2015 in Latvia

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Events in the year 2015 in Latvia.

State officials

Position	Person	Remarks
President of Latvia	Andris Bērziņš (till July 7)
	Raimonds Vējonis (from July 8)
Prime Minister of Latvia	Laimdota Straujuma	Second Straujuma cabinet
Speaker of the Saeima	Ināra Mūrniece

Events

January

• January 1:
  • Latvia joined the European Union presidency, replacing Italy;
  • electricity market opening.
• January 16 — Latvia to the European Commission was transfer 1.2 billion euros from the 2009 loan.

May

• May 24 — Aminata Savadogo represents Latvia in the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2015, finishing 19th with a total of .^[1]

June

• June 3 — Latvian presidential election, 2015: Raimonds Vējonis of the Green Party is elected President.^[2]

July

• July 1 — Luxembourg joined the European Union presidency, replacing Latvia;
• July 8 — Raimonds Vējonis replaced Andris Bērziņš in post of President of Latvia.

September

• In the autumn of 2015 was the largest grain harvest in Latvian history.^[3]

October

• October 26 — In Garkalne Municipality on A2 road truck knocked down a children training team of Riga Cycling school, suffered an accident 13 people.^[4]

December

• December 1 — service was transferred to the restored building of the Latvian National Museum of Art.^[5]
• December 7 — Prime minister Laimdota Straujuma announced her resignation.

Deaths

• February 7 — Baiba Caune, cyclist (b. 1945)^[6]
• April 5 — Pāvels Kovaļovs, triple jumper (b. 1990)
• September 17 - Ingrīda Andriņa, stage and film actress (b. 1944)^[7]
• September 23 — Kārlis Zariņš, opera singer (b. 1930)^[8]

References

1. "Latvia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 Grand Final". Eurovision.tv. 24 May 2015. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
2. http://www.baltic-course.com/eng/legislation/?doc=106319
3. "Šoruden nokulta visu laiku lielākā graudu raža; Latvijā nepietiek glabātavu". La.lv. 2015-11-10. Retrieved 2015-11-14. (Latvian)
4. DELFI. "Kravas auto Garkalnē notriec bērnu riteņbraucēju grupu". Delfi.lv. Retrieved 2015-10-27. (Latvian)
5. Restaurētā LNMM ēka šodien oficiāli nodota ekspluatācijā , tvnet.lv, 2015-12-1 (Latvian)
6. "Aizsaulē aizgājusi Latvijas riteņbraukšanas leģenda Baiba Evīna Caune-Morzika". Evelo.lv. Retrieved 2015-10-27. (Latvian)
7. Mūžībā aizgājusi Latvijas Nacionālā teātra aktrise Ingrīda Andriņa (Latvian)
8. "Mūžībā aizgājis izcilais tenors Kārlis Zariņš". Lsm.lv. Retrieved 2015-10-27. (Latvian)