Andris Teikmanis | |
Office: | 1st Mayor of Riga |
Term Start: | 1990 |
Term End: | 1994 |
Successor: | Māris Purgailis |
Birth Date: | 29 November 1959 |
Birth Place: | Rīga, Latvian SSR, Soviet Union |
Nationality: | Latvian |
Alma Mater: | University of Latvia |
Profession: | Lawyer, diplomat |
Party: | Popular Front of Latvia |
Andris Teikmanis (29 November 1959; Riga, Latvia) is a Latvian lawyer, politician, and diplomat. He served as first post-soviet Mayor of Riga from 1990 to 1994.[1] [2] In September 2016 he was accredited as the Latvian ambassador to the United States.[3] He previously served as Under Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Riga, and as Latvian ambassador to the Council of Europe, to the Russian Federation, to Germany, and to the United Kingdom, and as non-resident ambassador to Australia and New Zealand.Since August 2019 A. Teikmanis is head of the Chancellery of the President of Latvia Egils Levits.