Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
07RIGA59
2007-01-22 11:20:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Riga
Cable title:
LATVIA: NAMES OF INFLUENTIAL WOMEN
how-toVZCZCXYZ0036 RR RUEHWEB DE RUEHRA #0059 0221120 ZNR UUUUU ZZH R 221120Z JAN 07 FM AMEMBASSY RIGA TO SECSTATE WASHDC 3716
UNCLAS RIGA 000059
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
FOR S/WE: SASHA MEHRA AND GERDA LANE
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: KWMN PREL PHUM LG
SUBJECT: LATVIA: NAMES OF INFLUENTIAL WOMEN
REF: state 202341
Per reftel, post has identified the following top five most
influential women in Latvia.
Politics: Vaira Vike-Freiberga, President of Latvia, tel: +371
7092106;
Media: Sarmite Elerte, editor-in-chief, newspaper Diena, tel: +371
7063100;
Education: Zanete Ozolina, professor of political science,
University of Latvia, tel: +371 7089859, +371 29231320;
Civil rights: Ilze Brands-Kehris, head of the Latvian Center for
Human Rights and Ethnic Studies, tel: +371 7039290;
Business: Ingrida Bluma, former president of Hansabanka, one of
Latvia's largest commercial banks, tel: +371 29207858.
BAILEY