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Ambassador

Ambassador

DARIUS VITKAUSKAS

Ambassador

Date of birth

May 8, 1974

Education

1996-1999 Master’s degree in history, Vilnius University
1992-1996 Bachelor’s degree in history, Vilnius University

PROFESSIONAL CAREER:

Since August 6, 2024 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Lithuania   to Georgia
2022-2024 Director, Eastern Neighbourhood Policy Department, MFA
2021-2022 Ambassador at Large, Eastern Neighbourhood Policy Department, MFA
2018-2022 Consul General of the Republic of Lithuania in Almaty (Republic of Kazakhstan)
2014-2018 Minister Counsellor, Head of Administration at the Permanent Representation of Lithuania to the European Union
2012-2014 Deputy Director, Eastern Neighbourhood Policy Department, MFA
2010-2012 Head of Belarus Division, Eastern Neighbourhood Policy Department, MFA
2007-2010 Minister Counsellor at the Embassy of the Republic of Lithuania in the Republic of Belarus
2004-2007 Counsellor at the Embassy of the Republic of Lithuania in Ukraine
2002-2004 First Secretary in the Central European Division, First Department of Bilateral Relations, MFA
1998-2002 Second, First Secretary at the Embassy of the Republic of Lithuania in the Russian Federation
1996-1998 Third, Second Secretary in the Eastern European and Central Asia Division, MFA

Miscellaneous

Languages English, German and Russian

Professional training

 

September-October 2011   International Visitor Leadership Program of the United States of America

January-May 2003             Executive Program at George C. Marshall European Center for Security studies (Garmish-Partenkirchen, Germany)

June-December 1997         Training for international diplomats of the Federal Foreign Office of Germany (Ausbildungsstätte Treptower Park)

Marital status

Married, three children