Col. Igors Rajevs

Course Director, Higher Command Studies Course

Email: [email protected]

Telephone: 372 717 6059

Office: Room 105

Biography

Col. Rajevs is the current Director of the Higher Command Studies Course. Prior to becoming the Course Director, he was Director of Support at the Baltic Defence College. He holds an M.Sc. in Engineering from Moscow Military Academy (1987) and is also a graduate of the United States Command and General Staff College (1996) and the Baltic Defence College's Higher Command Studies Course (2008). He has had a long a varied military career, including:

• 1987-1990 – Mechanised Infantry Platoon Leader
• 1990-1992 – Mechanised Infantry Company Commander
• 1992-1996 – Battalion Executive Officer
• 1996-2000 – Commanding Officer, Airborne Reconnaissance Battalion
• 2000-2001 – Section Chief, Operations Department, Joint Headquarters
• 2001-2003 – Chief of Plans and Policy Department, Joint Headquarters
• 2004 – Commander, Latvian Contingent (Iraq)
• 2004-2007 – Infantry Brigade Commander
• 2007-2009 – Commander, Land Forces of Latvian National Armed Forces
• 2009-2010 – Commander, Training and Doctrine Command
• 2010 – Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations, Joint Headquarters
• 2010-2013 – Director of Support, Baltic Defence College
• 2013 – Course Director, Higher Command Studies Course, Baltic Defence College

Military Ranks

• 1987 – 2nd Lieutenant
• 1989 – 1st Lieutenant
• 1993 – Captain        
• 1996 – Major
• 2001 – Lieutenant Colonel
• 2004 – Colonel

Languages

Latvian, English and Russian