Atis Slakteris (born 21 November 1956, Code parish) is a former Minister of Defence of Latvia. On January 22, 2008 he was appointed to the post of Minister of Finance, replacing Oskars Spurdziņš.[1]
In late 2008, Slakteris gave an interview with Bloomberg about Latvia's economic crisis, during which he answered a question regarding the causes of Latvia having come to borrow money from the International Monetary Fund as "nothing special". The phrases "nasing spesal" (mocking Slakteris' poor English and accent during the interview) and "my answer will be, but I will not say" became popular memes in Latvia.[2][3]