List of Lithuanian diplomats (1918–1940)

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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)).

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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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