Who led Latvia’s independence movement in 1918?

The independence movement in Latvia was led by Kārlis Ulmanis, the head of the Latvian Farmers’ Union.

Following the Russian Revolution of 1917, the Latvian People’s Council—which represented various peasant, bourgeois, and socialist groups—proclaimed Latvia's independence on November 18, 1918. Ulmanis was appointed as the head of the provisional government during this period.123