[[Edgars Rinkēvičs]]
|Independent
|8 July 2023
|-
!scope="row"| [[Prime Minister of Latvia|Prime Minister]]
|[[Evika Siliņa]]
|[[Unity (Latvian political party)|Unity]]
|15 September 2023
|}

The president is elected by Parliament for a maximum of two terms of four years, by secret ballot and by an absolute majority of the vote (Constitution of Latvia, Articles 35, 36 and 39).

The president is a largely ceremonial head of state, and in common with other presidents in parliamentary republics, the President of Latvia has influence and authority rather than power.

Although the president is formally the commander-in-chief of the armed forces, signs treaties, represents Latvia abroad, and officially appoints ambassadors and other key officials, these powers are constitutionally exercised on the binding advice of the prime minister, who is politically responsible for them (Constitution of Latvia, Article 53). The president does, however, have personal discretion over the proposal of legislation to the Parliament, vetoing legislation, calling referendums on legislation, and nominating the prime minister. The president also has the right, {{lang|la|in extremis}}, to call a referendum on the premature dissolution of Parliament: if the referendum is passed, Parliament is dissolved; but if the referendum fails, the president must resign.

The prime minister is appointed by the president. The prime minister then chooses the Council of Ministers (Cabinet) which has to be accepted by the Parliament. The Parliament can remove the prime minister and Cabinet by means of a [[vote of no-confidence]] (Constitution of Latvia, Article 59).