Žygimantas Pavilionis
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Žygimantas Pavilionis (born 22 July 1971 in
Vilnius Vilnius ( , ) is the capital of and List of cities in Lithuania#Cities, largest city in Lithuania and the List of cities in the Baltic states by population, most-populous city in the Baltic states. The city's estimated January 2025 population w ...
) is a Lithuanian politician,
Member of the Seimas The Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania (), or simply the Seimas ( ; ), is the unicameralism, unicameral legislative body of the Lithuania, Republic of Lithuania. The Seimas constitutes the legislative branch of Government of Lithuania, govern ...
, former Lithuanian diplomat. From August 2010 to July 2015, he served as the
Lithuania Lithuania, officially the Republic of Lithuania, is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea, bordered by Latvia to the north, Belarus to the east and south, P ...
's Ambassador to United States and Mexico (2011).


Early life and education

Žygimantas Pavilionis was born in 1971 in Vilnius, Lithuania. In 1994 graduated from Vilnius University Institute of International Relations and Political Science. In 1995 he received a master's degree from
Vilnius University Vilnius University ( Lithuanian: ''Vilniaus universitetas'') is a public research university, which is the first and largest university in Lithuania, as well as one of the oldest and most prominent higher education institutions in Central and Ea ...
's Faculty of Philosophy.


Diplomatic service

Between 1993 and 1999 he worked as the 3rd Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania for Western Europe, Assistant of Director of the Political Department, 1st Secretary of the Political Cooperation Division of the European Integration Department, Head of this Division. From 1999 to 2001 he worked in Brussels, as an Advisor to the Lithuanian Permanent Mission to the European Union, Minister-Adviser. Between 2001 and 2002 Pavilionis was an Adviser to the Minister of the Lithuanian Mission to the European Communities. From 2002 to 2006 he was Head of the Department of European (later European Union) Integration of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania, was the Deputy of Chief Negotiator of Lithuania with the EU Vygaudas Ušackas. Between 2006 and 2009 worked as Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania, 2009–2010 – Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Department of Transatlantic Cooperation and Politics, coordinated the Lithuanian Presidency of the Community of Democracies. On 19 July 2010 President
Dalia Grybauskaitė Dalia Grybauskaitė (; born 1 March 1956) is a Lithuanian politician who served as the eighth president of Lithuania from 2009 to 2019. She is the first and so far only woman to hold the position and in 2014 she became the first President of Li ...
appointed Pavilionis as Lithuanian Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the United States and Mexico. He left the office on 30 July 2015.


Political life

Since November 2016 he is
Member of the Seimas The Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania (), or simply the Seimas ( ; ), is the unicameralism, unicameral legislative body of the Lithuania, Republic of Lithuania. The Seimas constitutes the legislative branch of Government of Lithuania, govern ...
elected in Naujamiestis constituency (from 2020 Naujamiestis-
Naujininkai Naujininkai is one of the elderships of Vilnius, Lithuania. It is situated in the south-west of the city and lies between Vilnius International Airport and the railway station. It has an Old Believers Old Believers or Old Ritualists ( Russ ...
constituency). Pavilionis was considered one of the potential candidates in 2019 presidential election.Vidas Rachlevičiu
Prezidentinė kampanija jau prasidėjo?
2014-12-08, lrytas.lt


Private life

Pavilionis's father is the academic
Rolandas Pavilionis Rolandas Pavilionis (July 3, 1944 in Šiauliai – May 10, 2006) was a Lithuanian philosopher, politician and Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the Liberal Democratic Party; part of the Union for a Europe of Nations. Biography In 1962 P ...
, and his mother is the professor Marija Aušrinė Pavilionienė. His ex-wife Lina is a physician, and they have four sons: Augustas, Dominykas, Simonas, and Vincentas. In addition to Lithuanian, which is his native language, he is fluent in English, Italian, Russian, French, German, Latin, and
Hebrew Hebrew (; ''ʿÎbrit'') is a Northwest Semitic languages, Northwest Semitic language within the Afroasiatic languages, Afroasiatic language family. A regional dialect of the Canaanite languages, it was natively spoken by the Israelites and ...
.


References


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(„Lietuvos rytas", 2010 m. rugpjūčio 13 d., Nr. 182 (5946), 3 psl.) Living people 1971 births Vilnius University alumni Ambassadors of Lithuania to the United States Ambassadors of Lithuania to Mexico Homeland Union politicians 21st-century Lithuanian politicians Politicians from Vilnius {{Lithuania-politician-stub