Elita Veidemane

Elita Veidemane (born December 9, 1955 in Riga) is a Latvian journalist, publicist and public worker. In 1980 she graduated from the Latvian State University Faculty of Philology, and from 1981 to 1988 worked for the newspaper Padomju Jaunatne (Soviet Youth). She worked as a Latvian language and literature teacher at a school in Jūrmala in the 1980s.[1] From 1988 until its closure in 1992 she was the chief editor of the Latvian Popular Front publication Atmoda (Revival).[2]

Elita Veidemane
Elita Veidmane at the Saeima building in 2012
Born (1955-12-09) December 9, 1955
Riga, Latvian SSR, Soviet Union
NationalityLatvian
OccupationPublicist

Since 2008 she is the Deputy Chief Editor of the daily newspaper Neatkarīgā Rīta Avīze.

References
  1. Škapars, Jānis (2005). The Baltic Way to Freedom: Non-violent Struggle of the Baltic States in a Global Context (in Latvian). Zelta grauds. p. 187. ISBN 978-9984-9863-0-2.
  2. Latvian News Digest. American Latvian Association in the United States, Incorporated. 1989. p. 14.


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