On 11 June 1920, at the ninth sitting of the first session of Latvia’s Constitutional Assembly, Jānis Čakste received Kārlis Ulmanis’s consent to form a cabinet and the announcement of the government’s composition. The day marked the transition from the Provisional Government appointed by the Latvian People’s Council to a Cabinet formed under the authority of the Constitutional Assembly – an important step from wartime provisional administration toward a parliamentary state order.

The Constitutional Assembly was Latvia’s first popularly elected parliament, convening after the decisive victories of the War of Independence. Forming a government under its authority strengthened the principle of democratic legitimacy and prepared the way for adoption of the Constitution.