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); 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