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Vygaudas Ušackas (born 16 December 1964 in Skuodas, Lithuania) is a Lithuanian diplomat, since September 2013 appointed as the head of European Union's delegation in Russia.〔http://eeas.europa.eu/delegations/russia/about_us/internal_organisation/index_en.htm〕 Prior to that he served as the head of EU mission for Afghanistan.〔(EU names new Afghanistan special envoy ). Retrieved on 2010-02-22〕 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. == Biography == Vygaudas Ušackas was born in 1964 in Skuodas. In 1982 he finished Skuodas school and enrolled to the Vilnius University, there he received law degree in 1990. Later he continued his studies at the University of Oslo, Norway and the Aarhus University, Denmark, specializing in international politics and trade. Between 1992 and 1996 he worked as an adviser to Lithuania's mission to NATO and European Community, soon afterwords he assumed post Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Between 2000 and 2001 he was the chief negotiator of Lithuania's accession to the European Union. After the 2008 election, Andrius Kubilius presented Vygaudas Ušackas as candidate for the position of Minister of Foreign Affairs to President Valdas Adamkus. On March 22, 2010, he was appointed by Catherine Ashton as the European Union's special envoy for Afghanistan.〔(Council decision 2010/168/CFSP of 22 March 2010 appointing the European Union Special Representative in Afghanistan ), Official Journal of the European Union, L 75, 23 March 2010〕 As of the 1st of September 2013 Vygaudas Ušackas serves as Ambassador, Head of the EU Delegation to the Russian Federation. He has two children: Raimundas, who was born in 1991, and Paula, born in 1993. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Vygaudas Ušackas」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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