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LatviaPublished: 7 October 2026 at 19:55

Selection panel picks Gorkšs for State Chancellery director, LTV reports

Three candidates reached the final round of the contest for State Chancellery director. According to unofficial information obtained by Latvian Television, the panel rated Kaspars Gorkšs, head of the Employers' Confederation of Latvia, as the best of them.

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Three candidates have advanced to the final round of the competition for the post of State Chancellery director. Which of them the selection panel considers the strongest has not yet been officially confirmed.

Unofficial information available to Latvian Television indicates that the panel ranked Kaspars Gorkšs, director general of the Employers' Confederation of Latvia, ahead of the others.

What is known about the contest

The competition is for the position of State Chancellery director, and three contenders remained for its closing stage. At this point the only publicly available information about the panel's choice is the unofficial account obtained by LTV. Other details, such as the names of the remaining candidates or the reasoning behind the panel's assessment, were not given in the report.

Because the report rests on unofficial information, official confirmation of the panel's decision and the next steps are still awaited.

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