Antanas Valionis (born September 21, 1950) is a
Lithuania
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n politician, currently a member of the
New Union party.
He was appointed the
Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs on October 30, 2000, and reappointed on July 5, 2001. He resigned on August 31, 2006.
From 1981 he served in the Soviet secret police
KGB
The KGB (russian: links=no, lit=Committee for State Security, Комитет государственной безопасности (КГБ), a=ru-KGB.ogg, p=kəmʲɪˈtʲet ɡəsʊˈdarstvʲɪn(ː)əj bʲɪzɐˈpasnəsʲtʲɪ, Komitet gosud ...
in Riga reaching the rank of captain.
Afterwards he served in the
KGB active reserve.
References
External links
Antanas Valionis, the Soviet KGB Captain in reserve
1950 births
KGB officers
Lithuanian communists
Living people
Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania
Recipients of the Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana, 1st Class
Ambassadors of Lithuania to Poland
Ambassadors of Lithuania to Bulgaria
21st-century Lithuanian politicians
New Union (Social Liberals) politicians
People from Kėdainiai District Municipality
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