Important To Me is a podcast about values-based ethical leadership. Host David Benger interviews one world leader every episode on the "behind the curtain" questions of leading on the global stage.

For our third episode, we are joined by President Vaira Vike-Freiberga. President Vike-Freiberga will go down in Latvian history as a reformer who cared deeply about minorities and prepared Latvia to compete in the twenty first century. She shares her experience as a refugee from the USSR and from Nazi Germany. She talks about the importance of leaders always being informed, and shares her unique insight on the creation of national narratives.

We are grateful for the support of the Nizami Ganjavi International Center for making this podcast possible.

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