HE Gediminas Varvuolis

Ambassador of Lithuania

Date of Birth March 8, 1970
Place of Birth Lithuania

Education

1995 Master’s degree, SciencePo (Paris, France)
1993 Bachelor’s degree in History Studies, Vilnius University, Faculty of History (Vilnius, Lithuania)

Work experience

From August 2025 Ambassador of Lithuania to the United States of America (Washington, DC)
2021 – 2025 Ambassador at Large for Connectivity and the Three Seas Initiative (MFA, Lithuania)
2018 – 2021 Ambassador of Lithuania to Japan (also accredited to New Zealand, Australia, ASEAN and ASEF organizations) (Tokyo, Japan)
2013 – 2018 Ambassador of Lithuania to the Kingdom of Belgium (also accredited to the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, Algeria) (Brussels, Belgium)
2009 – 2013 Director, Department of Transatlantic Cooperation and Security Policy (MFA, Lithuania)
2005 – 2009 Deputy Head of the Permanent Mission of Lithuania to NATO (Brussels, Belgium)
2005 Head of NATO Division (MFA, Lithuania)
2003 – 2005 Head of the Threat Analysis, Crisis Management and International Operations Division (MFA, Lithuania)
2002 – 2003 First Secretary, NATO Integration Division (MFA, Lithuania)
1998 – 2002 First Secretary, Embassy of Lithuania in France (Paris, France)
1995 – 1998 Third Secretary, Western European Countries Division (MFA, Lithuania)

Other

Awards
  • Knight’s Cross of the Order “For Merits to Lithuania” (2004)
  • French Order of Merit (1997)
  • Medal for Civilians of the National Defense System of the Republic of Lithuania “For Merits” (2011)
Languages Lithuanian (native), fluency in English, French, Russian, basic knowledge of Polish, Spanish, Dutch, Japanese
Marital status Married, 2 kids

December 16, 2025 at the The Hay-Adams Hotel