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1102:Latvian National Armed Forces
426:Latvian National Armed Forces
18:Minister of Defence of Latvia
1097:Ministry of Defence (Latvia)
339:Ministers of foreign affairs
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312:Administrative divisions
499:Popular Front of Latvia
1127:NATO defence ministers
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420:) is the head of the
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544:Jānis Arveds Trapāns
444:Apsardzības ministrs
422:Ministry of Defence
1067:15 September 2023
1036:15 September 2023
970:Laimdota Straujuma
945:Raimonds Bergmanis
936:Laimdota Straujuma
873:Valdis Dombrovskis
550:19 September 1994
524:19 September 1994
42:Politics of Latvia
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745:23 December 2005
647:26 November 1998
577:21 December 1995
515:Valdis Pavlovskis
492:19 November 1991
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360:Latvia portal
332:Foreign relations
260:Political parties
167:Recent elections
16:(Redirected from
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688:Einars Repše
670:Andris Šķēle
611:6 June 1997
591:Andris Šķēle
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174:Saeima
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