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 Jurmala in the 1980s. From 1988 until its closure in 1992 she was the chief editor of the Latvian Popular Front edition of Atmoda (Revival).