Minister

Linas Linkevičius

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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); 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)
Languages	Lithuanian (native), English, Russian
Marital Status	Married