List of Lithuanian diplomats includes Lithuanian diplomatic representatives – Chargés d'affaires ad interim (CDAI) and Envoys Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary (Envoy) – of Lithuania in 1918–1940. The list does not include consuls. Some representatives continued after the Soviet occupation of Lithuania in June 1940 (see list of Lithuanian diplomats (1940–1990)).

List

Country Name Title From To Notes
ArgentinaPetras MačiulisApril 1, 1930[1]: 3 
ArgentinaTeodoras DaukantasCDAIJanuary 9, 1931September 1, 1934[2]
ArgentinaJonas AukštuolisEnvoySeptember 1, 1934September 1, 1939[2]
ArgentinaKazimieras GraužinisEnvoySeptember 1, 1939December 6, 1946[2]
AustriaVaclovas SidzikauskasCDAIApril 5, 1924July 7, 1925Resided in Berlin[2]
AustriaVaclovas SidzikauskasEnvoyJuly 8, 1925November 10, 1931Resided in Berlin[2]
AustriaJurgis ŠaulysEnvoyFebruary 24, 19321938Until Anschluss; Resided in Berlin[2]
BelgiumOskaras MilašiusNovember 12, 1921[2]
BelgiumPetras KlimasEnvoyMarch 22, 19261940Until the German occupation of Belgium; Resided in Paris[2]
BelgiumVytautas GylysCDAIMarch 1, 1934November 30, 1937Resided in Brussels[2]
BelgiumVytautas StašinskasAttaché, CDAINovember 30, 1938February 25, 1940Resided in Brussels[2]
BelgiumJonas DeksnysAttaché, CDAI19401940Until the German occupation of Belgium[2]
BrazilTeodoras DaukantasCDAIJanuary 9, 1931September 1, 1934[2]
BrazilJonas AukštuolisEnvoyJuly 1, 1935September 1, 1939Resided in Buenos Aires, Argentina[2]
CaucasusPranas DailidėRepresentativeJuly 23, 1918October 9, 1921Covered Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia;[2] resided in Tbilisi[1]: 10 
CzechoslovakiaDonatas MalinauskasCDAIMarch 7, 1922June 4, 1923[2]
CzechoslovakiaDovas ZauniusEnvoyJune 5, 1923February 11, 1925[2]
CzechoslovakiaJuozas BrėdikisSecretary, CDAIFebruary 1, 1926July 1, 1932[2]
CzechoslovakiaJonas AukštuolisEnvoyOctober 1, 1932August 31, 1934[2]
CzechoslovakiaEdvardas TurauskasEnvoySeptember 1, 19341939Until the German occupation of Czechoslovakia[2]
DenmarkJurgis SavickisTemporary representativeJanuary 1, 1919January 20, 1922In Copenhagen[2]
DenmarkJurgis SavickisCDAIJanuary 21, 1922December 6, 1923[2]
DenmarkJurgis SavickisEnvoyJanuary 1, 1930December 1937[2]
DenmarkIgnas ŠeiniusCDAIDecember 19231927[2]
DenmarkVytautas GylysEnvoyApril 11, 1938Until German occupation of Denmark; Resided in Stockholm, Sweden[2]
EstoniaPranas Vaičiuška1919[2]
EstoniaVytautas GylysRepresentativeFebruary 24, 1920July 30, 1921[2]
EstoniaDovas ZauniusCDAINovember 20, 1921February 6, 1923Resided in Riga, Latvia[2]
EstoniaJonas AukštuolisRepresentativeFebruary 7, 1923December 1, 1924[2]
EstoniaJonas AukštuolisEnvoyDecember 1, 1924June 1930 (?)[2]
EstoniaKazimieras ŠumauskasSecretary, CDAIJune 1930March 1931[2]
EstoniaDonatas MalinauskasCDAIMarch 16, 1931[2]
EstoniaBronius DailidėEnvoyJanuary 31, 1933June 1940Until the Soviet occupation of Lithuania[2]
FinlandVytautas GylysRepresentativeFebruary 1, 1919July 30, 1921[2]
FinlandIgnas ŠeiniusCDAINovember 1921[2]
FinlandJurgis SavickisRepresentativeDecember 6, 1923July 1, 1927[2]
FinlandJonas AukštuolisEnvoyMarch 5, 1929September 1, 1934Resided in Kaunas and Prague[2]
FinlandBronius DailidėEnvoyOctober 5, 19341940Until the Soviet occupation[2]
FranceOskaras MilašiusCDAIDecember 1, 1920May 20, 1925[2]
FrancePetras KlimasEnvoyMay 20, 1925August 24, 1940Until the German occupation of France[2]
GermanyJurgis ŠaulysEnvoyNovember 20, 1918June 11, 1919[2]
GermanyJuozas PurickisEnvoyJune 12, 1919June 18, 1920[2]
GermanyViktoras GailiusEnvoyMay 19, 1920May 31, 1922[2]
GermanyVaclovas SidzikauskasCDAIJune 1, 1922March 31, 1924[2] From 1923, representatives in Germany also covered Japan.[3]
GermanyVaclovas SidzikauskasEnvoyApril 1, 1924September 31, 1931[2]
GermanyJurgis ŠaulysEnvoyOctober 1, 1931December 14, 1938[2]
GermanyKazys ŠkirpaEnvoyDecember 14, 1938Until his arrest by the Gestapo[2]
Great BritainVincas ČepinskisRepresentativeApril 19191919[1]: 1 
Great BritainAlfredas TiškevičiusRepresentative1919 fall[1]: 1 1921Former secretary of the Russian embassy in London[4]
Great BritainTomas Norus-Naruševičius1921June 29, 1923[1]: 1  From 1923, representatives in London also covered China.[3]
Great BritainVoldemaras ČarneckisCDAIDecember 5, 1923July 11, 1924[2]
Great BritainErnestas GalvanauskasEnvoyNovember 1924June 1, 1928[1]: 1 
Great BritainKazys BizauskasEnvoyMay 16, 1928September 31, 1931[2]
Great BritainVaclovas SidzikauskasEnvoyOctober 1, 1931January 1934De facto succeeded by Juozas Kajeckas until the appointment of Balutis[2]
Great BritainBronius Kazys BalutisEnvoyJune 1, 1934December 30, 1967Representation continued[2]
HungaryVaclovas SidzikauskasCDAIApril 5, 1924July 9, 1925Resided in Berlin[2]
HungaryVaclovas SidzikauskasEnvoyJuly 19, 1925November 15, 1931Resided in Berlin[2]
HungaryJurgis ŠaulysEnvoyFebruary 24, 1932December 14, 1938Resided in Berlin[2]
HungaryKazys ŠkirpaEnvoyDecember 14, 1938Until occupation; Resided in Berlin[2]
Iran (Persia)Jurgis BaltrušaitisEnvoyMay 20, 1933May 1939Resided in Moscow, Russia[2]
ItalyJurgis ŠaulysCDAIJanuary 31, 1921May 29, 1923[2]
ItalyPetras KlimasEnvoySeptember 15, 1923May 19, 1925[2]
ItalyVoldemaras ČarneckisEnvoyNovember 7, 1925February 14, 1939[2]
ItalyStasys LozoraitisEnvoyFebruary 15, 1939August 1940Until Soviet Union took over Villa Lituania[2][5]
LatviaJonas ŠliūpasRepresentativeAugust 1919December 1919[6]
LatviaDovas ZauniusCDAIFebruary 8, 1920November 10, 1921[2]
LatviaDovas ZauniusResident MinisterNovember 10, 1921February 6, 1923[2]
LatviaJonas AukštuolisRepresentativeFebruary 7, 1923December 1, 1924[2]
LatviaJonas AukštuolisEnvoyDecember 1, 1924August 31, 1927[2]
LatviaKazys BizauskasEnvoySeptember 1, 1927May 15, 1928[2]
LatviaBronius DailidėEnvoyAugust 1, 19281933[7]
LatviaJuozas UrbšysEnvoyMay 15, 1933July 14, 1934[2]
LatviaVytautas VileišisEnvoyAugust 1, 19341937[7]
LatviaJurgis SavickisEnvoyDecember 1937November 30, 1938[2]
LatviaKazys BizauskasEnvoyJanuary 1, 1939May 1, 1939[2]
LatviaPranas DailidėEnvoyJune 1, 1939August 3, 1940[2]
League of NationsDovas ZauniusPermanent DelegateMarch 17, 1925May 22, 1927[2]
League of NationsKazys ŠkirpaEnvoy and Permanent DelegateJuly 1, 1937December 1, 1938[2]
League of NationsJurgis SavickisEnvoy and Permanent DelegateDecember 1, 1938June 15, 1940[2]
League of NationsEdvardas TurauskasOctober 15, 19401946Until the liquidation of the League of Nations[2]
LuxembourgPetras KlimasEnvoyDecember 19, 19311940Until the German occupation of Luxembourg; Resided in Paris[2]
NetherlandsJonas AukštuolisRepresentativeNovember 22, 1921September 1, 1922[2]
NetherlandsJurgis SavickisCDAIJuly 1923February 1925[2]
NetherlandsErnestas GalvanauskasMarch 19251927[2] Resided in London[1]: 19 
NetherlandsKazys BizauskasEnvoyOctober 14, 1930December 20, 1931[2]
NetherlandsVaclovas SidzikauskasEnvoyDecember 21, 1931May 31, 1934Resided in London[2]
NetherlandsBronius Kazys BalutisEnvoyJune 1, 19341942Until establishment of diplomatic relations with Soviet Union
NorwayJonas AukštuolisRepresentativeJuly 29, 1919February 16, 1922[2] Resided in Stockholm[1]: 18 
NorwayJurgis SavickisCDAIFebruary 17, 1922December 6, 1923Resided in Copenhagen, Denmark[2]
NorwayIgnas ŠeiniusCDAIDecember 6, 19231927[2] Resided in Stockholm[1]: 18 
NorwayJurgis SavickisEnvoyJanuary 1, 1930February 1937[2] Resided in Stockholm[1]: 18 
NorwayVytautas GylysEnvoyJune 1, 19381940Until the Soviet occupation of Lithuania; Resided in Stockholm[2]
ParaguayTeodoras DaukantasCDAIJanuary 9, 1931September 1, 1934Resided in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil[2]
PolandKazys ŠkirpaEnvoyMarch 26, 1938December 14, 1938Established after the 1938 Polish ultimatum to Lithuania[2]
PolandJurgis ŠaulysEnvoyDecember 15, 1938September 1939Until the Invasion of Poland[2]
PortugalPetras KlimasEnvoyMarch 20, 1930September 1, 1940Until Portugal suspended diplomatic relations with the Baltic states; Resided in Paris[2]
RomaniaDovas ZauniusEnvoyNovember 4, 1924February 11, 1925Resided in Prague[2]
RomaniaEdvardas TurauskasEnvoyAugust 27, 1935Until the Soviet occupation; Resided in Prague[2]
Soviet UnionJuozas Simonaitis-Vanagas1920[1]: 22 
Soviet UnionJurgis BaltrušaitisChairman of the Special Lithuanian MissionSeptember 16, 1920June 20, 1922[2]
Soviet UnionJurgis BaltrušaitisEnvoyJune 21, 1922March 31, 1939[2]
Soviet UnionLadas NatkevičiusEnvoyJune 1, 1939September 16, 1940[1]: 22 Until the Soviet occupation of Lithuania[2]
SpainPetras KlimasEnvoyFebruary 28, 1930Until the end of the Spanish Civil War; Resided in Paris[2]
SwedenJonas AukštuolisRepresentativeJanuary 12, 1919February 16, 1922[2]
SwedenJurgis SavickisCDAIFebruary 17, 1922December 6, 1923Resided in Copenhagen, Denmark[2]
SwedenIgnas ŠeiniusCDAIJanuary 1, 1924June 30, 1927[2]
SwedenBronius DailidėEnvoyMarch 1929January 1930Resided in Riga, Latvia [2]
SwedenJurgis SavickisEnvoyJanuary 1930November 1937[2]
SwedenVytautas GylysDecember 1937August 25, 1940[1]: 24 Until the Soviet occupation of Lithuania[2]
SwitzerlandVladas DaumantasUnofficial representativeDecember 27, 19181919[8]
SwitzerlandJurgis ŠaulysRepresentativeSeptember 1, 1919December 1, 1919[2]
SwitzerlandVaclovas SidzikauskasRepresentativeDecember 6, 1919November 3, 1921[2]
SwitzerlandVaclovas SidzikauskasCDAINovember 4, 1921May 31, 1922[2]
SwitzerlandEdvardas TurauskasCDAIJune 1, 1922August 15, 1923[2]
SwitzerlandDovas ZauniusEnvoyFebruary 12, 1925June 10, 1927[2]
SwitzerlandVaclovas SidzikauskasEnvoyJune 1, 1927November 19, 1934Resided in Berlin[2]
SwitzerlandJurgis ŠaulysEnvoyNovember 19, 1934December 14, 1938Resided in Berlin[2]
SwitzerlandKazys ŠkirpaEnvoyDecember 15, 1938December 1, 1939Resided in Berlin[2]
SwitzerlandJurgis ŠaulysDecember 1, 1939November 1, 1946[2]
TurkeyJurgis BaltrušaitisEnvoyMay 20, 1932May 1, 1939Resided in Moscow[2]
UkraineAndrius LisauskasRepresentativeOctober 24, 19191920In Odessa[3]
United StatesJonas VileišisChairman of the Lithuanian MissionDecember 1919June 15, 1921Recognized by the State Department as an unofficial representative[2][9]
United StatesVoldemaras ČarneckisRepresentativeJune 15, 1921September 7, 1921In Washington D.C.[2]
United StatesVoldemaras ČarneckisCDAISeptember 8, 1921November 23, 1923[2]
United StatesKazys BizauskasRepresentativeNovember 24, 1923June 3, 1924[2]
United StatesKazys BizauskasEnvoyJune 4, 1924August 31, 1927[2]
United StatesBronius Kazys BalutisEnvoyJuly 1, 1928May 31, 1934[2]
United StatesMikas BagdonasCDAIMay 17, 1927June 1928[2]
United StatesMikas BagdonasCDAIMay 31, 1934June 30, 1935[2]
United StatesPovilas ŽadeikisEnvoyJuly 1, 1935May 11, 1957Until his death; Representation continued[2]
UruguayTeodoras DaukantasCDAIJanuary 9, 19311934Resided in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil[2]
UruguayJonas AukštuolisEnvoyNovember 1, 1934March 7, 1940[2]
UruguayKazimieras GraužinisMarch 8, 1940[2]
VaticanJurgis NarjauskasEpiscopal RepresentativeSeptember 17, 1919March 30, 1922[2]
VaticanKazys BizauskasRepresentativeMarch 30, 1922November 23, 1923[2]
VaticanJuozas MacevičiusCDAI1924 endMay 18, 1926[10]
VaticanJurgis ŠaulysEnvoyMay 5, 1927May 5, 1931[2]
VaticanStasys LozoraitisCDAISeptember 1, 1931August 31, 1932[2]
VaticanKazimieras GraužinisCDAISeptember 1, 1932September 1, 1939[2]
VaticanStasys GirdvainisEnvoySeptember 1, 1939December 1, 1958Demoted to CDAI, continued to represent Lithuania until 1970[2]
YugoslaviaEdvardas TurauskasEnvoyNovember 15, 1935Until the occupation; Resided in Prague[2]

References

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  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 Gaigalaitė, Aldona; Skirius, Juozas; Kasparavičius, Algimantas; Veilentienė, Audronė (1999). Lietuvos užsienio reikalų ministrai: 1918–1940 (PDF) (in Lithuanian). Kaunas: Šviesa. pp. 416–418. ISBN 5-430-02696-4.
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  4. ↑ Gimžauskas, Edmundas, ed. (2012). Lietuvos ir Lenkijos santykiai: nuo Pirmojo pasaulinio karo pabaigos iki L. Żeligowskio įvykdyto Vilniaus užėmimo (1918 m. laprkitis-1920 m. spalis) (PDF) (in Lithuanian). Lietuvos istorijos institutas. p. 226. ISBN 978-9955-847-58-8.
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  7. 1 2 "Latvija" (in Lithuanian). Seimas. 2011-08-26. Retrieved February 10, 2018.
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  10. ↑ Kasparavičius, Algimantas (2008). Tarp politikos ir diplomatijos: Šventasis Sostas ir Lietuvos Respublika (in Lithuanian). Lietuvos istorijos instituto leidykla. pp. 150, 193. ISBN 978-9955-847-03-8.
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