Vice-Minister A.Plepytė

Audra Plepytė

Vice-Minister

Responsibilities:

International security policy, deployment of German brigades in Lithuania, combating hybrid threats, and strengthening state borders.
Transatlantic cooperation, Eastern Neighborhood Policy, relations with Eastern European, South Caucasus, and Central Asian countries.
Lithuania's strategic partnership with Ukraine, processes of accountability for war crimes and crimes of aggression, issues of returning abducted children and the use of frozen Russian funds
Lithuania's participation in the UN, the Council of Europe and other multilateral formats

PERSONAL DATA

Date of birth:

October 30, 1971

STUDIES

1996

Diploma in Diplomatic Relations, Oxford University, United Kingdom

1992-1994

Diploma in International Relations, Institute of International Relations and Political Science, Vilnius University, Lithuania

1989-1993

Master of Philosophy, Faculty of Philosophy, Vilnius University, Lithuania

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

From July 15, 2025

Vice-Minister, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Lithuania

2021-2025

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Lithuania to the United States of America and the United Mexican States (recipient of the "Friend of UNIS" award by the Ukrainian National Information Service) USA

2021

Chairperson of the Executive Board of UNICEF, USA

2018-2021

Ambassador to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Guyana

2017-2021

Ambassador, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Lithuania to the United Nations (elected to various UN bodies, led UN negotiations and events), USA

2015-2017

Director, European Union Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Lithuania

2010-2014

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Lithuania to the Kingdom of Spain and to the Argentine Republic, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Lithuania to the United Nations World Tourism Organization, Spain

2009-2010

Director, Human Resources Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Lithuania

2008-2009

Head, International Missions and Conflict Prevention Unit, Department for Transatlantic Cooperation and Security Policy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Lithuania

2004-2008

Counsellor, Minister Counsellor, Deputy Representative of Lithuania on the Political Security Committee, Permanent Representation of Lithuania to the European Union, Belgium

2003-2004

Head, Human Rights and NGO Division, Department of Multilateral Relations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Lithuania

1999-2002

Counsellor, Deputy Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of Lithuania to the United Nations, USA

1999 03-06

Counsellor, Embassy of the Republic of Lithuania in the United States of America, USA

1998-1999

Head, Northern Europe Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Lithuania

1997-1998

Counsellor, Office of the Commissioner for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights of the Council of the Baltic Sea States, Editor of Mare Balticum, Denmark

1996-1998

First Secretary, Head of Division, Americas Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Lithuania

1994-1996

Third - First Secretary, Multilateral Relations Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Lithuania

RANK

2017

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Lithuania

AWARDS

2003

The Cross of the Knight of the Order for Merits to Lithuania

1998

The Royal Norwegian Order of Merit, Norway

2015

The Royal Order of Isabella the Catholic, Spain

FOREIGN LANGUAGES

English, Spanish, Russian, French

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