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((Short description|City council of Riga, Latvia))
((Multiple issues|
((More citations needed|date=July 2008))
((Update|date=October 2022))
))
((Infobox legislature
| logo              = Greater_Coat_of_Arms_of_Riga_-_for_display.svg
| last_election1    = [[2020 Riga City Council election|29 August 2020]]
| next_election1    = [[2025 Latvian municipal elections|2025]] 
| leader1           = [[Vilnis Ķirsis]] ([[New Unity|JV]])
| leader1_type      = [[Chairman|Chair]]
| members           = 60 
| name              = Riga City Council
| political_groups1 = 
<br />'''Government (31)'''
* ((Color box|((party color|Unity (Latvia)))|border=darkgray)) [[New Unity]] (9)
** ((Color box|((party color|Unity (Latvia)))|border=darkgray)) New Unity (8)
** ((Color box|#dadada|border=darkgray)) Independent ([[Rita Našeniece|1]])<ref>[https://www.la.lv/ir-bazas-ka-varam-pazaudet-rigu-spunde-atklati-par-staka-apvainojumiem “Ir bažas, ka varam pazaudēt Rīgu!” Spunde atklāti par Staķa apvainojumiem | LA.LV]</ref>
* ((Color box|#5a0505|border=darkgray))((Color box|#1f355e|border=darkgray)) [[National Alliance (Latvia)|NA]]/[[Latvian Association of Regions|LRA]] (8)
** ((Color box|#5A0505|border=darkgray)) [[National Alliance (Latvia)|NA]] (5)
** ((Color box|#1f355e|border=darkgray)) [[Latvian Association of Regions|LRA]] (2)
** ((Color box|#dadada|border=darkgray)) Independent ([[Kaspars Spunde|1]])
* ((Color box|#ADD8E6|border=darkgray)) [[Honor to serve Riga|GKR]] (5)
* ((Color box|darkblue|border=darkgray)) Kods Rīgai (4)
* ((Color box|#FF006B|border=darkgray)) [[For Latvia's Development|LA]]  (3)
* ((Color box|#dadada|border=darkgray)) Independent (2)
** ((Color box|#fff200|border=darkgray)) [[Movement For!|For!]] (2)
'''Support (2)'''
* ((Color box|#dadada|border=darkgray)) Independent (2)((efn|Jirgensons sits among the New Unity faction.))
** ((Color box|#ED1C24|border=darkgray)) [[Social Democratic Party "Harmony"|Harmony]] ([[Guntars Jirgensons|1]])<ref>[https://www.riga.lv/lv/darbinieks/guntars-jirgensons Guntars Jirgensons - Rīgas valstspilsētas pašvaldība]</ref>
** ((Color box|#182956|border=darkgray)) [[The Conservatives (Latvia)|K]] ([[Valters Bergs|1]])
	
'''Opposition (26)
* ((Color box|#E64632|border=darkgray)) [[The Progressives (Latvia)|P]] (12) 
* ((Color box|#ED1C24|border=darkgray)) [[Social Democratic Party "Harmony"|Harmony]] (11)
* ((Color box|#2268c1|border=darkgray)) [[Latvian Russian Union|LKS]] (3)
* ((Color box|#dadada|border=darkgray)) Independent (2)((efn|[[Miroslavs Kodis]] and [[Jakovs Pliners]].))

| structure1        = 2020 Rigas Domes Velesanas.svg
| structure1_res    = 250px
| leader2           = Linda Ozola (Kods Rīgai)<br />Edvards Ratnieks ([[National Alliance (Latvia)|NA]])
| native_name       = ''Rīgas dome''
| leader2_type      = [[Deputy mayor|Vice Chairs]]
| session_room      = Image:Riga city council.jpg
| meeting_place     = Riga Town Hall
))

'''Riga City Council''' (((lang-lv|Rīgas dome))) is the [[government]] of the city of [[Riga]], the capital of [[Latvia]]. Its meeting place is in the Riga Town Hall (''Rīgas rātsnams)'' at the Town Hall Square (''Rātslaukums'') in the very heart of Riga.

The Riga City Council consists of 60 councilors who are elected every 4 years is established on the basis of party factions.

The work of the Riga City Council is organized by the chairman (occasionally simply called as the mayor of Riga), Deputy Mayors, the Presidium, City Executive Director, District Executive Directors, and the staff of municipal institutions and enterprises.

The Presidium of the Riga City Council consists of the chairman of the Riga City Council and the representatives delegated by the political parties or party blocks elected to the city council.

From February to August 2020 the council had been suspended, since it was dissolved by the national authorities due to irregularities concerning waste management.<ref name=":0">((Cite web|url=https://eng.lsm.lv/article/politics/politics/president-promulgates-law-to-dissolve-riga-city-council.a349458/|title=President promulgates law to dissolve Rīga City Council|date=2020-02-24|website=[[Public Broadcasting of Latvia]]|language=en|access-date=2020-03-27))</ref> An interim administration of three members headed by Edvīns Balševics, State Secretary of the [[Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development]] ([[:lv:Latvijas Republikas Vides aizsardzības un reģionālās attīstības ministrija|lv]]), was appointed on February 25 to lead the city until snap elections were held.<ref name=":1">((Cite web|url=https://eng.lsm.lv/article/politics/politics/latvian-saeima-votes-to-sack-riga-city-council.a348200/|title=Saeima votes to sack Rīga City Council|date=2020-02-13|website=[[Public Broadcasting of Latvia]]|language=en|access-date=2020-03-27))</ref><ref name=":2">((Cite web|url=https://bnn-news.com/current-riga-city-council-s-terms-officially-ends-210746|title=Current Riga City Council's terms officially ends|date=2020-02-25|website=Baltic News Network - News from Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia|language=en-US|access-date=2020-03-27))</ref> On 29 August 2020, [[2020 Riga City Council election|elections]] were held, with the alliance between [[Development/For!]] and [[The Progressives (Latvia)|The Progressives]] winning the most seats.<ref>((Cite web|url=https://eng.lsm.lv/article/politics/election/developmentforprogressives-lead-the-way-in-riga-council-elections.a372381/|title=Development/For!/Progressives lead the way in Rīga council elections|publisher=[[Public Broadcasting of Latvia]]|language=en|date=30 August 2020|access-date=2 October 2020))</ref>

==History of Riga Municipality==

===Early days===
The heads of Riga, representing the town inhabitants, were mentioned in documents already in 1210. It is unknown when the first [[City council|town council]] was formed, but the members of the town council took part in signing treaties in Riga in 1225.

In the 13th century the town council governed the town and acted as [[legislature]], but in the 14th century – also as a [[Judiciary|judicial authority]]. At the same time the town council managed the town protection problems, imposed [[tax]]es, represented the interests of Riga's inhabitants in [[international relations]], signed agreements and appointed [[ambassador]]s. However, a communal [[Parliament|assembly]] of Riga inhabitants preserved a great role in settling important and extraordinary problems. In the first half of the 13th century the councilmen of the town council were elected for one year, but at the end of the century already the town council itself selected successors to councilmen posts. The post of councilman position actually became a lifelong post.

The rights of the town council were restricted after Riga became subordinate to the King of [[Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth|Poland and Lithuania]], [[Stephen Bathory, King of Poland|Stefan Báthory]] (1581).

Disagreements between the Riga Town Council and [[guild]]s about the right of governing the town became aggravated at the end of the 16th century. It reached its culmination during the so-called “[[Calendar Unrests]]” (1584–1589), though the town council maintained its dominance. Discordance flared up again in the first half of the 17th century when guilds managed to gain support from [[Sweden]] which governed Riga at that time.

After Riga fell into the jurisdiction of [[Russia]] (1710), it became a [[province]] center, and after the reforms of 1783, Riga's local administration was governed by a governor- general. However, the town council, representing the interests of the [[Baltic German|German nobility]], tried to preserve its influence in Riga. With alternating success it managed to do so by 1889. An administrative town reform took place in Russia in 1870, reaching also Riga in 1877.

===The 20th century===
The City Council and the City Board were formed, and the City Mayor was elected. During the Independent Republic of Latvia (1918–1940) Riga was officially recognized as the capital of Latvia (1931), with the Riga City Council governing it. After the [[1934 Latvian coup d'état|governmental overturn of 1934]], the [[Cabinet (government)|Cabinet of Ministers]] became the head of the city.

After the [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] occupation in 1940, administrative structure of Riga was reorganized. A provisional Executive Committee was formed. In 1941, the city was divided into six districts to facilitate [[police]] surveillance and management of nationalized properties. Such a system was preserved also after [[World War II]]; from time to time the number of districts and borderlines has changed. The Deputy Council of Working People (from 1977 – People's Deputy Council) governed Riga. It was elected once in two years (from 1979 – in 2.5). The council elected the executive committee. In reality these procedures were formal, and the city administration realized decisions inspired by the [[totalitarianism|totalitarian regime]]’s leading organs.

On May 4, 1990 the [[Supreme Soviet|Supreme Council]] of the [[Latvian SSR]] adopted the Declaration on Restoring Independence of the Republic of Latvia, which introduced the period of rebuilding the structure of state power and administration in Latvia, including the Riga City administration reform.

The process of restructuring started on February 15, 1990 with the laws adopted by the Supreme Council on the local governments of rural municipalities, regions, towns and cities. Pursuant to these laws the People’s Deputy Council from its members elected the chairman of the council, the deputy chairman and his/her secretary.

[[Andris Teikmanis]], representative from the [[Popular Front of Latvia]], was elected the chairman of the People’s Deputy Council of Riga. Under the guidance of A. Teikmanis, the People’s Deputy Council of Riga voted for using the historical [[coat of arms]] and [[banner]] of Riga - a symbolic contribution to the continuity of the city’s heritage.

Simultaneously, major changes took place in the city life and in the work of the municipal structural units linked with the changes in property forms and in the formation of the city budget.

The law “On the Local Government of the Capital City Riga” passed on June 10, 1992, changed the city administration system in the very core. The Riga City Council, consisting of 60 councillors, became the largest administrative body of the city. 30 out of the 60 councillors were elected by the People's Deputy Council of Riga from its members and the other 30 were elected by the councils of the Riga City districts; five councillors from each district. Presidium and executive committee of the People's Deputy Council of Riga were abolished and replaced by the City Board consisting of 11 members. Andris Teikmanis was elected chairman of the Riga City Council. The district boards were established instead of executive committees, which were led by the executive directors of the districts.

On August 26, 1993, the Riga City Council passed a resolution “On the Reform of the Riga Local Government”. It suggested to the [[Saeima|Parliament]] to create in Riga a [[Unicameralism|one-level]] [[local government]] with one administrative body, i.e. Riga City Council with 60 councillors and the executive body under the Riga City Council – the Riga City Board. On May 19, 1994, the Saeima passed the law following which the Riga City Council was elected in the municipal [[election]]s of May 29, 1994.

A one-level local government, the Riga City Council with 60 elected councillors, was set up in Riga. [[Māris Purgailis]] was elected the chairman of the city council. 11 Standing Committees were established (Finance Committee, City Development Committee, Committee for Housing Issues, Municipal Property and Privatization Committee, Environment Protection Committee, Education, Youth and Sports Committee, Culture, Arts and Religion Committee, Committee for Municipal and Transport Affairs, Social Affairs Committee and Order Committee, Committee for Matters of Foreigners and Stateless Persons).

Executive power was exercised by the executive director of the Riga City Council, whose deputies were also heads of departments (City Development Department, Property Department and Department of Finance). In the districts administrative functions were performed by the district boards appointed the Riga City Council; district boards were led by directors. Every district board included six departments, district commissions as well as branches of the Riga City Council directorates and departments.

The next municipal elections took place on March 9, 1997. [[Andris Bērziņš (Latvian Prime Minister)|Andris Bērziņš]] was elected the chairman of the city by the new council. On May 5, 2000, he was appointed the [[Prime Minister of Latvia|prime minister]] and already on May 9 the RCC elected his successor [[Andris Ārgalis]]. The RCC structure also underwent some changes. The council had to elect the chairman and two deputy chairmen from among its members. The number of standing committees was also reduced to nine (Security and Order Committee and Committee for Matters of Foreigners and Stateless Persons were abolished). Chairmen of the Committees formed the council's Board. The Riga City Council employs the executive director of the Riga City, to whom executive boards of the city districts and the Maintenance Division of the RCC are subject.

===2001–2020===
The next municipal elections were held on March 11, 2001. [[Gundars Bojārs]] was elected the chairman of the city council, and Sergejs Dolgopolovs and Aivars Guntis Kreituss were elected deputy chairmen. As compared to the previous Riga City Council, the number of standing committees increased to ten, by restoring the Security and Order Committee. The board of the city council was replaced by the Presidium of the Riga City Council.

After the municipal elections in 2005, [[Aivars Aksenoks]] became chairman of the city council. Deputy chairmen were Andris Ārgalis, Jānis Birks and Almers Ludviks (the latter replaced Juris Lujāns in summer 2005). In 2007, Jānis Birks became chairman, with Jānis Dinevičs replacing him as deputy chairman.

After the [[2009 Latvian municipal elections|2009 elections]], the [[Harmony Centre]] and [[Latvia's First Party/Latvian Way|LPP/LC]] coalition came to power. [[Nils Ušakovs]] became Mayor and [[Ainārs Šlesers]] took office as Vice Mayor. After Šlesers was elected to the [[Saeima]] in 2010 on the [[For a Good Latvia]] list, his party colleague [[Andris Ameriks]] became Vice Mayor. In 2012 Ameriks created the [[Honor to serve Riga|Honor to Serve Riga]] (GKR) party out of former LPP/LC fraction members and formed a coalition with Harmony Center in the [[2013 Riga City Council election|2013]] and [[2017 Latvian municipal elections|2017 elections]], which they won.

The ruling coalition started to crumble in 2018 when, after a number of high-profile corruption scandals concerning [[Rīgas Satiksme]] and other municipal companies, Ameriks resigned in December 2018 with his party colleague and former Riga City Council Property Department head [[Oļegs Burovs]] succeeding him. In the wake of the scandals Ušakovs was also ordered to resign by [[Juris Pūce]], the Minister of Environmental Protection and Regional Development (VARAM) in April 2019. At the same time, Ušakovs announced he would run in the [[2019 European Parliament election in Latvia|2019 European Parliament election]] in May as the leader of the [[Social Democratic Party "Harmony"|SDP Harmony]] list, with Andris Ameriks right behind him. When both were elected, Ušakovs announced his resignation on May 29, with Burovs becoming interim council chair. After this, GKR member [[Dainis Turlais]], the sole candidate for Mayor which was backed by both Ušakovs and Burovs, was elected as mayor on May 30 by the ruling coalition, with the opposition boycotting the vote.<ref>((Cite web|date=2019-05-28|title=Honor to Serve Rīga puts forth Dainis Turlais as candidate for Rīga mayor|url=https://eng.lsm.lv/article/politics/politics/honor-to-serve-riga-puts-forth-dainis-turlais-as-candidate-for-riga-mayor.a320626/|access-date=2020-09-07|website=[[Public Broadcasting of Latvia]]|language=en))</ref><ref>((Cite web|date=2019-05-31|title=Dainis Turlais confirmed as new Rīga mayor|url=https://eng.lsm.lv/article/politics/politics/dainis-turlais-confirmed-as-new-riga-mayor.a320929/|access-date=2020-09-07|website=[[Public Broadcasting of Latvia]]|language=en))</ref> His term was short, however, as after only 21 days in office Turlais was sacked on June 20 after failing a [[Motion of no confidence|no-confidence vote]] submitted by the opposition and supported by elements of the coalition, deepening the conflict within it.<ref>((Cite web|date=2019-05-28|title=Rīga mayor Turlais voted out after just 21 days|url=https://eng.lsm.lv/article/politics/politics/riga-mayor-turlais-voted-out-after-just-three-weeks.a323164/|access-date=2020-09-07|website=[[Public Broadcasting of Latvia]]|language=en))</ref>

After a short second stint as interim head, Burovs was elected mayor on August 19 with the support of GKR, Harmony and splinter groups mostly consisting of disgruntled coalition deputies. He defeated opposition candidate [[Viesturs Zeps]] from [[For Latvia's Development]], which was also backed by the [[National Alliance (Latvia)|National Alliance]] faction, while the [[New Conservative Party (Latvia)|New Conservative]] and [[Unity (Latvia)|Unity]] factions abstained from voting.<ref>((Cite web|date=2019-08-20|title=Oļegs Burovs becomes new mayor of Rīga|url=https://eng.lsm.lv/article/politics/politics/olegs-burovs-becomes-new-mayor-of-riga.a329160/|access-date=2020-09-07|website=[[Public Broadcasting of Latvia]]|language=en))</ref> The fragile ruling coalition thwarted no-confidence votes that were called against Burovs by the opposition in December 2019.<ref>((Cite web|date=2019-12-02|title=Rīga mayor Burovs to carry on|url=https://eng.lsm.lv/article/politics/politics/riga-mayor-burovs-to-carry-on.a340266/|access-date=2020-09-07|website=[[Public Broadcasting of Latvia]]|language=en))</ref>  Burovs's term was also marred by fallout from potentially corrupt and mismanaged city policies, one of which became an attempt to entrust waste management in the city to a conglomerate of private companies for 20 years instead of a previous model which saw multiple companies compete for separate zones. This was blocked by the Competition Council of the Republic of Latvia as non-transparent, triggering Minister Pūce to call for a state of emergency in the city to be declared.<ref>((Cite web|date=2019-09-10|title=Pūce wants to declare a state of emergency in Rīga due to waste crisis|url=https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/society/puce-wants-to-declare-a-state-of-emergency-in-riga-due-to-waste-crisis.a331540/|access-date=2020-09-07|website=[[Public Broadcasting of Latvia]]|language=en))</ref>

=== Since 2020 ===
Ultimately, in February 2020, after approving the request of the VARAM, the city council headed by [[Oļegs Burovs]] was dissolved by the [[Saeima]] and the [[President of Latvia]], following three successive council meetings at which a quorum was not obtained and due to the failure to provide autonomous functions of a [[Administrative divisions of Latvia|municipality]] established in the Waste Management Law.<ref name=":0" /> Snap elections were announced to be held on 25 April 2020 and an interim administration of three members headed by Edvīns Balševics, State Secretary of the [[Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development]] ([[:lv:Latvijas Republikas Vides aizsardzības un reģionālās attīstības ministrija|lv]]), was appointed on February 25.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /> The election was later postponed to 6 June 2020 due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic in Latvia|coronavirus pandemic]], and then [[2020 Riga City Council election|ultimately to August 29]].<ref>((Cite web|date=2020-03-17|title=Latvian government supports postponing Riga City Council's snap elections until 6 June|url=https://bnn-news.com/latvian-government-supports-postponing-riga-city-council-s-snap-elections-until-6-june-211457|access-date=2020-03-27|website=Baltic News Network - News from Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia|language=en-US))</ref><ref>((Cite web|date=2020-08-29|title=156 election sites open doors in Riga City Council snap elections|url=https://bnn-news.com/156-election-sites-open-doors-in-riga-city-council-snap-elections-216559|access-date=2020-08-29|website=Baltic News Network - News from Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia|language=en-US))</ref>

After the elections were won by the alliance of [[Development/For!]] and [[The Progressives (Latvia)|The Progressives]], they formed a coalition with [[New Unity]], [[The Conservatives (Latvia)|The Conservatives]] and the common list of the [[National Alliance (Latvia)|National Alliance]] and the [[Latvian Association of Regions]] on 4 September 2020, with [[Mārtiņš Staķis]] becoming the main candidate for the office of mayor.<ref>((Cite web|date=2020-09-04|title=Parties succeed in forming a new Riga City Council's ruling coalition|url=https://bnn-news.com/parties-succeed-in-forming-a-new-riga-city-councils-ruling-coalition-216816|access-date=2020-09-07|website=Baltic News Network - News from Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia|language=en-US))</ref> Harmony and Honor to Serve Riga were joined by the [[Latvian Russian Union]] in forming the opposition. Staķis was elected mayor on 2 October 2020.<ref name=":3">((Cite web |date=2020-10-02 |title=Mārtiņš Staķis becomes Mayor of Rīga |url=https://eng.lsm.lv/article/politics/politics/martins-stakis-becomes-mayor-of-riga.a376543/ |access-date=2020-10-05 |website=[[Public Broadcasting of Latvia|eng.lsm.lv]] |language=en))</ref> On March 24, 2022, [[Mārtiņš Staķis]] left [[Development/For!]] and continued as an independent. On December 13, 2022, [[For Latvia's Development]] faction decided to stop supporting Mayor [[Mārtiņš Staķis]], leaving his coalition with the support of 34 councilors in council.<ref>((Cite web |title="Latvijas attīstībai" Rīgas domē vairs neatbalstīs Staķi |url=https://www.lsm.lv/raksts/zinas/latvija/latvijas-attistibai-rigas-dome-vairs-neatbalstis-staki.a486867/ |access-date=2022-12-14 |website=www.lsm.lv |language=lv))</ref> 

Gradually, in 2023 conflicts began to emerge between Staķis and the Vice-Mayors from the coalition parties. Ultimately, due to disagreements and disputes within the coalition regarding the investigation of alleged violations in the management practices and use of funds in the Traffic Department of the Riga City Council, Staķis resigned on July 3, with New Unity-appointed Vice-Mayor ((Ill|Vilnis Ķirsis|lv)) stepping in as interim mayor.<ref>((Cite web |date=2023-07-03 |title=Rīga mayor Mārtiņš Staķis steps down |url=https://eng.lsm.lv/article/politics/politics/03.07.2023-riga-mayor-martins-stakis-steps-down.a515145/ |access-date=2023-08-29 |website=eng.lsm.lv |language=en))</ref><ref>((Cite web |date=2023-07-05 |title=Rīga Vice-Mayor Ķirsis to fill temporary mayor's position |url=https://eng.lsm.lv/article/politics/politics/05.07.2023-riga-vice-mayor-kirsis-to-fill-temporary-mayors-position.a515506/ |access-date=2023-08-29 |website=eng.lsm.lv |language=en))</ref> After difficult talks between the Progressives and the rest of the coalition, a new coalition was formed with Honor to Serve Riga replacing The Progressives.<ref>((Cite web |last=LETA |date=2023-08-09 |title=Riga City Council’s new coalition may have support from 33 deputies |url=https://bnn-news.com/riga-city-councils-new-coalition-may-have-support-from-33-deputies-248365 |access-date=2023-08-29 |website=Baltic News Network |language=en-US))</ref> Ķirsis was selected as mayor on August 18, 2023.<ref>((Cite web |date=2023-08-18 |title=Vilnis Ķirsis becomes Mayor of Rīga |url=https://eng.lsm.lv/article/politics/politics/18.08.2023-vilnis-kirsis-becomes-mayor-of-riga.a520589/ |access-date=2023-08-29 |website=eng.lsm.lv |language=en))</ref>

==The Town Hall Building==
[[Image:Old Riga City Hall.jpg|thumb|right|Riga Town Hall in the seventeenth century]]
Just underneath the ((illm|Riga City Council building|lv|Rīgas rātsnams)) (destroyed in 1941 during World War II, rebuilt in 2003) is a narrow [[cobblestone]] street which is home to different [[souvenir]] and flower shops, a giant cascading waterfall three stories high and the remains of an ancient tree stub unearthed during the re-construction process. A small plaque states that when this [[oak]] was growing on the banks of the [[Daugava River|River Daugava]].

==Mayors of Riga==
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan=2| Name
! Photo
! Party
! Start
! End
|-
| width=5px style="background-color: ((party color|Independent))" |
| [[Ludvigs Vilhelms Kerkoviuss]]
| [[File:Ludvigs Vilhelms Kerkoviuss.jpg|90px]]
| Independent
| 1890
| 1901
|-
| width=5px style="background-color: ((party color|Independent))" |
| [[George Armitstead (mayor)|George Armitstead]]
| [[File:GeorgeArmitstead.jpg|90px]]
| Independent
| 1901
| 1912
|-
| width=5px style="background-color: ((party color|Independent))" |
| [[Vilhelms Roberts fon Bulmerinks]]
| [[File:Vilhelms Roberts fon Bulmerinks.jpg|90px]]
| Independent
| 1913
| 1917
|-
| width=5px style="background-color: #00008B" |
| [[Gustavs Zemgals]]
| [[File:Zemgals.jpg|90px]]
| [[Latvian Radical-Democratic Party]]
| 1917
| 1917
|-
| width=5px style="background-color: ((party color|Independent))" |
| [[Paul Hopf]]<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.greeff.info/tng01/getperson.php?personID=I198&tree=GreeffinGermany|title=Dr. Jur. Paul HOPF|access-date=27 May 2013))</ref>
|
| Independent
| 1917
| 1918
|-
| width=5px style="background-color: #00008B" |
| [[Gustavs Zemgals]]
| [[File:Zemgals.jpg|90px]]
| [[Latvian Radical-Democratic Party]]
| 1918
| 1918
|-
| width=5px style="background-color: #000000" |
| [[Voldemārs Pusulls]]
|
| [[German-Baltic Reform Party]]
| 1919
| 1919
|-
| width=5px style="background-color: #00008B" |
| [[Gustavs Zemgals]]
| [[File:Zemgals.jpg|90px]]
| [[Latvian Radical-Democratic Party]]
| 1919
| 1919
|-
| width=5px style="background-color: ((party color|Communist Party))" |
| [[Rūdolfs Endrups]]
| [[File:Rūdolfs Endrups.jpg|90px]]
| [[Communist Party of Latvia]]
| 1919
| 1919
|-
| width=5px style="background-color: ((party color|Communist Party))" |
| [[Sīmanis Berģis]]
|
| [[Communist Party of Latvia]]
| 1919
| 1919
|-
| width=5px style="background-color: #00008B" |
| [[Gustavs Zemgals]]
| [[File:Zemgals.jpg|90px]]
| [[Latvian Radical-Democratic Party]]
| 1919
| 1920
|-
| width=5px style="background-color: yellow" |
| [[Andrejs Frīdenbergs]]
| 
|[[Workers' Party (Latvia)|Worker's Party of Latvia]]
| 1920
| 1921
|-
| width=5px style="background-color: yellow" |
| [[Alfrēds Andersons]]
| [[File:AndrassAlfredsAndersons.jpg|90px]]
|[[Democrats Union]]
| 1921
| 1928
|-
| width=5px style="background-color: #D2691E" |
| [[Ādams Krieviņš]]
|
|[[:lv:Radikālo demokrātu partija|Latvian Radical Democrat Party]]
| 1928
| 1931
|-
| width=5px style="background-color: ((party color|Latvian Farmers' Union))" |
| rowspan=2|[[Hugo Celmiņš]]
| rowspan=2|[[File:Hugo Celmiņš 1930s.jpg|90px]]
| [[Latvian Farmers' Union]] ''(until [[1934 Latvian coup d'état|15 May 1934]])''
| rowspan=2|1931
| rowspan=2|1936
|-
| width=5px style="background-color: ((party color|Independent))" |
| Independent (after 1934)
|-
| width=5px style="background-color: ((party color|Independent))" |
| [[Roberts Garselis]]
|
| Independent
| 1935
| 1936
|-
| width=5px style="background-color: ((party color|Independent))" |
| [[Roberts Liepiņš]]
|
| Independent
| 1936
| 1940
|-
| width=5px style="background-color: ((party color|Independent))" |
|[[Jānis Pupurs]]
|
| Independent (''[[Occupation of the Baltic states|Soviet occupation]]'')
|1940
|1940
|-
| width=5px style="background-color: ((party color|Independent))" |
| [[Ādolfs Ermsons]]
|
| Independent (''[[Occupation of the Baltic states|Soviet occupation]]'')
| 1940
| 1940
|-
| width=5px style="background-color: ((party color|Communist Party))" |
| [[Arnolds Deglavs]]
|
| [[Communist Party of Latvia]]
| 1940
| 1941
|-
| width=5px style="background-color: ((party color|Nazi Party))" |
|[[Hugo Wittrock]]
|
| [[NSDAP]] ([[German occupation of the Baltic states during World War II|''Nazi German occupation'']])
| 1941
| 1944
|-
| width=5px style="background-color: ((party color|Communist Party))" |
| [[Arnolds Deglavs]]
|
| [[Communist Party of Latvia]]
| 1944
| 1951
|-
| width=5px style="background-color: ((party color|Communist Party))" |
| [[Edgars Apinis]]
|
| [[Communist Party of Latvia]]
| 1951
| 1952
|-
| width=5px style="background-color: ((party color|Communist Party))" |
| [[Vilhelms Lecis]]
|
| [[Communist Party of Latvia]]
| 1952
| 1957
|-
| width=5px style="background-color: ((party color|Communist Party))" |
| [[Ēriks Baumanis]]
|
| [[Communist Party of Latvia]]
| 1958
| 1962
|-
| width=5px style="background-color: ((party color|Communist Party))" |
| [[Jānis Pakalns]]
|
| [[Communist Party of Latvia]]
| 1962
| 1967
|-
| width=5px style="background-color: ((party color|Communist Party))" |
| [[Egons Slēde]]
|
| [[Communist Party of Latvia]]
| 1967
| 1969
|-
| width=5px style="background-color: ((party color|Communist Party))" |
| [[Gunārs Ziemelis]]
|
| [[Communist Party of Latvia]]
| 1969
| 1976
|-
| width=5px style="background-color: ((party color|Communist Party))" |
| [[Mečislavs Dubra]]
|
| [[Communist Party of Latvia]]
| 1976
| 1984
|-
| width=5px style="background-color: ((party color|Communist Party))" |
| [[Alfrēds Rubiks]]
| [[File:Alfreds Rubiks 2012.jpg|90px]]
| [[Communist Party of Latvia]]
| 1984
| 1990
|-
| width=5px style="background-color: ((party color|Popular Front of Latvia))" |
| [[Andris Teikmanis]]
| [[FIle:Andris Teikmanis.jpg|90px]]
| [[Popular Front of Latvia]]
| 1990
| 1994
|-
| width=5px style="background-color: ((party color|Latvian National Independence Movement))" |
| [[Māris Purgailis]]
|
| [[Latvian National Independence Movement]]
| 1994
| 1997
|-
| style="background-color: ((party color|Latvian Way))" |
| [[Andris Bērziņš (Latvian Prime Minister)|Andris Bērziņš]]
| [[File:Flickr - Saeima - 9.Saeimas deputāts Andris Bērziņš (LPP-LC).jpg|90px]]
| [[Latvian Way]]
| 1997
| 2000
|-
| style="background-color: ((party color|For Fatherland and Freedom/LNNK))" |
| [[Andris Ārgalis]]
|
| [[For Fatherland and Freedom/LNNK]]
| 2000
| 2001
|-
| style="background-color: ((party color|Latvian Social Democratic Workers' Party))" |
| [[Gundars Bojārs]]
|
| [[Latvian Social Democratic Workers' Party]]
| 2001
| 2005
|-
| style="background-color: ((party color|New Era Party))" |
| [[Aivars Aksenoks]]
| [[File:Aivars Aksenoks, 2015.jpg|90px]]
| [[New Era Party]]
| 2005
| 2007 
|-
| style="background-color: ((party color|For Fatherland and Freedom/LNNK))" |
| [[Jānis Birks]]
| [[File:Jānis Birks.jpg|90px]]
| [[For Fatherland and Freedom/LNNK]]
| 2007
| 2009
|-
| style="background-color: ((party color|Social Democratic Party "Harmony"))" |
| [[Nils Ušakovs]]
| [[File:Nils Ušakovs 2012-03-22.jpg|90px]]
| [[Social Democratic Party "Harmony"|Harmony]]
| 2009
| 2019
|-
| style="background-color: #ADD8E6" |
|''[[Oļegs Burovs]]'' (''acting'')
| [[File:Oļegs Burovs.jpg|90px]]
|''[[Honor to serve Riga]]''
|''2019''
|''2019''
|-
| style="background-color: #ADD8E6" |
|[[Dainis Turlais]]
| [[File:Dainis Turlais saeima.jpg|90px]]
|[[Honor to serve Riga]]
|2019
|2019
|-
| style="background-color: #ADD8E6" |
|''[[Oļegs Burovs]]'' (''acting'')
| [[File:Oļegs Burovs.jpg|90px]]
|''[[Honor to serve Riga]]''
|''2019''
|''2019''
|-
| style="background-color: #ADD8E6" |
|[[Oļegs Burovs]] 
| [[File:Oļegs Burovs.jpg|90px]]
|[[Honor to serve Riga]]
|2019
|2020
|-
|colspan=6" style="background: #EEEEEE;| ''Office suspended ((smaller|(25 February ((ndash)) 2 October 2020)))''<ref>((Cite web|url=https://likumi.lv/doc.php?id=312759|title=Rīgas domes atlaišanas likums|website=LIKUMI.LV|language=lv|trans-title=Riga Council Dissolution Law|access-date=2020-03-27))</ref> <br />Duties of the city council were performed by an interim administration: <br /> 
* [[Edvīns Balševics]] <small>(representative of the [[Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development of Latvia|Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development]])</small>,
* [[Artis Lapiņš]] <small>(representative of the [[list of Ministers of Finance of Latvia|Ministry of Finance]])</small>,
* [[Aleksejs Remesovs]] <small>(representative of the [[Ministry of Justice (Latvia)|Ministry of Justice]])</small>
|-
| style="background-color: #FFEC00" |
|[[Mārtiņš Staķis]]
| [[File:13.Saeima sanāk uz pirmo sēdi (30811926717) cropped.jpg|90px]]
|[[Development/For!]]((efn|Elected on the joint list between [[Development/For!]] and [[The Progressives (Latvia)|The Progressives]], was a member of [[Movement For!]])) (2017-2022)
|2020
|2023
|-
| style="background-color: #64C049|
|((ill|Vilnis Ķirsis|lv))
| [[File:Budžeta un finanšu (nodokļu) komisijas sēde (29793057994).jpg|90px]]
|[[New Unity]]
|2023
|''Incumbent''
|}

==See also==
* [[Timeline of Riga]]

== Notes ==
((Notelist))

== References ==
((Reflist))

==External links==
* [http://www.riga.lv/EN/Channels/About_Riga/default.htm Official website]
* [http://www.citariga.lv/eng/rigas-apskates-vietas/vecriga/vecriga/ The Town Hall Square and the Blackheads House] on Cita Riga
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20101009035016/http://www.rigacitycouncil.lv/ Old website of the city council]

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