Linas Antanas Linkevičius

Linas Antanas Linkevičius ( born January 6, 1961 in Vilnius) is a Lithuanian politician and diplomat.

Biography

From 1978 to 1983 Linas Linkevičius graduated from the electrical engineering degree from the Polytechnic Institute of Kaunas. Linas Linkevičius was KP- district secretary of the Kaunas district Panemunė, head of the Central Committee and journalist of the newspaper " Komjaunimo tiesa " (Lithuanian version of the Komsomolskaya Pravda ). He was actively involved in creating opportunities for repatriation of the bodies of Lithuanian displaced persons from Siberia.

On February 9, 1992, he was President of the Council of the Lithuanian Labour Youth Union ( Lietuvos leiboristų Jaunimo unija ). From 1990, he was a correspondent for the daily newspaper " Tiesa " ( the Lithuanian version of Pravda ) (1992-1993 employees) and consultants of LDDP - Parliamentary Group. From November 24th 1992 to November 22, 1996 Linas Linkevičius was a member of the Seimas and headed the Lithuanian Parliament delegation to NATO. On October 9, 1997, he was Lithuanian Ambassador to NATO. From 1996 to 2004 he was - with interruptions - Lithuanian defense minister. Since December 2012, he is Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania. He had role in managing the country's EU presidency in 2013.

Since 2004 Linas Linkevičius is a member of the Social Democratic Party of Lithuania.

Awards

• Commander of the Three Star Order, 2001
• Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas, 2003
• Commander of the Order of Vytis - Cross 30 March 2004
• Order of Marie - country Cross, Second Class, 2005

Links, sources

• Homepage lrs.lt (lt, s)

Algirdas Butkevičius (Prime Minister) | Linas Linkevičius ( Secretary of State ) | Dainius Pavalkis ( Education and Science Minister ) | Jarosław Niewierowicz (Energy Economics Minister ) | Rimantas Šadžius ( Finance ) | Vytenis Andriukaitis ( Minister of Health ) | Dailis Barakauskas ( Home Secretary ) | Juozas Bernatonis ( Minister of Justice ) | Šarūnas Birutis ( Minister of Culture ) | Vigilijus Jukna ( Minister of Agriculture ) | Algimanta Pabedinskienė (Social and Labour Minister ) | Rimantas Sinkevičius ( Minister of Transport ) | Juozas Olekas ( Minister of Defence ) | Valentina Mazuronis ( Minister of the Environment ) | Evaldas Gustas ( Minister of Economy )

Didier Reynders (Belgium) | Kristian Vigenin ( Bulgaria) | Martin Lidegaard (Denmark ) | Frank -Walter Steinmeier ( Germany ) | Urmas Paet (Estonia ) | Erkki Tuomioja ( Finland) | Laurent Fabius (France) | Evangelos Venizelos (Greece ) | Eamon Gilmore (Ireland ) | Federica Mogherini (Italy ) | Vesna Pusić ( Croatia) | Mr Edgars RINKĒVIČS (Latvia ) | Linas Antanas Linkevičius (Lithuania ) | Jean Asselborn ( Luxembourg ) | George Vella (Malta ) | Frans Timmermans ( Netherlands) | Sebastian short ( Austria ) | Radosław Sikorski ( Poland) | Rui Machete (Portugal ) | Baconschi ( Romania) | Carl Bildt ( Sweden) | Lajčák (Slovakia ) | Karl Erjavec (Slovenia ) | José Manuel García- Margallo (Spain ) | Lubomir Zaorálek (Czech Republic ) | János Martonyi (Hungary ) | William Hague ( UK ) | Ioannis Kasoulidis (Cyprus)

• Politicians ( Lithuanian SSR)
• Member of the Committee on National Security and Defense (Lithuania )
• Minister of Foreign Affairs (Lithuania )
• Person of European politics (Lithuania )
• Of Defense (Lithuania )
• Lithuanian Ambassador
• Permanent Representative to NATO
• Of the Order of St. Mary's Country - Cross ( Second Class )
• Support of the three-star Order ( commander )
• Carrier of Vytis - Cross
• Support of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas Order -
• Person (Vilnius)
• CPSU member
• LDDP Member
• LSDP Member
• Journalist (Lithuania )
• Soviet citizens
• Lithuanian
• Born in 1961
• Man