Vygaudas Ušackas (born 16 December 1964 in

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, Lithuania) is Member of the Board of Directors of a Lithuanian born European-American company Avia Solutions Group, which is a Leader in End-to-End Capacity Provider for Passenger and Cargo Airlines Worldwide. Vygaudas Usackas is a former Lithuanian diplomat, from September 2013 to October 2017 he served as the

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's Ambassador to Russia. Prior to that he served as the EU Special Representative for Afghanistan. Prior to heading Lithuania's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ušackas was the Ambassador of Lithuania to the United States and Mexico from 2001 through 2006, then Ambassador to the United Kingdom. Founder of Mission Siberia.

Diplomatic Service

On 22 March 2010 he was appointed by

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as the

's special envoy for Afghanistan.Council decision 2010/168/CFSP of 22 March 2010 appointing the European Union Special Representative in Afghanistan

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, L 75, 23 March 2010

References

Vygaudas Ušackas
(Lithuanian Embassy, UK; retrieved on 2008-12-03) Living people 1964 births Ministers of foreign affairs of Lithuania Lithuanian jurists Vilnius University alumni Ambassadors of Lithuania to the United States Ambassadors of Lithuania to Mexico Ambassadors of Lithuania to the United Kingdom Ambassadors of the European Union to Afghanistan Ambassadors of the European Union to Russia People from Skuodas Lithuanian officials of the European Union Recipients of the Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana, 2nd Class {{Lithuania-politician-stub