Lietuvos paštas is the company responsible for

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. The company was established on November 16, 1918, and this date celebrate as Post Lithuania day. In 2018, Lithuanian Post consisted of 546 fixed post offices, 85 mobile service locations and 120 smart postmen in 12 districts.

History

On July 11, 1562, the

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and king of Poland

Sigismund Augustus Sigismund II Augustus ( pl, Zygmunt II August, lt, Žygimantas Augustas; 1 August 1520 – 7 July 1572) was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, the son of Sigismund I the Old, whom Sigismund II succeeded in 1548. He was the first ruler ...

commissioned Christopher Taxis to organise a regular mail transport route

Vilnius Vilnius ( , ; see also other names) is the capital and largest city of Lithuania, with a population of 592,389 (according to the state register) or 625,107 (according to the municipality of Vilnius). The population of Vilnius's functional urb ...

- Krakow-

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. At that time, letters between Krakow and Vilnius were delivered in 7 days. The importance of post increased after 1583, when the Polish King Stefan Batory enforced standardised mail charges, thus providing universal access to mail. At that time, mail began to be delivered on a regular basis. Gedimino 6 post office in Vilnius2

On November 16, 1918, the Lithuanian Ministry of Finance, Trade and Industry minister Martin Yčas signed a decree establishing a Lithuanian postal board. This date is considered the official founding day of Lithuanian postal history and is celebrated as national post day.

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destroyed Lithuanian international relations ending both postal and rail transport. Lithuanian Post activity became completely dependent on

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. On October 7, 1990, mail came into circulation once again with the release of the first independent Lithuanian stamp series – "Angel". On December 17, 1991, Lithuania decided to reorganise the management structure of national communications, separating postal and electrical connections and forming two separate state enterprises: Lithuanian Post and Lietuvos Telekomas acting as the public telephony operator. 2020, Kaunas

In 2006, the company was reorganised into a

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. The group of companies of Lietuvos paštas, which has the widest network of access points to services in the country, provides not only postal services, but also services of logistics, financial intermediation, and electronic services.

Board

All shares of AB Lietuvos paštas are controlled by the State represented by the Ministry of Transport and Communications of the Republic of Lithuania. The Company’s managerial body is the General Meeting of Shareholders, the Board and CEO. The Board consists of five members elected by the General Meeting of Shareholders for a term of four years.

External links

Official website

References

Postal system of Lithuania Service companies of Lithuania

Government-owned companies of Lithuania Philately of Lithuania 1918 establishments in Lithuania Companies based in Vilnius Public utilities established in 1918 {{Lithuania-company-stub