page_title: University of Daugavpils
section_title: Rectors
hierarchical_section_title: University of Daugavpils / Rectors
caption_attribution_description: Bust of Jānis Rainis (Pliekšāns; 1865-1929), Latvian poet, playwright, translator, and politician in Daugavpils.
context_page_description: The University of Daugavpils is a public university in Daugavpils, Latvia, and the largest regional university in the country.
context_section_description: The following have served as university rectors/institute directors:
  Jānis Jirgens (1921–1922)
  Eižens Vietnieks (1922–1923)
  Valērija Seile (1923–1940)
  Closed 1940–1944
  Leontijs Viškarevs (1944–1946)
  Vitālijs Pautovs (1946–1952)
  Ivans Petrovs (1952–1953)
  Krišs Grašmanis (1953–1958)
  Vitālijs Bauskis (1958–1962)
  Anna Kalnbērziņa (1962–1971)
  Gunārs Gulbis (1971–1977)
  Oļegs Roždestvenskis (1977–1992)
  Bruno Jansons (1992–1998)
  Jānis Pokulis (1998–2002)
  Zaiga Ikere (2002–2007)
  Arvīds Barševskis (lv) (2007–2018)
  Irēna Kokina (2018–present)
caption: Bust of Rainis.
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