Published: 17.08.2022.
To mark the centennial of the institution of the President of Latvia, on 18 August at 18:30 President of Latvia Egils Levits will open the Presidents of Latvia Trail at Likteņdārzs. A speech at the opening of the trail will also be given by Sandra Kalniete, Chair of the Board of the Koknese Foundation.
The trail has been created through the collaboration of the Chancery of the President of Latvia and the Koknese Foundation.
Media representatives are welcome to attend the event, please register ahead of time by sending an e-mail to prese@president.lv.
Background information:
In 2008, to honour the memory of preceding presidents of Latvia, the first President of the restored state of Latvia Guntis Ulmanis began the tradition of planting trees at Likteņdārzs. Guntis Ulmanis planted trees in honour of Jānis Čakste and Kārlis Ulmanis.
In 2022, Aigars Strupišs, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, planted a tree in honour of Alberts Kviesis, Ināra Mūrniece, Speaker of the Saeima, planted a tree in honour of Pauls Kalniņš, and Zbigņevs Stankevičs, Metropolitan Archbishop of Riga of the Roman Catholic Church, planted a tree in honour of Jāzeps Rancāns.
Trees have also been planted here by the Presidents of Latvia: Valdis Zatlers (in 2009), Andris Bērziņš and Raimonds Vējonis (in 2015), Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga and Egils Levits (in 2020) and Guntis Ulmanis (in 2022).
A tree to honour Gustavs Zemgals will be planted in September of this year by his great-grandson Mārtiņš Andersons.
Planting of trees along the Presidents of Latvia Trail will also be continued by the next presidents of Latvia.