Petras Vaitiekūnas Explained

Petras Vaitiekūnas
Office:Minister of Foreign Affairs
Primeminister:Gediminas Kirkilas
Term Start:12 July 2006
Term End:9 December 2008
Predecessor:Antanas Valionis
Successor:Vygaudas Ušackas
Birth Date:26 March 1953
Birth Place:Liudvinavas, Lithuania

Petras Vaitiekūnas (born 26 March 1953, in Liudvinavas, Marijampolė County) is a Lithuanian politician who was the foreign minister of Lithuania from 2006 to 2008.

Petras Vaitiekūnas was a signatory to the Lithuanian declaration of independence in 1990 and a member of the Lithuanian Supreme Council from 1990 to 1992. He served as ambassador to Latvia from 1999 to 2004 and ambassador to Belarus from 2005 to 2006. He was appointed Foreign Minister of Lithuania on 12 July 2006.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Petras Vaitiekūnas (Minister of Foreign Affairs) . 2007-11-14 . Government of the Republic of Lithuania . https://web.archive.org/web/20031028163312/http://www.lrv.lt/main_en.php?cat=16 . 2003-10-28 . dead .