Supreme Soviet of the Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic

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Supreme Soviet of the Latvian SSR Latvijas PSR Augstākā Padome (Latvian) Верховный Совет Латвийской ССР (Russian)
Latvian SSR (1940–1941, 1944–1990)
Coat of arms of the Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic
Type
Type	Supreme Soviet
History
Established	1940 1947 (Re-established)
Disbanded	1941 (Nazi occupation) 1990
Preceded by	People's Parliament
Succeeded by	Supreme Council of the Republic of Latvia
Leadership
Chairman	Anatolijs Gorbunovs (last)
Chairman of the Presidium	Anatolijs Gorbunovs (last)
Elections
Last election	1990
Meeting place
House of the Livonian Noble Corporation, Riga, Latvian SSR, Soviet Union

The Supreme Soviet of the Latvian SSR (Latvian: Latvijas PSR Augstākā Padome; Russian: Верховный Совет Латвийской ССР, Verkhovnyy Sovet Latvyyskoy SSR) was the supreme soviet (main legislative institution) of the Latvian SSR, one of the union republics of the Soviet Union. The Supreme Soviet of the Latvian SSR was established in 1940 as the People's Saeima and finally disbanded in 1990^[1] and was briefly succeeded by the Supreme Council of the Republic of Latvia. According to the 1978 Constitution of the Latvian SSR, representatives could serve an unlimited amount of five-year terms.^[2] The Supreme Soviet consisted of 325 deputies before its dissolution.