Petras Auštrevičius | |
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Born | May 16th 1963 Juodšiliai, Vilnius District, Lithuania |
Nationality | Lithuanian |
Alma mater |
• 1992–1993 Diplomat training program, Hoover Institution, Stanford University, USA • 1988–1991 Doctoral studies, Institute of Economics of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences |
Occupation | Member of the European Parliament |
Political party |
• 2004 Liberal and Centre Union • 2006 Liberals Movement of Lithuania |
Spouse(s) | Gintarė Auštrevičienė |
Children |
Vainius Auštrevičius Vytenis Auštrevičius |
Website | austrevicius |
• 1992–1993 Diplomat training program, Hoover Institution, Stanford University, USA
• 1988–1991 Doctoral studies, Institute of Economics of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences
• 2004 Liberal and Centre Union
• 2006 Liberals Movement of Lithuania
Vainius Auštrevičius
Petras Auštrevičius (born in Juodšiliai, Lithuania, on 16 May 1963) is a Lithuanian politician, diplomat, civil society activist, former member of the Seimas (Lithuanian parliament), and, since 2014, a member of the European Parliament.
In 1981, Auštrevičius graduated from Vilnius Secondary School No. 39. Afterwards, he continued his studies at Vilnius University in the Faculty of Economics, where he received a degree in Economics in 1986. He then worked as a Junior Research Fellow at the Institute of Economics, located at the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences, from 1988 to 1991. From 1992 to 1993, Auštrevičius pursued a diplomat-training program at the Hoover Institution at the University of Stanford in California.
From 1991 to 1992, Auštrevičius worked as a Senior Specialist and was the First Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Lithuania). He was subsequently appointed as the Head of the Nordic States Division for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, where he served from 1992 to 1993. In 1993, Auštrevičius became a Chargé d'Affaires ad Interim of the Republic of Lithuania to the Republic of Finland, a position he held until 1994. From 1994 to 1997, he served as Lithuania’s Ambassador to Finland and, at the age of 31, became the youngest ambassador in Lithuanian history.