Government institutions in Latvia

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This is a list of government and municipal institutions of Latvia and their subordinated institutions with executive powers:

Contents

Main institutions

Latvian Chancery of the President [1]

Saeima [2]

Constitutional Court of the Republic of Latvia [3]

Supreme Court of the Republic of Latvia [4]

The State Audit Office [5]

Latvijas Banka [6]

The Central Election Commission [7]

The Financial and Capital Market Commission [8]

The Ombudsman's Office [9]

The National Council for Electronic Media [10]

The Public Utilities Commission [11]

Prime Minister's subordinate bodies

Corruption Prevention and Combating Bureau [12]

Society Integration Foundation [13]

Coordination Centre of Policy Sectors [14]

Ministries of the Republic of Latvia

Ministry of Defence

National Armed Forces [15]

National Defence Academy [16]

Recruiting and Youth Guard Centre [17]

Military Intelligence and Security Service [18]

Latvian Geospatial Information Agency [19]

National Defence Military Objects and Procurement Centre [20]

State Agency "Latvian War Museum" [21]

Military magazine "Tēvijas Sargs" [22]

Ministry of Foreign Affairs

The Latvian Institute [23]

Ministry of Economics

Latvian Investment and Development Agency [24]

Tourism Development Agency [25]

Consumer Rights Protection Centre [26]

The Central Statistical Bureau [27]

Standardization, Accreditation and Metrology Centre [28]

Competition Council [29]

Ministry of Finance

Treasury of the Republic of Latvia [30]

Procurement Monitoring Bureau [31]

Central Finance and Contracting Agency [32]

Lotteries and Gambling Supervisory Inspection [33]

State Revenue Service [34]

Ministry of the Interior

Latvian State Police [35]

The Security Police [36]

The Office of Citizenship and Migration Affairs [37]

Ministry of the Interior Information Centre [38]

State Fire and Rescue Service [39]

Provision State Agency [40]

Interior Ministry of Health and Sports Center [41]

Clinic of the Ministry of the Interior [42]

State Border Guard [43]

Ministry of Science and Education

Higher Education Quality Evaluation Center [44]

State Education Centre [45]

State Education Quality Service [46]

State Education Development Agency [47]

Latvian Academic Information Centre [48]

Studies and Science Administration [49]

State Agency "Latvian Language Agency" [50]

Latvian Council of Science [51]

Latvian Academy of Sciences [52]

Social Correction Educational Institution "Naukšēni" [53]

Youth International Programme Agency [54]

State Agency "Latvian Sports Museum" [55]

Murjāņi Sports Gymnasium [56]

Ministry of Culture

Latvian National Archives [57]

State Inspection for Heritage Protection [58]

The National Film Centre [59]

Cultural and Intangible Heritage Center [60]

Ministry of Welfare

State Labour Inspection [61]

State Children Rights Protection Inspectorate [62]

State Social Insurance Agency [63]

Social Integration State Agency [64]

Health and Work Expert Physicians' Commission [65]

National Employment Agency [66]

Ministry of Transport

Latvian Civil Aviation Agency [67]

Transport Accident and Incident Investigation Bureau [68]

The State Railway Technical Inspectorate [69]

State Railway Administration [70]

Ministry of Justice

Constitution Protection Bureau [71]

State Land Service [72]

The Register of Enterprises of the Republic of Latvia [73]

Data State Inspectorate [74]

The Court Administration [75]

State Probation Service [76]

State Forensic Science Bureau [77]

State Agency "Insolvency Administration" [78]

Maintenance Guarantee Fund Administration [79]

Prison Administration [80]

Patent Office [81]

State Language Centre [82]

The Legal Aid Administration [83]

Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development

The State Environmental Service [84]

Nature Protection Board [85]

State Agency "Latvian Museum of Natural History" [86]

State Regional Development Agency [87]

State Environmental Bureau [88]

State Agency "National Botanic Garden of Latvia" [89]

Latvian Institute of Aquatic Ecology [90]

Latvian Environmental Protection Fund Administration [91]

Ministry of Health

The National Health Service [92]

Disease Prevention and Control Center [93]

Health Inspectorate of Latvia [94]

State Emergency Medical Service [95]

State Agency of Medicines [96]

State Blood Donor Center [97]

State Forensic Science Bureau [98]

National Sports Medicine Centre [99]

Pauls Stradiņš Museum of Medical History [100]

Riga Stradiņš University [101]

Ministry of Agriculture

Rural Support Service [102]

State Forest Service [103]

State Plant Protection Service [104]

State Agency "Agricultural Data Centre" [105]

Latvian State Institute of Agrarian Economics [106]

Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies [107]

State Technical Supervision Agency [108]

Latvian State Institute of Fruit-Growing [109]

State Stende Cereals Breeding Institute [110]

State Priekuļi Plant Breeding Institute [111]

Latvian State Forest Research Institute "Silava" [112]

National Research Institute of "Food Safety, Animal Health and Environment Research Institute" [113]

Food and Veterinary Service [114]

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