The Foreign Ministry of Lithuania

Date of Birth

6 January 1961

Place of Birth

Vilnius, Lithuania

Education

1978-1983

Faculty of Automatics, Kaunas Polytechnic Institute

Work Experience

13 December 2016 - present

Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania

2012-2016

Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania

2012

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Lithuania to the Republic of Belarus

2011-2012

Ambassador-at-Large, Transatlantic Cooperation and Security Policy Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania

2005-2011

Permanent Representative of Lithuania to the North Atlantic Council

2000-2004

Minister of National Defence of the Republic of Lithuania

1997-2000

Ambassador, Head of the Lithuanian Mission to the WEU and NATO

1997

Adviser to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania

1993-1996

Minister of National Defence of the Republic of Lithuania

1992-1993

Deputy Chairman of the Seimas Committee on Foreign Affairs, Head of the Seimas Delegation to the North Atlantic Assembly

1992-1996

Member of the Seimas (Parliament) of the Republic of Lithuania

1992

Chairman of the Council of the Lithuanian Labour Youth Union

1990-1992

Responsible employee of the Central Committee of the independent Lithuanian Communist Party, Senior Consultant of the Parliamentary Group of the Democratic Labour Party of Lithuania

1983-1989

Employee in Communist youth organisations

Diplomatic Rank

12 February 2003

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary

Miscellaneous

Decorations

• Order of Three Stars, Third Class (Latvia) (2001);
• Riflemen’s Star (2002);
• Cross of Commander of the Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas (Lithuania) (2003);
• Cross of Commander of the Order of the Cross of Vytis (Lithuania) (2004);
• Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana, Second Class (Estonia) (2005);
• Order of Honour (Georgia) (2011)
• Golden Sign of Honour (Lithuanian Confederation of Industrialists) (2014)
• Order of Honour (Moldova) (2014)
• Grand Cross of Commander of the Order of Vytautas the Great (2015)
• Order of the Polar Star, Grand Cross (Sweden) (2015)

Languages

Lithuanian (native), English, Russian

Marital Status

Married