Latvian Farmers' Union

{{Short description|Political party in Latvia}}

{{Infobox political party

| name = Latvian Farmers' Union

| native_name = Latvijas Zemnieku savienība

| logo = Logo of the Latvian Farmers' Union.svg

| logo_size = 125px

| leader = Viktors Valainis

| founder = {{ubl|Kārlis Ulmanis (1917)|Jānis Kinna (1990)}}

| colorcode = {{party color|Latvian Farmers' Union}}

| abbreviation = LZS

| founded = {{Start date and age|1917|12|12|df=yes}} (original foundation)
{{Start date and age|1990|7|5|df=yes}} (re-established)

| banned = {{Start date and age|1934|5|16|df=yes}}

| ideology = {{ubl|Agrarianism|Conservatism|Nationalism}}

| position = Centre

| membership_year = 2017

| membership = 1,350{{Cite web|url=https://www.baltictimes.com/latvian_farmers__union_to_hold_congress/|title=Latvian Farmers' Union to hold congress|date=31 March 2023|accessdate=16 December 2024|publisher=The Baltic Times|language=en}}

| national = Union of Greens and Farmers

| europarl = Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy (2014)
Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (2015–19)

| headquarters = Lielirbes iela 17a-29, Riga

| colours = {{ubl|{{color box|#009C53|border=darkgray}} Green|{{color box|#FDB614|border=darkgray}} Yellow|{{color box|{{party color|Latvian Farmers' Union}}|border=darkgray}} Light green}}

| seats1_title = Saeima

| seats1 = {{Composition bar|11|100|hex={{party color|Latvian Farmers' Union}}}}

| seats2_title = European Parliament

| seats2 = {{Composition bar|0|8|hex={{party color|Latvian Farmers' Union}}}}

| seats3_title = Mayors

| seats3 = {{Composition bar|7|43|hex={{party color|Latvian Farmers' Union}}}}

| website = {{URL|https://lzs.lv/}}

| country = Latvia

}}

The Latvian Farmers' Union ({{langx|lv|Latvijas Zemnieku savienība}},{{Cite web|url=http://lzs.lv/par-mums|title=Latvijas Zemnieku savienības programma (Programme of the Latvian Farmers' Union)|date=2018-03-24|website=lzs.lv|language=lv|access-date=2018-11-11}} LZS) is an agrarian political party in Latvia.{{cite web|last=Nordsieck|first=Wolfram|year=2018|title=Latvia|url=http://www.parties-and-elections.eu/latvia.html|url-status=dead|website=Parties and Elections in Europe|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180927112907/http://www.parties-and-elections.eu/latvia.html|archivedate=27 September 2018}}{{Cite book|title=Social democracy & state foundation|url=http://library.fes.de/pdf-files/bueros/baltikum/15127.pdf|website=Friedrich Ebert Foundation|date=2018 |publisher=Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Riga Office |isbn=978-9934-8794-8-7}}{{Cite journal|last=Ščerbinskis|first=Valters|date=June 2005|title=The Latvian student corps and politics in the inter-war period of the twentieth century|url=http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/01629770500000021|journal=Journal of Baltic Studies|language=en|volume=36|issue=2|pages=157–177|doi=10.1080/01629770500000021|s2cid=144876082 |issn=0162-9778|url-access=subscription}}

Initially formed in 1917 during the period of Latvian War of Independence (as {{Langx|lv|Latviešu Zemnieku savienība|label=none}}), it was banned in 1934.{{Cite web|title=Vēsture|url=https://www.lzs.lv/par-mums/vesture|website=Latvijas Zemnieku savienības}} It was re-established in 1990. It is positioned in the centre on the political spectrum and it has expressed conservative{{Cite web |date=January 2015 |title=New Eastern Europe: All quite on the Baltic front? |url=https://neweasterneurope.eu/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/NEE-2015-1-Final.pdf |website=New Eastern Europe}}{{Cite web|date=2016|title=The centenary of Latvia's foreign affairs: Ideas and personalities|url=https://liia.lv/en/publications/the-centenary-of-latvias-foreign-affairs-ideas-and-personalities-556?get_file=2|website=National Information Agency LETA}} and nationalistic rhetoric.{{cite book|author1=David J. Galbreath|title=Contemporary Environmentalism in the Baltic States: From Phosphate Springs to 'Nordstream'|author2=Daunis Auers|publisher=Routledge|year=2010|isbn=978-1-317-96590-9|editor=David J. Galbreath|page=63|chapter=Green, Black and Brown: Uncovering Latvia's Environmental Politics|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aTWOAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA63}} Since 2002, the party has been a part of the Union of Greens and Farmers (ZZS).{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=W0e4DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA205|title=Historical Dictionary of the Green Movement|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|year=2019|isbn=978-1-5381-1960-0|editor1=Miranda Schreurs|page=205|editor2=Elim Papadakis}} It was formerly a member of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe.{{cite news|date=April 25, 2015|title=Liberals and Democrats adopt Latvia's stray MEP|publisher=Public Broadcasting of Latvia|url=http://www.lsm.lv/en/article/politics/liberals-and-democrats-adopt-latvias-stray-mep.a127286/|accessdate=April 28, 2015}}