Stasys Sakalauskas (19 August 1946 – 25 March 2004) was a

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n diplomat, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Lithuania.

Early life and career

Stasys Sakalauskas was born on 19 August 1946 in

Kaunas Kaunas (; ) is the second-largest city in Lithuania after Vilnius, the fourth largest List of cities in the Baltic states by population, city in the Baltic States and an important centre of Lithuanian economic, academic, and cultural life. Kaun ...

, Lithuania. In his hometown, he finished Salomėja Nėris Secondary School and graduated from

Kaunas Polytechnic Institute The Kaunas University of Technology (abbreviated as KTU, ) is a public university, public research university located in Kaunas, Lithuania. Established in 1922, KTU has been seen as one of Lithuania's top science education centers. In 2021, KTU ...

. Afterwards, he was invited to work in the institute. Here he defended his Doctor of Technology Thesis and became an associate professor. As a lecturer, he worked in Kaunas Polytechnic Institute for almost 22 years.

Diplomatic Service

He began his diplomat’s career on 1 October 1991 by becoming the Chief Expert of the America, Canada, and Asia Division of the Policy Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania. From 1 November 1991 to 14 July 1994, he worked as the Head of the America, Canada, and Asia Division of the Policy Department. After three years, from 15 July 1994 to 2 March 1997, he worked in the Embassy of Lithuania to the US as a political counsellor as well as was the military attaché. On 3 March 1997, he was appointed as the Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania and in the same year, on 22 September 1997, as the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Lithuania to the US and Mexico. Letters of appointment were delivered to US President

Bill Clinton William Jefferson Clinton (né Blythe III; born August 19, 1946) is an American politician and lawyer who was the 42nd president of the United States from 1993 to 2001. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, ...

on 12 November 1997. The mandate ended on 4 March 2001. From 5 March 2001 to 6 April 2003, Stasys Sakalauskas was Ambassador at Large of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. From 7 April 2003 up until his death, he was the Ambassador at Large regarding Kaliningrad issues in the Eastern Europe and Central Asia Department. In 2003, Stasys Sakalauskas was awarded the Cross of Commander 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 ...

.Database of Awarded Persons
Retrieved 2021-05-21.

References

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