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Reizniece-Ozola nominates Cirule for head of State Revenue Service

BC, Riga, 03.11.2016.Print version
Finance Minister Dana Reizniece-Ozola (Greens/Farmers) has nominated Ilze Cirule, who has extensive work experience in insurance business, for the vacant post of the State Revenue Service's director-general, informed LETA.

The minister announced this decision after her meeting with Cirule today.


Reizniece-Ozola said that Cirule and she shared the same vision of the Revenue Service's future development. The minister is also confident Cirule will cope with the job, although she first has to get familiar with the tax authority's work.


Cirule said that she intends to concentrate on the shadow economy combating plan and strengthening the Revenue Service's work. Cirule plans to enhance the Revenue Service's analytical work, as well as to develop the service as an institution friendly to entrepreneurs.

The government has yet to decide on Cirule's appointment as the Revenue Service's new head. Prime Minister Maris Kucinskis (Greens/Farmers) said the government might decide on Cirule's appointment next Tuesday, November 8.


As reported, the commission assessing candidates for the next head of the State Revenue Service recommended Ilze Cirule as the best candidate for the vacant post.


Cirule was named winner of the tender after the third round of the competition in which the candidates were assessed by staffing experts from Eiropersonals company.


Altogether, 19 applications were received in the tender organized to fill the vacant post of the State Revenue Service’s head. Eight candidates made it to the second round and four candidates advanced to the third round of the tender.


Panorama, the evening news program of Latvian Television, reported earlier that the candidates shortlisted for the third round of the tender included Andris Nikitins, deputy head of the financial stability department of the Bank of Latvia, Kaspars Rumba, a tax planning expert at Deloitte Latvia, Cirule and Kristaps Klauss, CEO of the Latvian Forest Industry Federation, who withdrew from the competition.


According to information found in LETA’s archive, Cirule has graduated from the Faculty of Architecture at Riga Technical University and received a master’s degree from Riga Business School in 2003.


According to information from Cirule’s LinkedIn account, she has held managerial positions in Balta and Gjensidige Baltic insurance companies. Since 2012 she has worked as Head of Financial Division at Gjensidige Baltic.


Data from Firmas.lv show that Cirule is also a supervisory board member of Bastions ZS, an investment firm established in 1994. She also used to own shares in this company.







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