2015 in Latvia
# 2015 in Latvia

Events in the year 2015 in Latvia.

## State officials

| Position | Person | Remarks |
| - | - | - |
| President of Latvia | Andris Bērziņš (till July 7) | |
| President of Latvia | 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 19th with a total of .

### 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.
* 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)
* September 23 — Kārlis Zariņš, opera singer (b. 1930)
