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Latvia First, also translated as Latvia in the First Place, (Latvija pirmajā vietā; abbreviated LPV) is a Latvian political party founded in August 2021 by former Minister of Transport, Ainārs Šlesers. The party board chair is MP Jūlija Stepaņenko. The prequel to the party, the organisation Latvia - First (Latvija - pirmajā vietā), was first registered on 1 July 2021, before the party itself was established at a founding congress on 14 August in Riga. The party is yet to be registered by the Latvian Register of Enterprises.

History
In June 2021, the former Minister of Transport and Minister of Economy, Ainārs Šlesers announced that he would run in the 2022 parliamentary elections for a new party that he himself would start. On 1 July, he founded the organisation Latvia - First.

The founding party congress was held in Riga on 14 August 2021. Jūlija Stepaņenko was elected to chair the party board, as well as to be the party's candidate for the role of President of Latvia. Ainārs Šlesers became the party's candidate for the Prime Minister's seat, and former MP Linda Liepiņa was chosen as the party's candidate for Speaker of the Saeima.

The party has two de facto MPs – Jūlija Stepaņenko and Ļubova Švecova, both elected on the Harmony party list in the 2018 elections.