List of Ministers of Culture of Latvia

The Minister of Culture of Latvia is a member of the Cabinet of Ministers of Latvia, and is the political leader of the Ministry of Culture of Latvia. Dace Melbārde is minister since 31 October 2013.

Ministers of culture of the Republic of Latvia

	Name	Took Office	Left Office	Party
1	Raimonds Pauls	16 May 1990	20 September 1993	without party
2	Jānis Dripe	20 September 1993	21 December 1995	Latvian Way
3	Ojārs Spārītis	21 December 1995	22 July 1996	Latvian Farmers' Union
4	Rihards Pīks	12 August 1996	20 June 1997	Latvian Farmers' Union
5	Ramona Umblija	7 August 1997	26 November 1998	Latvian Farmers' Union
6	Karina Pētersone	26 November 1998	7 November 2002	Latvian Way
7	Inguna Rībena	7 November 2002	9 March 2004	New Era Party
8	Helēna Demakova	9 March 2004	12 January 2009[1]	People's Party
9	Ints Dālderis	12 March 2009	3 November 2010	People's Party (until 19 March 2010)
				without party (from 19 March 2010 to 28 June 2010)
				New Era Party (from 28 June 2010)
10	Sarmīte Ēlerte	3 November 2010	25 October 2011	Civic Union
11	Žaneta Jaunzeme-Grende	25 October 2011	16 September 2013	National Alliance
12	Dace Melbārde	31 October 2013	Incumbent	without party (until February 2014)
				National Alliance (from February 2014)

Ministers of culture of Latvian SSR

	Name	Took Office	Left Office	Party
1	Voldemārs Kalpiņš	1953	1961, December[2]	Communist party of Latvia
2	Vladimirs Kaupužs	1962	1986[3]	Communist party of Latvia
3	?	1986	1988	?
4	Raimonds PaulsAs chair of the State Committee for Culture	1988	1990	?

Notes

1. Date of demission.
2. Ideālais kultūras ministrs – Voldemārs Kalpiņš Latvijas Avīze 2011
3. Lai diriģenti mierā un dalībniekiem neapniktu Diena 2008 (Latvian)