of the president of Latvia, the president of the Latvian Constitutional Assembly would continue fulfilling his duties. On 14 November 1922, the first convocation of the Saeima elected Čakste as president of the Republic of Latvia, who gave the solemn oath of the president of Latvia on 18 November 1922. Čakste was re-elected as president of Latvia by the second convocation of the Saeima on 6 November 1925, and he gave the oath on 8 November 1925. After Čakste died on 14 March 1927, the second convocation of the Saeima elected Gustavs Zemgals as president of Latvia on 8 April 1927, who gave the oath of the president of Latvia on the same day. The third convocation of the Saeima elected Alberts Kviesis as president of the Republic of Latvia on 9 April 1930, who gave the solemn oath on 11 April 1930. Kviesis was re-elected as president of Latvia by the fourth convocation of the Saeima on 4 April 1933, and he gave his oath on 11 April 1933. Kviesis continued holding the office of the president of Latvia after the anti-constitutional coup d’état of 15 May 1934, and he accepted the replacement of a democratic and parliamentary republic with an authoritarian political system. When the second term of Kviesis as president of Latvia was approaching its end, the Cabinet of Ministers passed the Law on the Execution of the President's Office on 12 March 1936. The law stipulated that after the second term of presidency of Kviesis ceased on 11 April 1936, Prime Minister Kārlis Ulmanis would undertake the position until the completion of the constitutional reform. By this law, the posts of the president of Latvia and prime minister were merged. On 11 April 1936, Kārlis Ulmanis became the president of Latvia and prime minister, remaining in these positions until the occupation of the Republic of Latvia on 17 June 1940. The Soviet Union's aggression against the Republic of Latvi as well as the occupation and unlawful incorporation of the Republic of Latvia into the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) in 1940, did not lead to any legal consequences, as the USSR violated the norms of international law and the fundamental laws of the Republic of Latvia. The Republic of Latvia continued to exist as an accepted subject of international law throughout the years of occupation. During that period, the Foreign Service of the Republic of