Events in the year 2015 in Latvia.
State officials Position Person Remarks President of Latvia Andris Bērziņš (till July 7) Raimonds Vējonis (from July 8) Prime Minister of Latvia Laimdota Straujuma Second Straujuma cabinet Speaker of the Saeima Ināra Mūrniece
Events
January January 1: Latvia joined the European Union presidency, replacing Italy; electricity market opening. January 16 — Latvia to the European Commission was transfer 1.2 billion euros from the 2009 loan.
May May 24 — Aminata Savadogo represents Latvia in the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2015, finishing 6th.
June June 3 — 2015 Latvian presidential election: Raimonds Vējonis of the Green Party is elected President.
July July 1 — Luxembourg joined the European Union presidency, replacing Latvia; July 8 — Raimonds Vējonis replaced Andris Bērziņš in post of President of Latvia.
September In the autumn of 2015 was the largest grain harvest in Latvian history.
October October 26 — In Garkalne Municipality on A2 road truck knocked down a children training team of Riga Cycling school, suffered an accident 13 people.
December December 1 — service was transferred to the restored building of the Latvian National Museum of Art.Restaurētā LNMM ēka šodien oficiāli nodota ekspluatācijā , tvnet.lv, 2015-12-1 December 7 — Prime minister Laimdota Straujuma announced her resignation.
Deaths February 7 — Baiba Caune, cyclist (b. 1945) April 5 — Pāvels Kovaļovs, triple jumper (b. 1990) September 17 - Ingrīda Andriņa, stage and film actress (b. 1944)Mūžībā aizgājusi Latvijas Nacionālā teātra aktrise Ingrīda Andriņa September 23 — Kārlis Zariņš, opera singer (b. 1930)
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