President of Latvia, Edgars Rinkevics is the first openly gay president of any country in the European Union.
Tag: Latvia
Fun Fact: Russian Dominance of Latvia
The country of Latvia has had a tough history of independence. In 1918 they broke away from the Russian Empire. The Soviet Union occupied the country in 1940 until the Germans took over in 1941. In 1944, Soviet troops came back, and Latvia was part of the Soviet Union until 1991.