Date of birth

14 May 1957

Place of birth

Klaipėda, Lithuania

Education

2007

Master’s in Political Science, Institute of International Relations and Political Science, Vilnius University

2004

Strategic-Level Officer Training, United States Army War College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, USA

1997

Command and General Staff Course, Bundeswehr Command Academy, Hamburg, Federal Republic of Germany

1979

Diploma in Lecturing and Coaching, Lithuanian State Institute of Physical Education (currently Lithuanian Sports University); Commander, Mechanised Riflemen’s Platoon; Soviet Army Reserve Lieutenant

1975

Secondary School No 18 in Klaipėda (currently Klaipėdos Baltijos gimnazija (upper secondary school))

 Work experience

2019–2020

Assistant to Member of the Seimas 

2014–2019

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Lithuania to Romania and the Republic of Bulgaria, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

2009–2014

Chief of Defence of the Republic of Lithuania, Top Management of the Lithuanian Armed Forces

2007–2009

Deputy Assistant Chief of Staff (DACOS), Joint Education and Training Sub-Division, NATO HQ Allied Command Transformation

2004–2007

Commander, Lithuanian Land Force

2002–2003

Commander, Eastern Military District, Lithuanian Armed Forces

1998–2002

Commander, National Defence Volunteer Forces

1994–1998

Commander, National Defence Volunteer Service

1994–1994

Chief of Staff, National Defence Volunteer Service

1991–1994

Deputy Chief of Staff, National Defence Volunteer Service

1991–1991

Defender, Supreme Council – Reconstituent Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania; Head, Organisational Sector, National Defence Volunteer Service

1987–1991

Chief Coach of Judo and Self-defence Wrestling, Physical Culture and Sports Committee of the Soviet Socialist Republic of Lithuania (subsequently the Department of Physical Education and Sports of Lithuania)

1985–1987

Judo Coach, National Olympic Reserve School for children and adolescents, Volunteer Sports Association Nemunas in Kaunas District

1979–1985

Freestyle Wrestling Coach, Integrated Sports School for children and adolescents, Volunteer Sports Association Nemunas in Kaunas District

Political career

2020–2024

Member of the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania

 Since 2002

Member, Supervisory Commission, Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats

 2020–2024

Chair, Division of the Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats in Klaipėda

Since 2019

Member, Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats

Miscellaneous

Military rank

Retired Lieutenant General

Diplomatic rank

Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Lithuania

Membership: Union of Volunteer Founders of the Lithuanian Armed Forces; Club of Generals of the Lithuanian Armed Forces; Lithuanian Ambassadors’ Club; Hunters’ Group Miško broliai (Forest Brothers).

Publications: memoirs Nematomuose apkasuose (In invisible trenches) (2017); book Laisvės karžygiai II (Warriors of freedom) (2020); articles in the magazine Karys (Soldier) and other Lithuanian and foreign periodicals

Awards: Grand Cross of Commander of the Order of the Cross of Vytis; Cross of Officer of the Order of the Cross of Vytis; Grand Cross of Commander of the Latvian Order of Viesturs; Grand Cross of Officer of the Order of Malta; Order of Office of the Legion of Honour of the French Republic; 2nd Class White Cross of the Estonian Defence League; Commemorative Medal of 13 January; Medal of the Volunteer Founders of the Lithuanian Armed Forces; 2nd Class Medal of Merit of the Lithuanian National Defence System.

Hobbies: military history, reading, sports, hunting, angling

Foreign languages: English, Russian, German, Polish (basic), Romanian (basic)

Family

Married with two children