The Minister of Defence's order determines the organization of the July 2027 draft

The organization of the July 2027 draft for the State Defense Service is determined by the Order of the Minister of Defense No. 120-P, issued by the Ministry of Defense. It was published in Latvijas Vēstnesis on November 10, 2026, in issue No. 217, with the official reference OP 2026/217 as entry No. 6 in the “Ministries” section. Through the announcement in the official publication, the act has been publicly identified by issuer, number, and subject.

The issuer of the order is the Ministry of Defense, and the document refers to one specific service cycle — the July 2027 draft, rather than general service regulations. This means that this act determines the procedure for organizing specifically next year’s summer draft.

In the “Ministries” section of issue No. 217, this was the only entry. In the same issue section, a judgment of the Constitutional Court, four entries of binding local government regulations, and announcements No. 19 and No. 20 of the Chapter of Orders were published.

Document Identification and Official Reference

The public entry allows the document to be identified without additional assumptions:

• Issuer: Ministry of Defense.
• Act: Order of the Minister of Defense No. 120-P.
• Subject: “On the organization of the July 2027 draft for the state defense service”.
• Publication: Latvijas Vēstnesis, November 10, 2026, No. 217.
• Official reference: OP 2026/217, document No. 6, section “Ministries”.
• Public link: https://www.vestnesis.lv/url/17028?content=1

What the Order Covers

The announcement in the official publication indicates the issuer, number, and subject of the act — the organization of the draft. The operational regulations resulting from this subject are contained within the text of the order itself, which is identifiable by the same reference OP 2026/217, doc. No. 6.

Since the subject is specifically the organization of the draft, the order is the reference document against which any other information regarding the July 2027 draft should be compared. No other references to this issue are registered in the corpus.

Who This Is Important For

The organization of the draft affects three clearly distinct groups:

• young people to whom the July 2027 draft will apply;
• their employers, who must plan for the absence of employees;
• educational institutions, which must coordinate study and academic schedules with the stages of service.

For these groups, the order is the first official document in which the organization of the specific draft is recorded. Its publication on November 10, 2026, means that approximately eight months remain until the draft.

What This Means for Readers

The practical impact is direct: questions regarding the procedure of the July 2027 draft should henceforth be resolved by referring to the Order of the Minister of Defense No. 120-P and its official reference OP 2026/217, rather than hearsay. All subsequent news regarding this draft — schedules, applications, or deferments — must be verified against this same document.

Official source: Latvijas Vēstnesis, November 10, 2026, No. 217, OP 2026/217, document No. 6 — Order of the Minister of Defence No. 120-P “On the organization of the July 2027 draft for the state defense service”. Public link: https://www.vestnesis.lv/url/17028?content=1 (document: vestnesis-2026-11-10-217.full.md).