Vygaudas Ušackas

Vygaudas Ušackas
Board Member of Avia Solutions Group
Incumbent
Assumed office September 2019
Ambassador of the European Union to the Russian Federation
In office 1 September 2013 – 1 October 2017
Preceded by	Fernando M. Valenzuela
Succeeded by	Markus Ederer
Special Representative of the European Union to the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
In office 1 April 2010 – 1 September 2013
Preceded by	Ettore Francesco Sequi
Succeeded by	Franz-Michael Skjold Mellbin
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania
In office 9 December 2008 – 26 January 2010
President	Dalia Grybauskaitė
Prime Minister	Andrius Kubilius
Preceded by	Petras Vaitiekūnas
Succeeded by	Audronius Ažubalis
Personal details
Born	(1964-12-16) 16 December 1964 Skuodas, Lithuanian SSR, Soviet Union
Political party	Homeland Union

Vygaudas Ušackas (born 16 December 1964 in Skuodas, 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 European Union'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 Catherine Ashton as the European Union's special envoy for Afghanistan.

References

• Vygaudas Ušackas (Lithuanian Embassy, UK; retrieved on 2008-12-03)