Ambassador
Ambassador
Updated
2025-08-12
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EDVILAS RAUDONIKISAmbassador |
| Date of birth | June 6, 1972 |
| Place of birth | Naujoji Akmenė, Lithuania |
Education |
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| 1991-1997 | Charles University in Prague, Master’s degree in Political Science and Czech Language |
Diplomatic career |
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| Since August 26, 2024 | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Lithuania to the Republic of Finland |
| 2022-2024 | Director for European Bilateral and Regional Co-operation at the Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
| 2020–2022 | Ambassador-at-Large for Climate Diplomacy |
| 2015-2020 | Ambassador in the Czech Republic |
| 2019-2020 | Ambassador to Switzerland |
| 2012-2015 | Chargé d’affaires a.i. in Austria, Slovakia, Slovenia, and at the United Nations Office in Vienna |
| 2011-2012 | Head of the European and International Affairs Division at the Office of the Prime Minister of Lithuania |
| 2010-2011 | Adviser at the Economic Security Policy Department of the Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
| 2007-2010 | Minister Counsellor at the Lithuanian Embassy in Sweden |
| 2007 | Acting Director of the Northern and Central Europe Department at the Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
| 1997-2006 | Third and Second Secretary of the Central Europe Division at the Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and later – First Secretary at the Lithuanian Embassy in the Czech Republic |
Other information |
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| Languages | Lithuanian (native), English, Czech, German, and Russian, basic knowledge of Finnish |
| Marital status | Married to Eglė Raudonikienė and has three adult children |
