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Janis Kazocins
Senior Adviser, VA Government, Latvia, Riga
With 30 years in the British Army, in 2002, Jānis Kažociņš retired early from the British Armed Forces in the rank of Brigadier. Jānis Kažociņš was the Director of the Constitution Protection Bureau (Latvia’s external intelligence service) from 2003 until 2013. During 2011 he was Chairman of NATO’s Civilian Intelligence Committee. Additionally, he has been an Advisor to the Ministers of Defence and Foreign Affairs. From 2016 until 2023, he was the National Security Adviser to two Presidents of Latvia and Secretary of the National Security Council.
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