Tribal Occupation
	Balts (1000 B.C.-A.D. 800)
	Lettish (800-1240)

Foreign Rule
	Teutonic Knights (1240-1561)
	Poland (1561-1795)
	Russia (1795-1918)

Republic of Latvia
	Presidency
		-Karlis Ulmanis (1918-1919)
		-Janis Cakste (1922-1927)
		-Gustav Zamgals (1927-1930)
		-Albert Kviesis (1930-1936)
		-Karlis Ulmanis (Reelected: 1936-1940)

Foreign Rule
	Russia (1940-1941)
	Germany (1941-1944)
	Russia (1944-1991)

Republic of Latvia
	Presidency
		-Anatolis Gorbunovs (1991-1993)
		-Guntis Ulmanis (1993-1999)
		-Vaira Vike-Freiberga (1999-         )