# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/janis-cakste
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:12:57.614Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/janis-cakste"
name: "Jānis Čakste"
slug: "janis-cakste"
description: "Jānis Kristaps Čakste was a Latvian politician and lawyer who served as the first head of an independent Latvian state as the Chairman of the People's Council (1918–1920), the Speaker of the Constitutional Assembly (1920–1922), and as the first President of Latvia (1922–1927)."
tagline: "1st president of Latvia (1859-1927)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Janis_Cakste.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
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  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1859-09-14"
deathDate: "1927-03-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump