Admiral Gaidis Andrejs Zeibots (born 26 June 1945 in Cirgaļu,

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) was Commander of the Joint Headquarters, head of the

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from 2003 to 2006. He was elected on 30 January 2003 by the Latvian Parliament. Zeibots previously served as the

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of the

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. He graduated from the High Military Radio Electronics School in the

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in 1969.

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