Dalius Čekuolis
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Ambassador Dalius Čekuolis |
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| Lithuanian Permanent Representative to the United Nations | |
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Assumed office 2 March 2006 |
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| Born | 29 March 1959 Vilnius |
| Nationality | Lithuanian |
| Spouse(s) | Jūratė Čekuolienė |
| Children | One daughter |
| Alma mater | Moscow State Institute of International Relations |
Dalius Čekuolis (born 29 March 1959) is a Lithuanian career diplomat who is Lithuania's Permanent Representative to the UN since 2006. Previously, he served as the President of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), a primary organ of the United Nations (2007), Chair of the Third Biennial Meeting of States to Consider the Implementation of the United Nations Conference on the Illicit Trade in Small Arms to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All its Aspects (2008), Co-Chairman of the Ad Hoc Working Group on the Revitalization of the General Assembly (2010-2011), as well as the Vice-minister of Foreign Affairs and an ambassador of Lithuania to several European countries.
Dailus Čekuolis graduated from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations in 1982.
In 1990, Čekuolis became spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania as Head of the Press and Information Department.
In 1992, he became Lithuania's ambassador to Denmark, Norway, and Iceland, a position he held until 1994. From 1994 until 1998 he was ambassador to Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg, and representative to the Western European Union and NATO's North Atlantic Cooperation Council.
From 1998 to 1999, Čekuolis was Head of the Committee of Senior Officials of the Council of the Baltic Sea States (CBSS), and from 1999 until 2004, he was Lithuania's ambassador to Portugal. In 2004, he was appointed to the position of Undersecretary of the Foreign Ministry, where he was responsible for security policy.
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