Rassa is due to take her new office as of December 10, and Maija Celmina, the president's PR adviser, will be working as Zatlers' acting spokeswoman in the meantime.
Rassa has been communications head of Latvia Statoil fuel retailer since May 2007, and has headed the pressroom of the NATO Riga summit previously.
Rassa has a Master's degree from the University of Bradford, UK, and a Bachelor's degree in politics from the University of Latvia.
Rassa has worked in the Latvian representation in NATO, the Foreign Ministry's NATO department and the foreign minister's office.
The new president's spokeswoman has taken a professional management course, training courses on negotiations, consulting, project planning and public relations. She speaks the English, Russian, French and Spanish.
Please enter your username and password.
2026 © The Baltic Times /Cookies Policy Privacy Policy
