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On Wednesday, 5 November, during its extraordinary plenary sitting, the Saeima, with 61 votes for and 39 votes against, approved Laimdota Straujuma as the Prime Minister and gave a vote of confidence to her Cabinet of Ministers. 

Raimonds Vējonis, Minister for Defence; Edgars Rinkēvičs, Minister for Foreign Affairs; Rihards Kozlovskis, Minister for the Interior; Dace Melbārde, Minister for Culture; Uldis Augulis, Minister for Welfare; Anrijs Matīss, Minister for Transport and Communication; and Jānis Dūklavs, Minister for Agriculture, were members of the previous Cabinet led by Prime Minister Straujuma, and they were approved for another term. 

Dana Reizniece-Ozola will now be in charge of the Ministry of Economics; Jānis Reirs will become the Minister for Finance; Mārīte Seile has been appointed as the Minister for Education and Science; the Ministry of Justice will be led by Dzintars Rasnačs; the Ministry of Health will be managed by Guntis Belēvičs; and Kaspars Gerhards will take over the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development.

Laimdota Straujuma has been the head of the government since January 2014.  

Photos from the extraordinary plenary sitting are available at: https://www.flickr.com/photos/saeima/sets/72157648725338667/
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 Saeima Press Service