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Ministry of Transport (Latvia)

ministry of Latvia

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 5, 2026
Entity authorityQ6867614 ↗
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The Ministry of Transport (Latvian: Latvijas Republikas Satiksmes ministrija) is a ministry of Latvia which is responsible for implementing state policy in the fields of transport and communications. Its head office is in Riga. As of 29 May 2025, Rihards Kozlovskis is the minister.

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The public source identifies “Ministry of Transport (Latvia)” as ministry of Latvia. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Ministry, Transport and Latvia.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2025—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1918. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Ministry, Transport and Latvia providing the first useful test.
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Vocabulary and entity names are the principal evidence signals here, because they determine the precision of every later search. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 5, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q6867614. VIAF identifies the subject as 150265606. The Library of Congress control number is n97000220. 3 of 4 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2025.

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This entry incorporates text from “Ministry of Transport (Latvia)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.