H.E. Andris Teikmanis, Ambassador of Latvia

Please join the World Affairs Council-Washington, DC as they host His Excellency Andris Teikmanis, Ambassador of Latvia to the United States. Ambassador Teikmanis will address domestic and regional successes and challenges, bi-lateral relations with the United States, and speak to the influence of populism in Europe.

His Excellency Andris Teikmanis has been Ambassador of Latvia to the United States since September of 2016. Before he assumed his current post, he served as Ambassador to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and Non-resident Ambassador to the Commonwealth of Australia and New Zealand. He was a Secretary of State to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Latvia, Ambassador in Federal Republic of Germany, Russian Federation and Council of Europe. Ambassador Teikmanis served as Mayor of Riga, Latvia from 1990 to 1994, and has a degree in law from the University of Latvia.