Latskis (Latzkis) Filip (Faivish) (26 November 1885, Riga – 5 May 1942, Kansk) — lawyer, public and political figure.

Filip Latskis was born in Riga to Elyash Latskis. In 1910, he graduated from the Faculty of Law at St Petersburg University. From December 1911, he worked as an assistant to the sworn attorney L. Levenberg in Liepāja, and from 1913 as an assistant to the sworn attorney Ya. Shablovsky in Riga.

He was a member of the People’s Council from the United List of Jewish Socialists, serving on the Legal and Constitutional Commission. From 8 November 1919, he practised as a sworn attorney in Riga. Between November 1919 and March 1920, he served as a soldier in the 7th Sigulda Infantry Regiment of the Latvian Army.

From 1920 to 1934, he was a member of the Zionist Socialist Party, and between 1920 and 1926 sat on its Central Committee. Between 1921 and 1924, he served as a member of the Riga City Council. In 1922–24, he contributed to the party newspapers Der Veg and Unzer Veg (of Tseirei Zion). He was also the responsible editor of the journal of the Jewish sports society Akoakh.

From 1928, he was a member of the Latvian Society for the Liberation of Jews, and between 1935 and 1940 was active in several Zionist organisations, including Olim, Keren Hayesod (serving from 1938 to 1940 on the board of its Riga branch), and Keren Kayemet.

During the Soviet occupation, in January 1941, Filip Latskis was admitted to the Collegium of Lawyers and worked as a member of the First Riga City Legal Consultation Office. On 14 June 1941, he was arrested and deported to the Solikamsk concentration camp. On 18 April 1942, he was sentenced to five years of exile. He died on 5 May 1942 in Kansk.

He was married to Dora Chernyak (b. 22 October 1888), who was exiled to the Krasnoyarsk Territory from 1941 to 1956.

Their sons:

– Alexander Latskis (b. 1916)
– Emmanuil Latskis (b. 1921)