Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Lithuania)
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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania is participating in formation of Lithuania
's Foreign Affairs policy and represent interest of Lithuania and its citizens, protect their rights. The current head of the Ministry is Audronius Ažubalis
. On 1918-11-04, soon after Lithuania reestablished its independence
, the Foreign Affairs office was opened.
Lithuania
Lithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the biggest of the three Baltic states. It is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, whereby to the west lie Sweden and Denmark...
's Foreign Affairs policy and represent interest of Lithuania and its citizens, protect their rights. The current head of the Ministry is Audronius Ažubalis
Audronius Ažubalis
Audronius Ažubalis is a Lithuanian journalist and politician, currently serving as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania . He was a member of the Seimas 1996–2000, and was elected again in 2004. He has chaired the foreign affairs committee of the Seimas...
. On 1918-11-04, soon after Lithuania reestablished its independence
Act of Independence of Lithuania
The Act of Independence of Lithuania or Act of February 16 was signed by the Council of Lithuania on February 16, 1918, proclaiming the restoration of an independent State of Lithuania, governed by democratic principles, with Vilnius as its capital. The Act was signed by all twenty...
, the Foreign Affairs office was opened.
Ministers of Foreign Affairs
- Augustinas VoldemarasAugustinas VoldemarasAugustinas Voldemaras was a Lithuanian nationalist political figure. He served as the country's first Prime Minister in 1918, and again from 1926 to 1929.- Biography :...
1918 11 11 - 1920 06 19 and 1926 12 17 - 1929 09 19 - Juozas Purickis 1920 06 19 - 1922 01 01
- Vladas JurgutisVladas JurgutisVladas Jurgutis was a Lithuanian priest, economist, and professor. As the first chairman of the Bank of Lithuania he is unofficially considered to be the "father of the Lithuanian litas."-Biography:In 1902 Jurgutis graduated from a high school in Palanga and enrolled in the Kaunas Priest Seminary...
1922 01 01 - 09 28 - Ernestas GalvanauskasErnestas GalvanauskasErnestas Galvanauskas was a Lithuanian engineer, politician and one the founders of the Lithuanian Peasants' Union...
1922 09 28 - 1924 06 18 - Valdemaras Čarneckis 1924 06 18 - 1925 09 25
- Mečislovas ReinysMecislovas ReinysMečislovas Reinys was the Lithuanian Roman Catholic bishop, a professor at Vytautas Magnus University, a Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs, and a social activist who publicly condemned racism and national hatred...
1925 09 25 - 1926 04 20 - Leonas BistrasLeonas BistrasLeonas Bistras was a Lithuanian politician, journalist, translator, philosopher and professor. He had studied medicine also....
1926 04 21 - 06 15 - Mykolas SleževičiusMykolas SleževiciusMykolas Sleževičius was a Lithuanian lawyer, political figure, and journalist, who served as Prime Minister of Lithuania on two occasions.- Early life :...
1926 06 15 - 12 17 - Juozas TūbelisJuozas TubelisJuozas Tūbelis was a Lithuanian politician, Prime Minister and member and chairman of the Lithuanian Nationalists Union....
1929 09 23 - 11 08 - Dovas Zaunius 1929 11 08 - 1934 06 12
- Stasys LozoraitisStasys LozoraitisStasys Lozoraitis was a prominent Lithuanian diplomat. He served as the Foreign Minister of Lithuania from 1934 until 1938. After Lithuania lost its independence, Lozoraitis headed the Lithuanian diplomatic service from 1940 to his death in 1983...
1934 06 12 - 1938 12 05 - Juozas UrbšysJuozas UrbšysJuozas Urbšys was a prominent interwar Lithuanian diplomat, the last head of foreign affairs in independent interwar Lithuania, and a translator. He served in the military between 1916 and 1922, afterwards joining the Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs...
1938 12 05 - 1940 06 16 - Vincas Krėvė-MickevičiusVincas Kreve-MickeviciusVincas Mickevičius , better known by his pen name Vincas Krėvė-Mickevičius, was a Lithuanian writer, poet, novelist, playwright and philologist...
1940 06 17 - 07 22 - Algirdas SaudargasAlgirdas SaudargasAlgirdas Saudargas is a Lithuanian politician and the signatory of the Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania. He was the first foreign minister of post-Soviet Lithuania. He was foreign minister from March 24, 1990 to December 12, 1992 and again from December 4, 1996 to October 30,...
1990 03 24 - 1992 12 17 and 1996 12 10 - 2000 11 09 - Povilas Gylys 1992 12 17 - 1996 12 10
- Antanas ValionisAntanas ValionisAntanas Valionis is a Lithuanian politician, currently a member of the New Union party.He was appointed the Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs on October 30, 2000, and reappointed on July 5, 2001. Resigned on August 31, 2006.-External links:*...
2000 11 09 - 2006 07 18 - Petras VaitiekūnasPetras VaitiekunasPetras Vaitiekūnas is a Lithuanian politician who was the Foreign Minister of Lithuania from 2006 to 2008....
2006 - 2008 - Vygaudas UšackasVygaudas UšackasVygaudas Ušackas is a Lithuanian diplomat, currently appointed as the European Union's special representative and the head of EU mission for Afghanistan...
2008 - 2010 - Rasa JuknevičienėRasa JuknevičienėRasa Juknevičienė is a Lithuanian politician. In 1990 she was among those who signed the Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania. Currently Rasa Juknevičienė serving as Minister of Defense.-References:...
(acting) 2010 - Audronius AžubalisAudronius AžubalisAudronius Ažubalis is a Lithuanian journalist and politician, currently serving as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania . He was a member of the Seimas 1996–2000, and was elected again in 2004. He has chaired the foreign affairs committee of the Seimas...
2010–present
Sources
- Lietuvos Respublikos Užsienio reikalų ministrai 1918-1940. Retrieved on 2008-08-10
- Lietuvos Respublikos Užsienio reikalų ministrai 1990 - 2006. Retrieved on 2008-08-10