The Commander of the Joint Headquarters is Chief of the Latvian National Armed Forces and the national defence organisations.
Commander of the Joint Headquarters | |
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Latvijas Nacionālo bruņoto spēku komandieris | |
since 27 January 2017 | |
Latvian National Armed Forces | |
Member of | The Joint Headquarters |
Reports to | Ministry of Defence |
Website | mil.lv |
List of Chiefs
editArmed Forces Commander (1919–1940)
editNo. | Portrait | Armed Forces Commander | Took office | Left office | Time in office |
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1 | General Dāvids Sīmansons (1859–1933) (Supreme Commander of the Latvian Armed Forces) | 10 July 1919 | 16 October 1919 | 98 days | |
2 | Jānis Balodis (1881–1965) (Supreme Commander of the Latvian Armed Forces) | General16 October 1919 | 1 April 1921 | 1 year, 167 days | |
3 | Mārtiņš Peniķis (1874–1964) | General1 April 1921 | 23 February 1924 | 2 years, 328 days | |
4 | Pēteris Radziņš (1880–1930) | General23 February 1924 | 25 April 1928 | 4 years, 62 days | |
(3) | Mārtiņš Peniķis (1874–1964) | General25 April 1928 | 14 November 1934 | 6 years, 203 days | |
5 | Krišjānis Berķis (1884–1942) | General14 November 1934 | 20 June 1940 | 5 years, 219 days | |
6 | Roberts Kļaviņš (1884–1941) | General20 June 1940 | 24 December 1940 | 187 days |
For period from 1940 to 1992, see Chief of the General Staff.
Commander of the Joint Headquarters (1992–present)
editNo. | Portrait | Commander of the Joint Headquarters | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Ref. |
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1 | Colonel Dainis Turlais (born 1950) | 29 October 1992 | 25 October 1994 | 1 year, 361 days | ||
2 | Juris Dalbiņš (born 1954) | Colonel25 October 1994 | 8 June 1998 | 3 years, 226 days | ||
3 | Juris Eihmanis (born 1954) | Colonel25 June 1998 | 10 December 1998 | 168 days | ||
4 | Brigadier general Raimonds Graube (born 1957) | 1 February 1999 | 31 January 2003 | 3 years, 364 days | ||
5 | Vice admiral Gaidis Andrejs Zeibots (born 1945) | 31 January 2003 | 6 July 2006 | 3 years, 156 days | ||
6 | Major general Juris Maklakovs (born 1964) | 6 July 2006 | 6 July 2010 | 4 years, 0 days | ||
(4) | Lieutenant general Raimonds Graube (born 1957) | 6 July 2010 | 27 January 2017 | 6 years, 205 days | ||
7 | Leonīds Kalniņš (born 1957) | Lieutenant general27 January 2017 | Incumbent | 7 years, 300 days | [1] |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "NBS Vadība". www.mil.lv. Archived from the original on 24 February 2018. Retrieved 23 February 2018.