Past 2017 |
| Apr – Jun | Dan Adrian Balanescu, Ambassador of Romania Date and place of birth: 14 March 1974, Pitesti, Romania
Address 10, Klimo st., Vilnius, Lithuania
E-mail : dan.balanescu@mae.ro
Civil status: Married to Beatrice-Ramona Bălănescu
Children: Rebeca-Maria (3.03.2003), Simon-David (28.12.2010)
STUDIES: | | 1992-1997 | ASE Bucharest, Faculty of International Business Relations | | 1996 | Faculty of Economy and Trade, University of Perugia, Italy | | 1999 | Diplomatic Academy, Romanian MFA | | 2009-2010 | University of Bucharest, Law Faculty, Master in Intenational Public Law |
DIPLOMATIC RANK: | | 1999-2001 | Attache | | 2001-2004 | Third Secretary | | 2004-2007 | Second Secretary | | 2007-2011 | First Secretary | | 2011-Nov. 2012 | Counsellor | | Nov. 2012 | Ambassador |
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: | | 1999-2002 | OSCE Department, MFA. Attache, Third Secretary | | 2002-2009 | Embassy of Romania in the Czech Republic. Third, Second and First Secretary, Charge d’Affairs a.i. (April 2006-January 2009) | | Oct 2009-Feb 2012 | Department for International Relations, Presidential Administration. Counsellor, Advisor | | Feb-Oct 2012 | Western Balkans Department, MFA. Counsellor | | Dec 2012- | Embassy of Romania in the Republic of Lithuania. Ambassador in Lithuania | | Jan 2013- | Embassy of Romania in the Republic of Lithuania. Ambassador in Latvia |
Languages: | | | Romanian, English, French, Italian |
Others: | | | - « Nicolae Titulescu » Reward for the diplomatic debut of 2001 ;
- Certificate of Merit awarded by the President of Romania for the contribution to the Romanian Chairmanship of the OSCE, 2001 ;
- Certificate of Merit awarded dy the President of Romania for the contribution to Romania’s accession to NATO, 2002 ;
- Special Medal awarded by the Czech Government for the cooperation during the Czech EU Presidency, 2009 ;
- Different works published, translations.
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| Jan – Mar | Jana Vanaveski, Ambassador of Estonia Date and place of birth: September 4, 1971, Tallinn, Estonia
Professional activities: | | From August 2016 | Ambassador of Estonia in Vilnius | | 2013-2016 | Estonian Embassy in Stockholm, Deputy Head of Mission | | 2006-2013 | Office of the President of the Republic of Estonia
Head of Foreign Policy Department | | 2006 | MFA, European Union Department, Head of Division | | 2002-2006 | Permanent Representation of Estonia to the EU,
Counsellor (EU trade policy; EU-US-Canada relations) | | 2002 | MFA, External Economic Policy Department
Acting Director General of Department | | 2000-2001 | MFA, External Economic Policy Department
Head of Trade Policy and Economic Organisations Division | | 1997-1999 | Mission of Estonia to the UN and other international organizations in Geneva, First Secretary | | 1993-1996 | MFA, External Economic Policy Department, Desk Officer | | 1992-1993 | Estonian National Commission for UNESCO, Tallinn
Languages:
Native: Estonian
Fluent: English, Russian
Basic: Swedish, French
Education: | | 1994 – 1995 | Amsterdam School of International Relations,
Post-graduate degree in International and European Relations | | 1989 - 1993 | Tallinn Technical University, Economics
Family:
Married | |  |
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Past 2016 |
| May – Aug | H.E. Mr. Bohumil MAZÁNEK, Ambassador of the Czech Republic Date of Birth: February 24, 1962
Place of Birth: Kroměříž, Czech Republic
Educational Background: | | 09/1968-06/1976 | Elementary School in Kroměříž, Czech Republic | | 09/1976-06/1980 | Secondary School in Kroměříž and Jevíčko, Czech Republic | | 08/1980-06/1986 | Institute of International Relations in Moscow, RF (Master Degree) | | 11/1985-03/1986 | Attaché, Embassy in Vientiane, Lao PDR | | 10/1986-10/1987 | Compulsory Military Service |
Career History: | | 08/1986-03/1988 | Ministry of Foreign Affairs /MFA/, Asia Dpt., Prague, Czech Republic | | 04/1988-12/1990 | Attaché/DHoM, Embassy in Vientiane, Lao PDR | | 01/1990-12/1990 | Chargé d´Affaires a.i., Embassy in Vientiane, Lao PDR | | 01/1991-05/1992 | Attaché/Third Secretary, Embassy in New Delhi, India | | 06/1992-11/1993 | Asia Dpt., MFA, Prague | | 12/1993-02/1997 | First Secretary/DHoM, Embassy in Bangkok, Thailand | | 12/1993-02/1996 | Chargé d´Affaires a.i., Embassy in Bangkok, Thailand | | 03/1997-09/1997 | Chargé d´Affaires (Counsellor), Embassy in New Delhi, India | | 1.9.1997-14.9.2000 | Chief of South and South-East Asia Division, Asia Dpt., MFA, Prague | | 1.9.1998-15.12.1998 | Acting Deputy Director, Asia Dpt., MFA, Prague | | 02/1999-02/2000 | MFA´s Diplomatic Academy for Senior Diplomats (DA2), Prague | | 09/2000-08/2003 | Counsellor/DHoM, Embassy in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | | 09/2003-10/2007 | Asia Dpt., MFA, Prague | | 01/2004-09/2007 | Deputy Director, Asia Dpt., MFA, Prague | | 1.11.2007-30.6.2008 | Consul General (Counsellor), Consulate General in Katowice, Poland | | 1.8.2008-15.9.2012 | Consul General (Minister-Counsellor), Consulate General in Shanghai, PR of China | | 1.11.2012 – 14.9.2014 | Procurement Dpt., Coordinator, MFA, Prague |
Married to Monika Mazánková (born on May 3, 1962), two daughters - Anna (born on July 11, 1987) and Adéla (born on June 29, 1992) and son Aleš (born on September 30, 1999).
Languages: English, Russian, Slovak, Laotian.
Hobbies: travelling, reading, cycling, motorsport, playing tennis, floorbal, soccer and golf. | |  |
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| Jan – Apr | Mr Jacques Barbier – Honorary Consul of Belgium Born in Kinshasa (D.R. Congo) on 23rd June 1953
Education | MBA - Catholic University of Brussels (ICHEC)
Activities | | Oct 2008 – today | CEO and owner SEPTINTA (Pharmaceuticals) (Belgium, Lithuania, Switzerland) | | Nov 2009 – Nov 2015 | Member of the Board LYCEE INTERNATIONAL FRANCAIS DE VILNIUS (Vilnius – Lithuania) | | Jun 2013 – Aug 2015 | Economic Diplomacy Adviser MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRSOF BELGIUM (Vilnius – Lithuania) | | 2007 – 2008 | General Manager BAYER HEALTHCARE (Tehran – Iran) | | 2006 –2007 | CProject Manager Europe SCHERING AG (Berlin – Germany) | | 2004 – 2007 | Managing Director CIS BIO International (SCHERING AG Group) (Paris – France) | | 1999 – 2004 | Managing Director UAB SCHERING (Vilnius – Lithuania) | | 1996 – 1999 | General Manager SCHERING AFRICA GmbH (Nairobi – Kenya) | | 1979 – 1995 | Various positions in Sales and Marketing in the Pharma Industry (Brussels – Belgium) |
Languages
French, English, Dutch | |  |
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Past - 2015 |
| Sep – Dec | H.E. Mr. David Noonan, Irish Ambassador Born 14 June 1971
Education | BA (European Studies) – University College Cork 1993
Entered the Department of Foreign Affairs as a Third Secretary on 21 March 1994 | | March 1994 | Third Secretary Headquarters (European Union Division) | | August 1995 | Third Secretary Embassy of Ireland, Buenos Aires | | August 1998 | Third Secretary Headquarters (Political Division) | | May 2000 | Seconded to the Department of Enterprise, Trade & Employment | | August 2005 | Deputy Head of Mission Embassy of Ireland, Bucharest | | August 2009 | Deputy Head of Mission Embassy of Ireland, Cairo | | Jul 2012 - Aug 2014 | Deputy Director Disarmament & Non-Proliferation, Political Division | | Sep 2014 - to date | Ambassador Embassy of Ireland Vilnius | |  |
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| May – Aug | H.E. Dr. Johann Spitzer, Austrian Ambassador Mr. Johann Spitzer, born in 1959, a career member of the Austrian Foreign Service, has served as Ambassador of the Republic of Austria to the Republic of Lithuania since August 2013.
Prior to holding this position, Mr. Spitzer was the Deputy Permanent Representative of Austria to the United Nations Office and other international organizations in Geneva (2009-2013). From 2005 to 2009 he served at the Foreign Ministry headquarters in Vienna, dealing mainly with European Union – Western Balkans relations. Previous appointments were as Legal Affairs Counselor at the Danube Commission (for inland navigation) in Budapest (1999-2005), and Deputy Head of Mission at the Embassy of Austria in Stockholm (1995-1999) and in Copenhagen (1990-1993), respectively. From 1993 to 1995, Mr. Spitzer worked at the Foreign Ministry in Vienna, European integration department, mainly on questions related to Austria’s then forthcoming EU accession. Serving at the Embassy of Austria in Budapest between 1987 and 1990 Mr. Spitzer directly witnessed the historical political changes that occurred in Hungary at that time.
Mr. Spitzer received a doctoral degree in law from the University of Salzburg and holds diplomas from the Vienna School of International Relations (Diplomatic Academy) as well as the College of Europe at Bruges. He lives in a civil union with his partner of twenty-six years. | |  |
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| Jan – Apr | H.E. Mr. Bert van der Lingen, Ambassador of the Netherlands Mr. Bert van der Lingen is the Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Lithuania since September 2014.
Mr. Van der Lingen studied in Utrecht, Amsterdam and Budapest, specialising in Central and East European Affairs. He started his career in the diplomatic service of the Netherlands in 1984.
After two initial postings inthe Netherlands, he had his first full foreign posting in Poland (1988-92), where he witnessed the historic changes there up close. After a 3 years secondment at the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs, he had three successive postings in Greece (1995-99), Bulgaria (1999-2003), and Ireland (2003-2007), the latter two postings as a Deputy Head of Mission.
He then worked at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in the European Integration Department.
From 2009-10, Mr. Van der Lingen returned to Poland as Head of the Economic Department.
Returning to the Ministry, he became Head of the Western Europe Department. He was appointed Deputy Head of Mission in Budapest from 2011-14, where he was Chargé d’affaires a.i. over a one year period in 2012-13 | |  |
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Past - 2014 |
| Sep – Dec | H.E. Dr. Mārtiņš Virsis, Latvian Ambassador Born in Latvia on 26 February 1959
Education | University of Latvia, Faculty of History and Philosophy, Doctor’s degree in History (1992)
University of Latvia, Faculty of History and Philosophy, Qualification of Historian, teacher of History and Social Studies (1977-1982)
Professional activities | | Sep 2009 - present | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Latvia to the Republic of Lithuania | | Aug 2008 - Sep 2010 | Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Latvia, Inspectorate, Inspector General | | Oct 2004 – Aug 2008 | Non-resident Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Latvia to the State of Kuwait | | Sep 2002 – Aug 2008 | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Latvia to the Federal Republic of Germany | | Sep 2000 – Sep 2002 | Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Latvia, First Political directorate, Deputy Secretary of State | | Jun 1998 - Sep 2000 | Non-resident Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Latvia to the Republic of Slovakia | | Jan 1997 - Sep 2000 | Non-resident Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Latvia to the Principality of Liechtenstein | | Jan 1997 - Sep 2000 | Non-resident Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Latvia to Slovenia | | Apr 1996 - Sep 2000 | Non-resident Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Latvia to the Republic of Hungary | | Mar 1996 - Sep 2000 | Non-resident Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Latvia to the Swiss Confederation | | Oct 1995 - Sep 2000 | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Latvia to the Republic of Austria | | Jul 1993 - Nov 1995 | Deputy of the 5th Saeima of the Republic of Latvia, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Parlaimentary Secretary | | Oct 1990 - Aug 1993 | Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Latvia, First Deputy Foreign Minister, Deputy Minister | | 1982 – 1990 | University of Latvia, Post-graduate student, lecturer, senior lecturer | | 1981 – 1982 | Museum of History of the Latvian SSR, junior research assistant |
Awards | | 2008 | The Grand Cross of the Order of Merit, the Federal Republic of Germany | | 2007 | Order of the Three Stars, II Class- Grand Officer, Republic of Latvia | | 2005 | Commemorative medal of the Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Latvia "For Advancing Latvia's Accession to NATO" |
Languages
German, Russian, English |
Family status
Married, 2 children | |  |
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| May – Aug | H.E. Mr. Toomas Kukk, Estonian Ambassador Born in Estonia on August 10th, 1971
Education | Graduated from Tallinn Technical University, Department of Information Technology (1994)
Graduated from Estonian School of Diplomacy (1995)
Professional activities | | Aug 2012 - present | Ambassador of the Republic of Estonia to the Republic of Lithuania | | Aug 2011 - present | Ambassador of the Republic of Estonia to the Republic of Bulgaria | | 2009 – July 2011 | Foreign Policy Adviser to the Prime Minister of Estonia | | 2008 – 2009 | Director, Coreper II Coordination Division, European Union Department, MFA | | 2003 – 2008 | Deputy Permanent Representative, Delegation of Estonia to NATO, Brussels | | 2002 | Second Secretary, 1st Political Department (security policy and international organisations), MFA | | 2001 - 2002 | Second Secretary, External Economic Policy Department, MFA | | 1998 - 2001 | Third Secretary, Embassy of Estonia in Poland, Warsaw | | 1996 - 1998 | Third Secretary, External Economic Policy Department, MFA | | 1995 - 1996 | Attaché, Protocol Department, MFA |
Languages
English, Russian, French, Polish |
Family status
Married to Mrs. Jane Kukk, 3 children | |  |
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| Jan – Apr | H.E. Mr. Peter Lescouhier, Belgian Ambassador Born in Brugge (Belgium) on March 29th, 1961
Married to XIANG Xueqiu, one daughter (Annie) | | Aug 2012 – now | Ambassador to the Republic of Lithuania | | Sep 2011 – July 2012 | Advisor at the Asia and Oceania Department (DAO) of the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs | | Oct 2009 – June 2011 | Belgian liaison diplomat assisting the Hungarian “focal point” in charge of the coordination within the trio EU-Presidency (ES-BE-HU) during the preparation and the term of the trio EU-Presidency (January 1st 2010 till June 30th 2011) | | Sep 2006 – Oct 2009 | Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Directorate External Action of the EU (responsible for EU enlargement policy, relations of the EU with the eastern partners of the European Neighbourhood Policy, EU-Russia, EU-China) | | Sep 2002 – Aug 2006 | Permanent Representation of Belgium to the EU (spokesperson for BE in the WG Environment, ad hoc WG on chemical substances (REACH), WG Amlat, WG external fisheries) | | Feb 2000 – July 2002 | Pristina (Head of the liaison office of Belgium in Kosovo) | | Sep 1997 – Jan 2000 | Manila (Deputy Head of Mission) | | Sep 1991 – Aug 1997 | Beijing (Second Secretary in charge of Press and Cultural Affairs, First Secretary in charge of Economic Affairs) | | 1987 – 1988 | assistant manager Travel Agency Tozai Travel (Amsterdam, Holland) | |  |
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Past - 2013 |
| Sept – Dec | H.E. Ms. Philomena Murnaghan, Irish Ambassador Born in Sligo, Ireland. Raised in Omagh, Co. Tyrone, Northern Ireland.
Education
B.Sc (Hons) in Modern Languages, University of Salford, United Kingdom (1974).
Diploma in Legal Studies, King’s Inn, Dublin (1990).
Degree of Barrister-at-Law, King’s Inn, Dublin and enrolled in the Supreme Court of Ireland (1992).
Professional Experience | | October 1974 | Entered the Department of Foreign Affairs, Dublin | | 1974-1975 | Third Secretary, Political Division (Middle East Affairs) | | 1975-1978 | Third Secretary, Embassy of Ireland, Vienna | | 1978-1981 | First Secretary, Development Cooperation Division (Disaster Relief Assistance; Bi- & Multilateral Cooperation) | | 1981-1986 | First Secretary, Embassy of Ireland, Paris (Trade Affairs) | | 1986-1991 | First Secretary, Political Division (African Affairs) | | 1991-1992 | Director, African Affairs, Political Division | | 1992-1993 | Director, Consular Affairs, Administration Division | | 1993-1997 | Counsellor, Embassy of Ireland, Washington (Economic Affairs) | | 1997-2000 | Director, Bilateral Cooperation, Development Cooperation Division | | 2000-2004 | Deputy Permanent Representative, Permanent Representation of Ireland to the United Nations, New York | | 2004-2006 | Director, Cultural Affairs, Cultural Division | | 2006-2010 | Ambassador of Ireland to Argentina, with secondary accreditations to Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay | | 2010-present | Ambassador of Ireland to Lithuania, with secondary accreditation to Belarus | | Speaks English, French, German and Spanish. Learning Lithuanian and Russian. | |  |
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| May – Aug | H.E. Mr. Michael-Efstratios C. Daratzikis, Greek Ambassador Born in Alexandria, Egypt in 1958
EDUCATION
Athens University, Greece
BA in Pubic Law and Political Sciences
PhD candidate, Philosophy of International LAW
CAREER | | Dec 1979 | Joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs | | Jun 1980 | Graduated from the Diplomatic Academy | | 1980-1982 | Bilateral Economic Relations Directorate, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Attaché — Third Secretary | | 1982-1984 | Middle East Directorate, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Third Secretary | | 1984-1989 | Embassy of Greece in Cairo, Second and First Secretary, Second Counselor | | 1989-1996 | Permanent Mission of Greece to the United Nations-Geneva, Second Counselor-First Counselor-Deputy Permanent Representative | | 1996-2000 | OSCE — Council of Europe Directorate, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Deputy Director | | 2000-2002 | Consul General of Greece in Alexandria | | 2001 | Promoted to Minister Plenipotentiary (Second Class) | | 2002-2005 | Permanent Mission of Greece to the United Nations-New York, Ambassador, Deputy Permanent Representative | | 2004 | Promoted to Minister Plenipotentiary (First Class) | | 2004-2006 | Diplomatic Advisor to the Ministry of Justice | | 2007-2011 | Ambassador of Greece to the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, • Permanent Representative to the African Union | | 2012-present | Ambassador of Greece to the Republic of Lithuania | Member of the Greek Delegation to various bilateral and EEC-Arab League (Euro-Arab Dialogue) meetings in the period 1980-1984.
Participated, later, in many U.N. and Specialized Organizations, other Organizations (e.g. ICRC) and Treaty Bodies meetings-sessions-conferences, in particular in the fields of human rights and humanitarian affairs (e.g. regular and extraordinary sessions of the U.N. Commission on Human Rights, sessions of the Sub commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities, World Conference on Human Rights-Vienna, June 1993 — and its PREPCOMs, sessions of the Executive Committee of the UNHCR, IOM sessions and seminars), as well in various UNCTAD, ECOSOC and U.N. General Assembly sessions, Disarmament Conference meetings and Economic Commission for Europe sessions and Working Groups meetings. Also participated in OSCE and Council of Europe Ministerial Meetings and Interparliamentary Union Conferences. Represented. Greece in African Union Summits and Meetings.
FOREIGN LANGUAGES:
English, French, German and Spanish (reading), Arabic (speaking)
CIVIL STATUS
Married to Mrs Anthoula Grammeni-Daratzikis
DECORATIONS
Grand Commander of the Order of Phoenix (Greece)
Holy Cross of the Apostle and Evangelist St. Mark, First Class, of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria | |  |
| Jan – Apr | H.E. Mr. H. Koller, Austrian Ambassador | Born in 1959 | | 2009-2013 | Ambassador, Austrian Embassy in Vilnius | | 2005 - 2009 | Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Consular Department | | 2001 – 2005 | Deputy Head of Mission, Austrian Embassy in Oslo | | 1997 – 2001 | Deputy Head of Mission, Austrian Embassy in Bern | | 1994 – 1997 | Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Vienna | | 1989 – 1994 | First Secretary, Austrian Embassy in Helsinki | | 1987 – 1989 | Second Secretary, Austrian Embassy in Prague | | 1984 – 1987 | Ministry of Foreign Affairs | |  |
