Alberts Kviesis

Alberts Kviesis
Kviesis in 1930
3rd President of Latvia
In office
9 April 1930 – 11 April 1936
Prime MinisterHugo Celmiņš
Kārlis Ulmanis
Marģers Skujenieks
Ādolfs Bļodnieks
Kārlis Ulmanis
Preceded byGustavs Zemgals
Succeeded byKārlis Ulmanisa
Minister of the Interior of Latvia
In office
18 June 1921 – 25 January 1923
Prime MinisterZigfrīds Anna Meierovics
Preceded byArveds Bergs
Succeeded byPēteris Berģis
Personal details
Born(1881-12-22)22 December 1881
Tērvete Parish, Courland Governorate, Russian Empire (now Dobele Municipality, Latvia)
Died9 August 1944(1944-08-09) (aged 62)
Riga, Generalbezirk Lettland, Reichskommissariat Ostland
Resting placeForest Cemetery, Riga
Political partyLatvian Farmers' Union
SpouseElza
ChildrenĒriks
OccupationLawyer
  • a Assumed presidency unconstitutionally, upon the expiration of Kviesis' term .

Alberts Kviesis (22 December 1881 – 9 August 1944) was a Latvian politician who served as third President of Latvia from 1930 to 1936.[1]

  1. ^ Treijs, Rihards (2004). Prezidenti : Latvijas valsts un ministru prezidenti (1918–1940) (in Latvian). Riga: Latvijas Vēstnesis. ISBN 9984-731-47-2. OCLC 61227165.