Special Representative and Head of the EU Delegation to Afghanistan

Mr Ušackas, was named the European Union Special Representative and Head of the European Union Delegation after attaining the approval of the 27 Member States in March 2010. He joined the Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs after completing his degree in Law from the Vilnius University followed by postgraduate studies from Denmark and Norway in 1991. He was the Foreign Minister of Lithuania between 2008 and early 2010.

He has had a distinguished career in the foreign services and has served as the Ambassador of Lithuania to the Court of St. James during 2006-2008 and was the Ambassador to the United States of America and to the United Mexican States during 2001-2006. He has also served as Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania during the period 1999-2000 and was Chief Negotiator for Lithuania’s Accession to the European Union. During the course of his career, he has received numerous awards such as Order for Merits to Lithuania, Cross of Commander, State awards of Georgia, Greece, Norway, France, Spain, and Ukraine, award for merits to the city of Utena and Member of honour of Lithuanian Students’ Union. In 2010 he was awarded the Honorary citizenship of his home town Skuodas.