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Second Saeima of the Republic of Latvia 2. Latvijas Republikas Saeima | |
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| Founded | 3 November 1925 (1925-11-3) |
| Disbanded | 5 November 1928 (1928-11-5) |
| Preceded by | 1st Saeima |
| Succeeded by | 3rd Saeima |
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2nd Saeima was the parliament ofLatvia from 3 November 1925, until 5 November 1928. The Social DemocratPauls Kalniņš continued to hold the post ofSpeaker of the Saeima to which he was first elected during the1st Saeima.
2nd Saeima gave confidence to the second cabinet ofKārlis Ulmanis (24 December 1925 – 6 May 1926), cabinet ofArturs Alberings (7 May 1926 – 18 December 1926), the first cabinet ofMarģers Skujenieks (19 December 1926 – 23 January 1928) and cabinet ofPēteris Juraševskis (24 January 1928 – 30 November 1928).
The2nd Saeima elections were held on 3–4 October 1925, and 74,89% of eligible voters participated. Due to the liberal elections law, 27 parties and candidates lists were elected to the 100 seats, representing all the political and ethnic interest groups of Latvia.
