Vygaudas Ušackas (Minister of Foreign Affairs)
MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS (www.urm.lt)

Born on 16 December, 1964 in Skuodas
1982 Finished secondary school No 2 in Skuodas
1990 Degree in Law, Faculty of Law, Vilnius University
1991-1992 Second Secretary, Western European Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania
1992-1996 Counsellor, Lithuania’s Mission to the European Communities and NATO
1996-1999 Director, Policy Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania
1999-2000 Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania
2000-2001 Chief Negotiator for Lithuania’s Accession to the European Union, Ambassador-at-Large
2001-2006 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Lithuania to the United States of America and to the United Mexican States
2006-2008 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Lithuania to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
4 December 2008 By Presidential Decree, appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Fifteenth Government