Egils Leščinskis

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Egils Leščinskis (2019)

Egils Leščinskis (born July 18, 1967 ) is an officer in the Latvian armed forces with the rank of brigadier general . Since May 2019 he has been in command of the Latvian National Guard ( Latvian Zemessardze ).

Life

The current general was born in 1967 in what was then the Latvian SSR . In 1992 he graduated from Riga Technical University .

Military career

As part of the regaining of national independence in Latvia, Egils Leščinskis joined the armed forces in his home country that were being rebuilt in 1991/92. He gained experience in international military service at the NATO headquarters in Belgium and as a lecturer at the Baltic Defense College . In 2004 he took part in the peace operation in Iraq ( Multi-National Force - Iraq ). He also attended numerous advanced training courses at military academies abroad. From 2011 to 2015 Leščinskis was the rector of the Latvian National Defense Academy. In August 2018 he took over the post of Chief of Staff of the Latvian National Guard.

On May 30, 2019, he replaced Ainārs Ozoliņš as commander of the Zemessardze and was appointed brigadier general on November 5 of the same year.

Private

Egils Leščinskis is married and has two daughters.

Awards

LVA Order of Viesturs (swords) .png Commander of the Westhard Order (2015)

Web links

  • Biography of Egils Leščinskis on the Zemessardze website (Latvian)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Online report on https://www.sargs.lv from November 5, 2019, accessed on November 9, 2019 (Latvian)
  2. ↑ a b Online report on http://www.sargs.lv from May 30, 2019, accessed on November 9, 2019 (Latvian)
  3. ↑ Greetings from the Latvian President on https://www.president.lv of November 5, 2019, accessed on November 9, 2019 (English)
personal data
SURNAME Leščinskis, Egils
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Latvian Brigadier General
DATE OF BIRTH 2nd January 1969