Antanas Valionis
Appearance
Antanas Valionis | |
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Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
In office 9 November 2000 – 18 July 2006 | |
Prime Minister | Rolandas Paksas Eugenijus Gentvilas |
Preceded by | Algirdas Saudargas |
Succeeded by | Petras Vaitiekūnas |
Personal details | |
Born | Zabieliškis, Lithuania | 21 September 1950
Political party | New Union |
Antanas Valionis (born September 21, 1950) is a Lithuanian politician, currently a member of the New Union party.
He was appointed the Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs on October 30, 2000, and reappointed on July 5, 2001. He resigned on August 31, 2006.
From 1981 he served in the Soviet secret police KGB in Riga reaching the rank of captain.[1][2] Afterwards he served in the KGB active reserve.
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