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]

References

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