Latvijas Pasts

VAS Latvijas Pasts (English: Latvian Post) is the main state-owned postal service provider in Latvia headquartered in Riga. It was founded on 2 January 1992, following shortly after the restoration of independence of the country.^[1]

VAS Latvijas Pasts

Company type	State joint-stock company
Industry	Mail
Founded	2 January 1992 (1992-01-02)[1]
Headquarters	Riga , Latvia
Number of locations	600 post offices (2013)[2]
Area served	Latvia
Key people	Beāte Krauze-Čebotare (Chairman of the Board) Kristaps Krūmiņš Andris Puriņš Jānis Kūliņš [3]
Revenue	58 million EUR (2013)[2] 37.99 million LVL (2012)[4]: 7
Net income	4.5 million EUR (2013)[2] 3.41 million LVL (2012)[4]: 7
Total assets	128,687,723 (2023)
Owner	Government of Latvia
Number of employees	more than 4,200 (2013)[2] 4,413 (2012)[4]: 26
Website	www.pasts.lv

History

Latvia Post was founded on 2 January 1992 as a state-owned company, prior to which multiple postal companies had already existed in the territory. On 1 November 2004, Latvia Post was re-registered simply as a state joint-stock company instead of having the status of a nonprofit organization state stock company.^[1]

In 2014, Latvia Post partook in the transition from lats to euro that took place in the whole country by providing currency exchange services following the official exchange rate of 1.00 LVL for 1.42 EUR for 3 months in 302 post offices where it was deemed necessary due to local banking service availability issues.^[5]

See also

• Postage stamps and postal history of Latvia
• List of people on stamps of Latvia