Jānis Čakste

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1st president of Latvia (1859-1927)

PoliticiansLived 1859 to 1927 · aged 67

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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).

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Jānis Čakste in 1906

Čakste and President of Finland Lauri Kristian Relander during Relander's 1926 official visit to Latvia. In the background, the Foreign Minister of Finland Eemil Nestor Setälä to the right.

Portrait of Čakste as President

Čakste's Memorial in Forest Cemetery, Riga

Awards 5

1926Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of the White Rose of Finland

Order of the Three Stars, 1st Class

Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold

Grand Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta

Cross of Liberty

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ChildMintauts Čakste

ChildKonstantīns Čakste

ChildRingolds Čakste

Connected to Jānis 6

Thomas Boni YayiAlso won Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of the White Rose of Finland

Günter VerheugenAlso won Order of the Three Stars, 1st Class

David Beatty, 1st Earl BeattyAlso won Cross of Liberty

Abdoulaye WadeAlso won Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of the White Rose of Finland

Jorge SampaioAlso won Order of the Three Stars, 1st Class

Konstantin PätsAlso won Cross of Liberty