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a. Rector
RTU RECTOR
Academician Leonīds Ribickis
Rector is the highest official of RTU who implements general administrative management and represents RTU without special authorization.
At the end of 2015, Leonīds Ribickis was re-elected as RTU Rector.
L. Ribickis noted, “Our strategic goals, such as high-quality higher education, excellence in research, valorization and digitalization, can be achieved not by the Rector alone, but by all of us together. We have a lot of talented youth, and it is worth working for their sake.” According to the Regulations on the Election of RTU Rector, a person holding the position of RTU professor for not less than five years may be elected Rector. Rector is elected by the Constitutional Assembly of RTU for the term of five years, but not more than for two consecutive terms. Rector is elected if at least two-thirds of the members of the Constitutional Assembly of RTU participate in the voting and the candidate wins more than a half of the casted votes of the members of the Constitutional Assembly.
