Darius Degutis is a

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 ...

n diplomat who served as Lithuanian ambassador to

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and

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in the early 2000s and later served in Australia. Degutis was awarded the Commander's Cross of the

Order for Merits to Lithuania The Order for Merits to Lithuania () is an award, presented by the President of Lithuania, which may be conferred on the citizens of Lithuania and foreign nationals for distinguished services promoting name of Lithuania, expanding a develop interna ...

in 2003.

Education and career

Degutis studied at the

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 ...

. After graduating from university, he joined the Lithuanian branch of the

International Chamber of Commerce The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC; French: ''Chambre de commerce internationale'') is the largest, most representative business organization in the world. ICC represents over 45 million businesses in over 170 countries who have interest ...

and later moved to Audėjas company where he served as Export Manager from 1991 to 1992. His diplomatic career started with his appointment to the

Ministry of Foreign Affairs In many countries, the ministry of foreign affairs (abbreviated as MFA or MOFA) is the highest government department exclusively or primarily responsible for the state's foreign policy and relations, diplomacy, bilateral, and multilateral r ...

as the first secretary of the Nordic department in 1991 before being appointed adviser to the deputy head of Mission of the Lithuanian Embassy in

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in 1992. He served as the head of the political cooperation division of the European integration department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 1995 to 1998 when he was appointed minister-adviser at the Lithuanian Mission in Washington D.C. and worked there from 1998 to 2001. He was appointed Lithuanian ambassador to Poland in 2001 and served until 2004 when he was appointed to head the international cooperation division of the

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and remained in this position for two years. From 2006 to 2008, he was ambassador of the economic security policy department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for special assignments, representative of the

Prime Minister of Lithuania The prime minister of Lithuania (, , colloquially also referred to as the premier ) is the head of government of Lithuania. The prime minister is appointed by the President of Lithuania, president with the assent of the Lithuanian parliament, th ...

for Lithuanian and Polish energy projects. He was ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of Lithuania to Israel,

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, and

Ethiopia Ethiopia, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country located in the Horn of Africa region of East Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the north, Djibouti to the northeast, Somalia to the east, Ken ...

from 2009 to 2014 and was appointed ambassador to Australia in 2021.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Degutis, Darius Living people Lithuanian diplomats Vilnius University alumni Ambassadors of Lithuania to Poland Ambassadors of Lithuania to Israel Ambassadors of Lithuania to South Africa Ambassadors of Lithuania to Ethiopia Ambassadors of Lithuania to Australia Year of birth missing (living people)