Exiled envoy

By Gary Peach - 01.04.2010 / 05:15 CET

Vygaudas Ušackas, the new EU special representative to Afghanistan, is the latest diplomat to be exiled abroad by Lithuania's president.

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Curriculum Vitae

1964: Born, Skuodas
1990: Law degree, Vilnius University
1991: Joins foreign ministry
1992-96: Lithuanian mission to EU, NATO
1996-99: Political director, foreign ministry
2000-01: Chief negotiator on EU accession
2001-06: Ambassador to the US and Mexico
2006-08: Ambassador to the UK
2008-10: Minister of foreign affairs
2010-: EU special representative to Afghanistan