Editing Rainis (section)

== Return to Latvia ==
[[File:Rainis3.jpg|thumb|Rainis in the 1920s]]
Rainis and Aspazija returned to Latvia on 4 April 1920 and received a hero's welcome. They had served as the spiritual leaders in the fight for Latvian independence. Rainis, as a member of the Central Committee of the [[Latvian Social Democratic Workers' Party]], resumed his political activities and was a member of the [[Constitutional Assembly of Latvia]] (Satversmes sapulce) and [[Saeima]] (Parliament) and of the Ministry of Education Arts Department, founder and director of the ''Dailes'' Theater, and director of the [[Latvian National Theatre]] from 1921 to 1925, Minister of Education from December 1926 to January 1928,<ref>[http://izm.izm.gov.lv/ministrija/vesture/pirms-kara.html Ministri pirmskara neatkarīgās Latvijas Republikā] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110311160206/http://izm.izm.gov.lv/ministrija/vesture/pirms-kara.html |date=2011-03-11 }}{{in lang|lv}} Website of the Ministry of Education and Science of Latvia</ref> and a member of the Cultural Fund and (Military) [[Order of Lāčplēsis]] Council. During this period he wrote:

* plays — ''Iļja Muromietis'' (''[[Ilya Muromets]]''), ''Mīla stiprāka par nāvi'' (''[[A Love Stronger Than Death]]''), ''Rīgas ragana'' (''The Witch of Riga'');
* poetry — ''Treji loki'', ''Sudrabota gaisma'' (''A Silvery Light''), ''Mēness meitiņa'' (''Moon Girl''), ''Zelta sietiņš'' (''The Gold Strainer''), and others;
* memoirs — ''Kastaņjola'' (''[[Castagnola, Switzerland|Castagnola]]'').<ref name="UNAMS" />

Rainis had the ambition of becoming [[President of Latvia|Latvia's president]] and became less prominent in politics when this ambition was not fulfilled.

Rainis did become one of the first recipients of the Commander Grand Cross of the [[Order of the Three Stars]] of Latvia – the nation's highest award – on 28 February 1925.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Bormane|first=Anita|date=2014-03-30|title=Triju Zvaigžņu ordenim 90: apbalvojuma dzimšana, nebūšanas un pārvērtības|trans-title=Order of the Three Stars - 90: founding, conflict and transformation of the award|url=https://www.la.lv/triju-zvaigznu-ordenim-90-ta-dzimsana-nebusanas-un-parvertibas/|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-11-16|website=[[Latvijas Avīze|LA.LV]]|language=lv}}</ref>

He died in [[Jūrmala|Majori]] in 1929.