The Prosecutor General's Office announces the appointment of the Deputy Prosecutor General in the official publication

INTRODUCTION

In the October 1, 2026 issue of Latvijas Vēstnesis, No. 189, a notice from the Prosecutor General’s Office “On the appointment of the Deputy Prosecutor General” was published. It is the 48th numbered entry in the issue’s content and is included in the INSTITUTIONS section. The official reference for the issue is OP 2026/189.

CONTEXT

The issuing body of the notice is the Prosecutor General’s Office, and the document type in the official publication is listed as “Information from the Prosecutor General’s Office”. This type of notice is published in the official publication regarding personnel matters concerning the appointment of prosecution officials.

Latvijas Vēstnesis is the official publication of the Republic of Latvia. In its October 1, 2026 issue, a total of 56 numbered entries were published in Section I — laws, Cabinet of Ministers regulations and orders, binding regulations of local governments, and notices from institutions. The official notices section of the issue lists the following categories: Job vacancy announcements (1), Miscellaneous announcements (31), Document recalls (1), Auctions (11), Marital property relations (9), Inheritance notices (46), Doctoral theses (1), Calls to settle obligations (6), Court summons (4), Enterprise Register notices (10).

Location and Identifiers of the Notice

• Entry number: 48
• Section: INSTITUTIONS
• Institution: Prosecutor General’s Office
• Document type: Information from the Prosecutor General’s Office
• Issue: October 1, 2026, No. 189
• Official reference: OP 2026/189

Published adjacent in the same section is a notice from the Food and Veterinary Service regarding amendments to the Chief State Food and Veterinary Inspector’s order No. 170 (27.09.2024) “On the procedure for the examination of hunted wild boar” — Chief State Food and Veterinary Inspector’s order No. 141.

Previous Personnel Decision in the Prosecution

On September 17, 2026, in issue No. 179 (OP 2026/179), the Prosecutor General’s Office had already published a notice “On the appointment of the Prosecutor General” as the 2nd entry in the INSTITUTIONS section. Both notices refer to the same level of prosecution management — the position of Prosecutor General and the position of the Deputy.

Official Sources and Verification

• Latvijas Vēstnesis, October 1, 2026, No. 189, entry No. 48, “On the appointment of the Deputy Prosecutor General”, Information from the Prosecutor General’s Office; reference OP 2026/189.
• Latvijas Vēstnesis, September 17, 2026, No. 179, entry No. 2, “On the appointment of the Prosecutor General”, Information from the Prosecutor General’s Office; reference OP 2026/179.

The full text of the notice is published in the respective issue of the official publication; the entry available in the corpus is the index of the issue’s content with the official reference.

CONCLUSION

The appointment of the Deputy Prosecutor General is a personnel decision by the head of the prosecution service, which affects the organization of high-level criminal proceedings. Official publication in Latvijas Vēstnesis is the legal basis by which the decision becomes publicly available and verifiable.

Official source: Latvijas Vēstnesis (the official publication of the Republic of Latvia), October 1, 2026, No. 189, OP 2026/189, entry No. 48 “On the appointment of the Deputy Prosecutor General”, publisher Prosecutor General’s Office.