Signe Zeikate

Signe Zeikate (born February 2, 1972) is a Latvian economist and was director of the "Programme for the Development of Poor Countries" of the World Bank. She served as the first lady of Costa Rica from 2022 to 2026, as she is the wife of President Rodrigo Chaves.

Biography Daughter of Gunars and Nina Zeikate. She has an older sister named Yolanta.

From the ages of 7 to 19, she practiced dancing. She was a national ballroom dance champion in her country in the late 1980s.

Before settling in Costa Rica, the couple lived in Jakarta, Indonesia, for five years, where Chaves was director of one of the largest offices of the World Bank.

Zeikate assured that they would prioritize children from less advantaged backgrounds and areas with a higher incidence of poverty. The transversal theme will be gender equality and the empowerment of girls.