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The respondents were asked to name three ministers of the government lead by Prime Minister Maris Kucinskis (Greens/Farmers) ZZS) whom they definitely would not entrust with managing their family budget. The majority or 14.4% named Sadurskis, 8.2% named Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkevics (Unity) and 7.6% Welfare Minister Janis Reirs (Unity).

Also, 6.8% declared their distrust in financial skills of Justice Minister Dzintars Rasnacs (National Alliance), 6.6% mentioned Transport Minister Uldis Augulis (Greens/Farmers), and 5.9 % Vice Prime Minister and Economics Minister Arvils Aseradens (Unity).

There were also 5.3% of respondents, who said they would not let Agriculture Minister Janis Duklavs (Greens/Farmers) to handle their family budget, 4.5% named Finance Minister Dana Reizniece-Ozola (Greens/Farmers), 3.3 % Health Minister Anda Caksa (Greens/Farmers), and 3.2 % Environment Protection and Regional Development Minister Kaspars Gerhards (National Alliance).

The ability of Interior Minister Rihards Kozlovskis (Unity) to deal with financial matters was doubted by 2.3% of respondents, while 1.9% and 1.6% respectively would not entrust Defense Minister Raimonds Bergmanis (Greens/Farmers) and Culture Minister Dace Melbarde (National Alliance) with their family budget.

The poll revealed slight differences in opinions of Latvian citizens and Latvian non-citizens. Latvian citizens mentioned Sadurskis, Rinkevics and Reirs as the three ministers whom they definitely would not entrust with their family budget but Latvian non-citizens named Rinkevics, Sadurskis and Aseradens.