Lilita Zatlere

Lilita Zatlere
Lilita Zatlere
	Zatlere in 2011
First Lady of Latvia
	In office; 8 July 2007 – 8 July 2011
President	Valdis Zatlers
Preceded by	Imants Freibergs [lv]
Succeeded by	Dace Seisuma [lv]
Personal details
Born	24 February 1953 (age 71); Riga, Latvian SSR, Soviet Union
Spouse	Valdis Zatlers
Children	3

Lilita Zatlere (born 24 February 1953 Riga) is a Latvian businesswoman. She served as the First Lady of Latvia from 2007 to 2011 during the presidency of her husband, Valdis Zatlers.^[1]

Biography

Zatlere was born in Riga on 24 February 1953.^[1] She attended elementary school in Rīga No. 15 Eight-Year School.^[1] She then studied at Rīga Trade Technical School and the Soviet-era People's University.^[1] After completing school, Zatlere began working with art at an antiques shop.^[1]

Following the restoration of Latvian independence, Lilita Zatlere was appointed to a Riga city commission which focused on compensating Latvians who had lost property during the Soviet occupation.^[1] She served on the committee for three years.^[1] From 1995 to 2007, she was the director of the Private Orthopaedic Practice, which supplied spinal implants to the Hospital of Traumatology and Orthopedics [lv], which was headed by her second husband, Valdis Zatlers.^{[citation needed]}