In the session of the 17th of March, the Saeima appointed Dace Jansone for the post of the judge of the Supreme Court, at the same time releasing her from the post of the judge of Riga regional court. 92 parliamentarians voted for her, and no one voted against or reserved his/her opinion.

Dace Jansone was born in 1963. She graduated the Faculty of Law of the University of Latvia in 1987, and in 2003 she gained Master of Social Sciences in field of law.

Length of legal service of Dace Jansone has been calculated since 1987. She had worked as a lawyer in different entities, since 1993 until 2003 she was the Head of the Department of land books of Kuldigas district, and in 2003-2005 – the judge of the Department of land books of Riga district. In 2005 D. Jansone started to work as the judge of the court of Riga district, and in 2008 – in the post of the judge of Riga regional court.

Dace Jansone has the second class of qualification of judges. Positive resolution for her instruction for the post of the judge of the Supreme Court was given by Judicial Qualifications Committee.

The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court will define the structural unit, in which the judge shall execute her duties.


Information prepared by

Head of the Division of Communications of the Supreme Court Rasma Zvejniece

E-mail: rasma.zvejniece@at.gov.lv, telephone: 7020396, 28652211