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          Linas Antanas Linkevičius (born 6 January ) is a Lithuanian diplomat who has formerly served in the cabinet as Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of....

          Lithuanian politician (born 1961)

          Linas Antanas Linkevičius (born 6 January 1961) is a Lithuanian diplomat who has formerly served in the cabinet as Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of National Defence.

          He is currently Lithuania's Amb*ador to Sweden.

          Early life

          He was born into an engineer and teacher family.

          Date of birth.

        1. The painter, who has survived the Holocaust, donated over 50 valuable paintings to Lithuania.
        2. Linas Antanas Linkevičius (born 6 January ) is a Lithuanian diplomat who has formerly served in the cabinet as Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of.
        3. Ambassador to Sweden, Former Minister of Foreign Affairs and Defence.
        4. The Vilna Gaon is considered to be the guardian of the singular identity and strength of the tradition of Litvak Judaism.

          5. His childhood and school years were spent in Kaunas. In 1978, he graduated from the Kaunas 7th Secondary School with a gold medal. From 1978-1983, he studied at the Faculty of Automation of Kaunas Polytechnic Ins*ute, graduating with an electrical engineering degree.

          During the rest of the 80s, he served as secretary of the local Lithuanian Komsomol district in Panemunė.

          Political career

          Linkevičius served as minister of National Defence from 1993 to 1996 and from 2000 to 2004.

          He was the Lithuanian Permanent Representative to NATO from 2005 until 2011.

          Minister of Foreign Affairs, 2012–2020

          Linkevičius with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, 28 Ma