The modern Latvian independence movement was the resistance movement to foreign occupation of the Republic of Latvia during Soviet and Nazi German occupation (1940–1991).
13-464: (Redirected from Congress Movement ) Citizens' Congress can either refer to: Citizens' Congress of the Republic of Latvia Congress of Estonia Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Citizens' Congress . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
26-456: A car accident when his official limousine was involved in a collision with a small bus. On 19 September 2008 he replaced Roger Taylor on drums during Queen + Paul Rodgers ' performance of " All Right Now " at a concert in Riga. Economic problems and corruption charges caused the popularity of Godmanis's government to plummet. In January 2009, anti-government protests turned into the worst riots
39-834: The Latvian Popular Front , but after the Front ceased to exist he moved to the Latvian Way party. In November 2006, following elections in which the Latvian Way in coalition with Latvia's First Party returned to Parliament, Godmanis became the Minister of the Interior. On 14 December 2007, Godmanis was nominated as prime minister by President Valdis Zatlers . He was approved by the parliament on 20 December, with 54 votes in favor and 43 in opposition. On 18 June 2008 he suffered head injuries in
52-624: The Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact of August 23, 1939 assigned Latvia to the Soviet sphere of influence. On August 5, 1940, the Soviet Union forcibly annexed Latvia . On June 14, 1941, 15,000 Latvian citizens were forcibly deported to Gulag camps and a large number of army officers shot. The occupation and forced annexation into the USSR was not recognised in at least de jure by many countries, such as
65-741: The Council declared its intention to restore full Latvian independence after a "transitional" period; 3 days later, Ivars Godmanis was chosen Council of Ministers Chairman, or Prime Minister. In January 1991, Soviet political and military forces tried unsuccessfully to overthrow the legitimate Latvian authorities by occupying the central publishing house in Riga and establishing a "Committee of National Salvation" to usurp governmental functions. On January 20, 1991, Riga OMON attacked Latvia 's Interior Ministry , killing six people. – see January 1991 events in Latvia . Seven OMON members were subsequently found guilty by
78-497: The Riga District Court and received suspended sentences . Seventy-three percent of all Latvian residents confirmed their strong support for independence March 3 in an advisory referendum . A large number of ethnic Russians also voted for the proposition. Latvia claimed de facto independence on August 21, 1991, in the aftermath of the failed Soviet coup attempt . International recognition of renewed independence, including
91-512: The Soviet regime after the reoccupation of Latvia in 1944–1945. Most of the armed resistance was suppressed by 1952. " Perestroika " enabled Latvians to pursue a bolder nationalistic program, particularly through such general issues as environmental protection. On June 14, 1987, the group Helsinki-86 organised a ceremony of placing flowers at the Freedom Monument in Riga . This event demonstrated
104-438: The U.S.S.R. (on September 6), followed. The United States , which had never recognized Latvia's forcible annexation by the U.S.S.R., resumed full diplomatic relations with Latvia on September 5 and recognized Latvian independence on September 6. Ivars Godmanis Ivars Godmanis (born 27 November 1951) is a Latvian politician who served as the prime minister of Latvia from 1990 to 1993 and again from 2007 to 2009. He
117-635: The United States, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada, France, West Germany, Mexico etc. until the restoration of independence. Shortly after the start of the German–Soviet War in 1941, the territory of Latvia was occupied and governed as a part of Reichskommissariat Ostland along Lithuania and Estonia. Tens of thousands of Latvian Jews were killed in the Holocaust, along with other local opponents of
130-422: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Citizens%27_Congress&oldid=932765493 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Citizens%27 Congress of the Republic of Latvia The effects of
143-682: The rebirth of national courage and self-confidence in Latvia. On July 28, 1989, the Supreme Soviet of the Latvian SSR adopted a "Declaration of Sovereignty" and amended the Constitution to assert the supremacy of its laws over those of the U.S.S.R. Pro-independence Latvian Popular Front candidates gained a two-thirds majority in the Supreme Council in the March 18, 1990 democratic elections. On May 4,
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#1732851981740156-478: The regime. Among the underground resistance movement, the Latvian Central Council led the efforts of the resistance movement which strived to restore an independent and democratic Republic of Latvia. After World War II thousands of resistance fighters (including former members of the pre-World War II Aizsargi and 19th Latvian Waffen SS division ) participated in unsuccessful guerrilla warfare against
169-571: Was the first prime minister of Latvia after the country restored its independence from the Soviet Union . Godmanis served as prime minister from 1990 to 1993, focusing primarily on Latvia's difficult economic transition from planned to market economy . In 1995 Godmanis was awarded the Order of the Three Stars . He later served as the Minister of Finance from 1998 to 1999. He was originally associated with
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