Petras Vaitiekūnas, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Petras Vaitiekūnas

Lithuanian politician

Date of Birth: 26-Mar-1953

Place of Birth: Liudvinavas, Marijampolė County, Lithuania

Profession: politician, physicist, diplomat

Nationality: Lithuania

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Petras Vaitiekunas (born 26 March 1953, in Liudvinavas, Marijampole County) is a Lithuanian politician who was the Foreign Minister of Lithuania from 2006 to 2008. Petras Vaitiekunas was a signatory to the Lithuanian declaration of independence in 1990 and a member of the Lithuanian Supreme Council from 1990 to 1992.
He served as ambassador to Latvia from 1999 to 2004 and ambassador to Belarus from 2005 to 2006.
He was appointed Foreign Minister of Lithuania on 12 July 2006.