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till 11/13/2020
Committees of the Seimas
| 11/16/2016 - 11/13/2020 | Committee on Foreign Affairs, Member |
Political groups of the Seimas
| 10/19/2017 - 11/13/2020 | Lithuanian Social Democratic Labour Political Group, Member |
| 11/14/2016 - 10/18/2017 | Lithuanian Social Democratic Party Political Group, Member |
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Date of birth |
6 January 1961 |
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Place of birth |
Vilnius, Lithuania |
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Education |
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1978–1983 |
Diploma of Electrical Engineer, Faculty of Automatics, Kaunas Polytechnic Institute (currently Kaunas University of Technology) |
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1978 |
Secondary School No 7 in Kaunas (currently Šančiai School – Multifunctional Centre), graduation with gold medal |
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Work experience |
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2012–2016 |
Minister of Foreign Affairs |
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2012 |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Lithuania to the Republic of Belarus |
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2011–2012 |
Ambassador-at-Large, Transatlantic Cooperation and Security Policy Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania; Adviser to the Prime Minister of the Republic of Lithuania |
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2005–2011 |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Lithuania, Permanent Representative of Lithuania to the North Atlantic Council |
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From 2003 |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Lithuania |
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2000–2004 |
Minister of National Defence |
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1997–2000 |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Lithuania, Head of the Lithuanian Mission to the Western European Union and NATO |
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1997 |
Adviser to the Minister of Foreign Affairs |
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1993–1996 |
Minister of National Defence |
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Political career |
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2004–2017 |
Member, Lithuanian Social Democratic Party |
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1992–1996 |
Member of the 6th Seimas |
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Deputy Chair, Committee on Foreign Affairs |
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Head of the Seimas Delegation to the North Atlantic Assembly |
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1991–1995 |
Member, Lithuanian Democratic Labour Party |
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1992 |
Chairman, Council of the Lithuanian Labour Youth Union |
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1990–1992 |
Member of staff, Central Committee, Communist Party of Lithuania; Senior Adviser, Lithuanian Democratic Labour Party Parliamentary Group |
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1983–1989 |
Employee, Communist Youth League organisations |
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Miscellaneous |
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Awards and Medals: Grand Cross of Commander of the Order of Vytautas the Great (2015); Third Class Order of Three Stars of Latvia (2001); Cross of Commander of the Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas (2003); Cross of Commander of the Order of the Cross of Vytis (2004); Second Class Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana of Estonia (2005); Presidential Order of Excellence of Georgia (2011) |
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Languages: English, Russian, French, Polish |
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Hobbies: driving, nature |
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Family |
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Married with two children |
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