List of Lithuanian diplomats (1918–1940)

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
Argentina Petras Mačiulis April 1, 1930 [1]: 3 
Argentina Teodoras Daukantas CDAI January 9, 1931 September 1, 1934 [2]
Argentina Jonas Aukštuolis Envoy September 1, 1934 September 1, 1939 [2]
Argentina Kazimieras Graužinis Envoy September 1, 1939 December 6, 1946 [2]
Austria Vaclovas Sidzikauskas CDAI April 5, 1924 July 7, 1925 Resided in Berlin[2]
Austria Vaclovas Sidzikauskas Envoy July 8, 1925 November 10, 1931 Resided in Berlin[2]
Austria Jurgis Šaulys Envoy February 24, 1932 1938 Until Anschluss; Resided in Berlin[2]
Belgium Oskaras Milašius November 12, 1921 [2]
Belgium Petras Klimas Envoy March 22, 1926 1940 Until the German occupation of Belgium; Resided in Paris[2]
Belgium Vytautas Gylys CDAI March 1, 1934 November 30, 1937 Resided in Brussels[2]
Belgium Vytautas Stašinskas Attaché, CDAI November 30, 1938 February 25, 1940 Resided in Brussels[2]
Belgium Jonas Deksnys Attaché, CDAI 1940 1940 Until the German occupation of Belgium[2]
Brazil Teodoras Daukantas CDAI January 9, 1931 September 1, 1934 [2]
Brazil Jonas Aukštuolis Envoy July 1, 1935 September 1, 1939 Resided in Buenos Aires, Argentina[2]
Caucasus Pranas Dailidė Representative July 23, 1918 October 9, 1921 Covered Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia;[2] resided in Tbilisi[1]: 10 
Czechoslovakia Donatas Malinauskas CDAI March 7, 1922 June 4, 1923 [2]
Czechoslovakia Dovas Zaunius Envoy June 5, 1923 February 11, 1925 [2]
Czechoslovakia Juozas Brėdikis Secretary, CDAI February 1, 1926 July 1, 1932 [2]
Czechoslovakia Jonas Aukštuolis Envoy October 1, 1932 August 31, 1934 [2]
Czechoslovakia Edvardas Turauskas Envoy September 1, 1934 1939 Until the German occupation of Czechoslovakia[2]
Denmark Jurgis Savickis Temporary representative January 1, 1919 January 20, 1922 In Copenhagen[2]
Denmark Jurgis Savickis CDAI January 21, 1922 December 6, 1923 [2]
Denmark Jurgis Savickis Envoy January 1, 1930 December 1937 [2]
Denmark Ignas Šeinius CDAI December 1923 1927 [2]
Denmark Vytautas Gylys Envoy April 11, 1938 Until German occupation of Denmark; Resided in Stockholm, Sweden[2]
Estonia Pranas Vaičiuška 1919 [2]
Estonia Vytautas Gylys Representative February 24, 1920 July 30, 1921 [2]
Estonia Dovas Zaunius CDAI November 20, 1921 February 6, 1923 Resided in Riga, Latvia[2]
Estonia Jonas Aukštuolis Representative February 7, 1923 December 1, 1924 [2]
Estonia Jonas Aukštuolis Envoy December 1, 1924 June 1930 (?) [2]
Estonia Kazimieras Šumauskas Secretary, CDAI June 1930 March 1931 [2]
Estonia Donatas Malinauskas CDAI March 16, 1931 [2]
Estonia Bronius Dailidė Envoy January 31, 1933 June 1940 Until the Soviet occupation of Lithuania[2]
Finland Vytautas Gylys Representative February 1, 1919 July 30, 1921 [2]
Finland Ignas Šeinius CDAI November 1921 [2]
Finland Jurgis Savickis Representative December 6, 1923 July 1, 1927 [2]
Finland Jonas Aukštuolis Envoy March 5, 1929 September 1, 1934 Resided in Kaunas and Prague[2]
Finland Bronius Dailidė Envoy October 5, 1934 1940 Until the Soviet occupation[2]
France Oskaras Milašius CDAI December 1, 1920 May 20, 1925 [2]
France Petras Klimas Envoy May 20, 1925 August 24, 1940 Until the German occupation of France[2]
Germany Jurgis Šaulys Envoy November 20, 1918 June 11, 1919 [2]
Germany Juozas Purickis Envoy June 12, 1919 June 18, 1920 [2]
Germany Viktoras Gailius Envoy May 19, 1920 May 31, 1922 [2]
Germany Vaclovas Sidzikauskas CDAI June 1, 1922 March 31, 1924 [2] From 1923, representatives in Germany also covered Japan.[3]
Germany Vaclovas Sidzikauskas Envoy April 1, 1924 September 31, 1931 [2]
Germany Jurgis Šaulys Envoy October 1, 1931 December 14, 1938 [2]
Germany Kazys Škirpa Envoy December 14, 1938 Until his arrest by the Gestapo[2]
Great Britain Vincas Čepinskis Representative April 1919 1919 [1]: 1 
Great Britain Alfredas Tiškevičius Representative 1919 fall[1]: 1  1921 Former secretary of the Russian embassy in London[4]
Great Britain Tomas Norus-Naruševičius 1921 June 29, 1923 [1]: 1  From 1923, representatives in London also covered China.[3]
Great Britain Voldemaras Čarneckis CDAI December 5, 1923 July 11, 1924 [2]
Great Britain Ernestas Galvanauskas Envoy November 1924 June 1, 1928 [1]: 1 
Great Britain Kazys Bizauskas Envoy May 16, 1928 September 31, 1931 [2]
Great Britain Vaclovas Sidzikauskas Envoy October 1, 1931 January 1934 De facto succeeded by Juozas Kajeckas until the appointment of Balutis[2]
Great Britain Bronius Kazys Balutis Envoy June 1, 1934 December 30, 1967 Representation continued[2]
Hungary Vaclovas Sidzikauskas CDAI April 5, 1924 July 9, 1925 Resided in Berlin[2]
Hungary Vaclovas Sidzikauskas Envoy July 19, 1925 November 15, 1931 Resided in Berlin[2]
Hungary Jurgis Šaulys Envoy February 24, 1932 December 14, 1938 Resided in Berlin[2]
Hungary Kazys Škirpa Envoy December 14, 1938 Until occupation; Resided in Berlin[2]
Iran (Persia) Jurgis Baltrušaitis Envoy May 20, 1933 May 1939 Resided in Moscow, Russia[2]
Italy Jurgis Šaulys CDAI January 31, 1921 May 29, 1923 [2]
Italy Petras Klimas Envoy September 15, 1923 May 19, 1925 [2]
Italy Voldemaras Čarneckis Envoy November 7, 1925 February 14, 1939 [2]
Italy Stasys Lozoraitis Envoy February 15, 1939 August 1940 Until Soviet Union took over Villa Lituania[2][5]
Latvia Jonas Šliūpas Representative August 1919 December 1919 [6]
Latvia Dovas Zaunius CDAI February 8, 1920 November 10, 1921 [2]
Latvia Dovas Zaunius Resident Minister November 10, 1921 February 6, 1923 [2]
Latvia Jonas Aukštuolis Representative February 7, 1923 December 1, 1924 [2]
Latvia Jonas Aukštuolis Envoy December 1, 1924 August 31, 1927 [2]
Latvia Kazys Bizauskas Envoy September 1, 1927 May 15, 1928 [2]
Latvia Bronius Dailidė Envoy August 1, 1928 1933 [7]
Latvia Juozas Urbšys Envoy May 15, 1933 July 14, 1934 [2]
Latvia Vytautas Vileišis Envoy August 1, 1934 1937 [7]
Latvia Jurgis Savickis Envoy December 1937 November 30, 1938 [2]
Latvia Kazys Bizauskas Envoy January 1, 1939 May 1, 1939 [2]
Latvia Pranas Dailidė Envoy June 1, 1939 August 3, 1940 [2]
League of Nations Dovas Zaunius Permanent Delegate March 17, 1925 May 22, 1927 [2]
League of Nations Kazys Škirpa Envoy and Permanent Delegate July 1, 1937 December 1, 1938 [2]
League of Nations Jurgis Savickis Envoy and Permanent Delegate December 1, 1938 June 15, 1940 [2]
League of Nations Edvardas Turauskas October 15, 1940 1946 Until the liquidation of the League of Nations[2]
Luxembourg Petras Klimas Envoy December 19, 1931 1940 Until the German occupation of Luxembourg; Resided in Paris[2]
Netherlands Jonas Aukštuolis Representative November 22, 1921 September 1, 1922 [2]
Netherlands Jurgis Savickis CDAI July 1923 February 1925 [2]
Netherlands Ernestas Galvanauskas March 1925 1927 [2] Resided in London[1]: 19 
Netherlands Kazys Bizauskas Envoy October 14, 1930 December 20, 1931 [2]
Netherlands Vaclovas Sidzikauskas Envoy December 21, 1931 May 31, 1934 Resided in London[2]
Netherlands Bronius Kazys Balutis Envoy June 1, 1934 1942 Until establishment of diplomatic relations with Soviet Union
Norway Jonas Aukštuolis Representative July 29, 1919 February 16, 1922 [2] Resided in Stockholm[1]: 18 
Norway Jurgis Savickis CDAI February 17, 1922 December 6, 1923 Resided in Copenhagen, Denmark[2]
Norway Ignas Šeinius CDAI December 6, 1923 1927 [2] Resided in Stockholm[1]: 18 
Norway Jurgis Savickis Envoy January 1, 1930 February 1937 [2] Resided in Stockholm[1]: 18 
Norway Vytautas Gylys Envoy June 1, 1938 1940 Until the Soviet occupation of Lithuania; Resided in Stockholm[2]
Paraguay Teodoras Daukantas CDAI January 9, 1931 September 1, 1934 Resided in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil[2]
Poland Kazys Škirpa Envoy March 26, 1938 December 14, 1938 Established after the 1938 Polish ultimatum to Lithuania[2]
Poland Jurgis Šaulys Envoy December 15, 1938 September 1939 Until the Invasion of Poland[2]
Portugal Petras Klimas Envoy March 20, 1930 September 1, 1940 Until Portugal suspended diplomatic relations with the Baltic states; Resided in Paris[2]
Romania Dovas Zaunius Envoy November 4, 1924 February 11, 1925 Resided in Prague[2]
Romania Edvardas Turauskas Envoy August 27, 1935 Until the Soviet occupation; Resided in Prague[2]
Soviet Union Juozas Simonaitis-Vanagas 1920 [1]: 22 
Soviet Union Jurgis Baltrušaitis Chairman of the Special Lithuanian Mission September 16, 1920 June 20, 1922 [2]
Soviet Union Jurgis Baltrušaitis Envoy June 21, 1922 March 31, 1939 [2]
Soviet Union Ladas Natkevičius Envoy June 1, 1939 September 16, 1940[1]: 22  Until the Soviet occupation of Lithuania[2]
Spain Petras Klimas Envoy February 28, 1930 Until the end of the Spanish Civil War; Resided in Paris[2]
Sweden Jonas Aukštuolis Representative January 12, 1919 February 16, 1922 [2]
Sweden Jurgis Savickis CDAI February 17, 1922 December 6, 1923 Resided in Copenhagen, Denmark[2]
Sweden Ignas Šeinius CDAI January 1, 1924 June 30, 1927 [2]
Sweden Bronius Dailidė Envoy March 1929 January 1930 Resided in Riga, Latvia [2]
Sweden Jurgis Savickis Envoy January 1930 November 1937 [2]
Sweden Vytautas Gylys December 1937 August 25, 1940[1]: 24  Until the Soviet occupation of Lithuania[2]
Switzerland Vladas Daumantas Unofficial representative December 27, 1918 1919 [8]
Switzerland Jurgis Šaulys Representative September 1, 1919 December 1, 1919 [2]
Switzerland Vaclovas Sidzikauskas Representative December 6, 1919 November 3, 1921 [2]
Switzerland Vaclovas Sidzikauskas CDAI November 4, 1921 May 31, 1922 [2]
Switzerland Edvardas Turauskas CDAI June 1, 1922 August 15, 1923 [2]
Switzerland Dovas Zaunius Envoy February 12, 1925 June 10, 1927 [2]
Switzerland Vaclovas Sidzikauskas Envoy June 1, 1927 November 19, 1934 Resided in Berlin[2]
Switzerland Jurgis Šaulys Envoy November 19, 1934 December 14, 1938 Resided in Berlin[2]
Switzerland Kazys Škirpa Envoy December 15, 1938 December 1, 1939 Resided in Berlin[2]
Switzerland Jurgis Šaulys December 1, 1939 November 1, 1946 [2]
Turkey Jurgis Baltrušaitis Envoy May 20, 1932 May 1, 1939 Resided in Moscow[2]
Ukraine Andrius Lisauskas Representative October 24, 1919 1920 In Odessa[3]
United States Jonas Vileišis Chairman of the Lithuanian Mission December 1919 June 15, 1921 Recognized by the State Department as an unofficial representative[2][9]
United States Voldemaras Čarneckis Representative June 15, 1921 September 7, 1921 In Washington D.C.[2]
United States Voldemaras Čarneckis CDAI September 8, 1921 November 23, 1923 [2]
United States Kazys Bizauskas Representative November 24, 1923 June 3, 1924 [2]
United States Kazys Bizauskas Envoy June 4, 1924 August 31, 1927 [2]
United States Bronius Kazys Balutis Envoy July 1, 1928 May 31, 1934 [2]
United States Mikas Bagdonas CDAI May 17, 1927 June 1928 [2]
United States Mikas Bagdonas CDAI May 31, 1934 June 30, 1935 [2]
United States Povilas Žadeikis Envoy July 1, 1935 May 11, 1957 Until his death; Representation continued[2]
Uruguay Teodoras Daukantas CDAI January 9, 1931 1934 Resided in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil[2]
Uruguay Jonas Aukštuolis Envoy November 1, 1934 March 7, 1940 [2]
Uruguay Kazimieras Graužinis March 8, 1940 [2]
Vatican Jurgis Narjauskas Episcopal Representative September 17, 1919 March 30, 1922 [2]
Vatican Kazys Bizauskas Representative March 30, 1922 November 23, 1923 [2]
Vatican Juozas Macevičius CDAI 1924 end May 18, 1926 [10]
Vatican Jurgis Šaulys Envoy May 5, 1927 May 5, 1931 [2]
Vatican Stasys Lozoraitis CDAI September 1, 1931 August 31, 1932 [2]
Vatican Kazimieras Graužinis CDAI September 1, 1932 September 1, 1939 [2]
Vatican Stasys Girdvainis Envoy September 1, 1939 December 1, 1958 Demoted to CDAI, continued to represent Lithuania until 1970[2]
Yugoslavia Edvardas Turauskas Envoy November 15, 1935 Until the occupation; Resided in Prague[2]

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