Supreme Soviet of the Latvian SSR

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The Supreme Soviet of the Latvian SSR was the highest legislative body of Soviet Latvia, functioning as its nominal parliament during the period of Latvian incorporation into the USSR.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf parliament of a Soviet republic ⓘ
supreme soviet ⓘ
unicameral legislature ⓘ
alignedWithIdeology Marxism–Leninism ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic ⓘ
linked to: Latvian SSR
continent Europe ⓘ
convenedBy Communist Party leadership ⓘ
country Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic ⓘ
linked to: Latvian SSR

Soviet Union ⓘ
deFactoControlledBy Communist Party of Latvia ⓘ
Communist Party of the Soviet Union ⓘ
dissolved 1990 ⓘ
1991 ⓘ
followedBy Supreme Council of the Republic of Latvia ⓘ
governingParty Communist Party of Latvia ⓘ
governmentTypeContext one-party socialist state ⓘ
hasCapital Riga ⓘ
hasLanguage Latvian ⓘ
Russian ⓘ
historicalPeriod Soviet era in Latvia ⓘ
inception 1940 ⓘ
jurisdiction territory of the Latvian SSR ⓘ
legalBasis Constitution of the Latvian SSR ⓘ
legislativeAuthority nominal ⓘ
legislativeBodyFor Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic ⓘ
linked to: Latvian SSR
legislativeBranchOf government of the Latvian SSR ⓘ
legislativeProcess rubber-stamp approval of Communist Party decisions ⓘ
location Riga ⓘ
mainFunction adoption of laws of the Latvian SSR ⓘ
approval of state plans and budgets ⓘ
formal election of key state officials of the Latvian SSR ⓘ
numberOfChambers 1 ⓘ
partOf political system of the Latvian SSR ⓘ
political system of the Soviet Union ⓘ
precededBy People’s Saeima ⓘ
linked to: Saeima
region Baltic states ⓘ
relevantEvent Soviet occupation of Latvia in 1940 ⓘ
restoration of independence of Latvia ⓘ
replacedBy Supreme Council of the Republic of Latvia ⓘ
seat Riga ⓘ
status defunct legislative body ⓘ
subordinateTo Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union ⓘ
typeOfRepresentation indirect representation of Communist Party policy ⓘ
votingSystem non-competitive elections ⓘ
single-candidate elections ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Saeima → replacedBy → Supreme Soviet of the Latvian SSR ⓘ
Latvian SSR → legislature → Supreme Soviet of the Latvian SSR ⓘ
Supreme Soviet of the Latvian SSR → followedBy → Supreme Council of the Republic of Latvia ⓘ
linked to: Supreme Soviet of the Latvian SSR
Constitution of the Latvian SSR (1940) → providedFor → Supreme Soviet of the Latvian SSR ⓘ
Constitution of the Latvian SSR (1940) → definedLegislature → Supreme Soviet of the Latvian SSR ⓘ
Constitution of the Latvian SSR (1978) → definedSupremeBodyOfPower → Supreme Soviet of the Latvian SSR ⓘ