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Andrievs Niedra Andrievs Niedra Pastor and writer who headed Latvia's pro-German government of 1919 Literature and arts 1871–1942
Kārlis Ulmanis Kārlis Ulmanis Latvia's prime minister in the war of independence, later dictator after the 1934 coup Government and administration · Latvia state institutions 1877–1942
Zigfrīds Anna Meierovics Zigfrīds Anna Meierovics Latvia's first foreign minister, who won international recognition for its independence Diplomacy and international organization · Latvia state institutions 1887–1925
Vilhelms Munters Vilhelms Munters Latvian foreign minister who signed the Soviet–Latvian Mutual Assistance Treaty in 1939 and was deported to the Soviet Union in 1940 Diplomacy and international organization · Latvia state institutions 1898–1967
Žanis Lipke Žanis Lipke Riga docker who used his contract work for the Luftwaffe to smuggle dozens of Jews out of the ghetto and camps and hide them Social movements and organizing 1900–1987
Viktors Arājs Viktors Arājs Latvian former policeman whose Arajs Kommando, under the SS Security Service, murdered about half of Latvia’s Jews Security, intelligence and policing · Nazi party and regime 1910–1988