Ambassador

Jonas Grinevičius

Ambassador

Education

1990-1994

Vilnius University, Faculty of Philosophy (BPhil)

1994-1996

Vilnius University, Faculty of Philosophy (MPhil)

1996-1997

Geneva Centre for Security Policy (GCSP), International Training Course (ITC), Switzerland

Work experience 

1995-1998

Third Secretary, Second Secretary, Multilateral Relations Division, Political Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania

1998-2001

First Secretary, Lithuanian Mission to NATO, Brussels

2001-2005

Head, NATO Integration Division (from 2004 NATO Division), Security Policy Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania

2001-2005

Head of Secretariat, Governmental NATO integration Coordination Commission

2002-2004

Member of the Lithuanian Negotiation Team for Lithuania’s NATO Membership

2005-2008

Minister Counsellor, Head, Political Section, Lithuanian Embassy in Great Britain, London

2008

Head, Strategic and Transatlantic Relation Division, Transatlantic Cooperation and Security Policy Department

2008-2009

Advisor to the   Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania

2009-2011

Director, Eastern Neighborhood Policy Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania

2011-2015

Minister Plenipotentiary, Deputy Head of Mission, Lithuanian embassy in Russian Federation, Moscow

2015-2017

Director, Eastern Neighborhood Policy Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania

2017-2021

Minister Plenipotentiary, Deputy Head of Mission, Lithuanian Embassy in Great Britain, London

2021

Advisor, Europe Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania

Since September 2021

Ambassador at Large, European Bilateral and Regional Cooperation Directorate, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania

Awards

2004

The Cross of the Knight of the Order for Merits to Lithuania

Languages

Lithuanian (mother tongue), English, Russian, German, Polish, French