Almanta's Leika

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Almanta's Leika

Almantas Leika (born November 25, 1968 in Anykščiai ) is a Lithuanian brigadier general who is currently working for the NATO Allied Joint Force Command Brunssum . From 2012 to 2016 he was the commander of the Lithuanian Land Forces .

Life

Almantas Leika was born on November 25, 1968 in Anykščiai (then part of the Lithuanian SSR ). From 1975 to 1986 he attended the Antanas Vienuolis Middle School . This was followed by studies at the Pedagogical Institute in Vilnius, which he completed in 1991 with a Master of Arts .

Leika is married and has four children (two daughters and two sons).

Military career

Major General Leika with Lithuania's President Dalia Grybauskaitė

In 1991, Almantas Leika joined the newly emerging armed forces of his homeland . Until 1995 he attended the Lithuanian Military Academy , where he was trained as an officer. In the next few years he took on various tasks in the land forces (in addition to deployments in Lithuania, also numerous abroad) and took part in training and further training measures in order to qualify as a command officer. In 2001 he attended the Baltic Defense Academy (BALTDEFCOL) and in 2006 the United States Army War College . After returning from the United States, he was promoted to colonel in 2007 .

From 2010 to 2011 he was Head of the Human Resources Department in the Ministry of Defense of Lithuania and was promoted to Brigadier General by President Dalia Grybauskaitė on July 28, 2011 . In July 2012 he was appointed commander of the land forces , succeeding Jonas Vytautas Žukas , and in the same year he was appointed major general on duty . In August 2016 he moved to the NATO Allied Joint Force Command Brunssum in the Netherlands.

Awards

Almantas Leika was u. a. awarded the following medals:

LTU Order of the Cross of Vytis - Knight's Cross BAR.svg Knight of the Order of the Vytis Cross (2007)
Us legion of merit officer rib.png Legion of Merit Officer (2017)
LTU Order of the Cross of Vytis - Medal BAR.svg Medal of the Order of the Vytis Cross
LTU Armed Forces Establishing Volunteers Medal BAR.svg
LTU Commemorative Medal of 13 January BAR.svg Commemorative medal of January 13th
LTU NDS Commemorative Medal of Accession to NATO BAR.svg Medal on the occasion of Lithuania joining NATO
LTU Armed Forces Medal of Merit BAR.svg
LTU Armed Forces Medal for Distinguished Service BAR.svg
LTU Land Forces Medal for Distinguished Service BAR.svg
LTU Volunteer Forces Medal for Distinguished Service BAR.svg

Web links

Commons : Almantas Leika  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Press release of the Ministry of Defense of July 28, 2011, accessed on September 2, 2016 (English)
  2. ↑ Online report on anyksta.lt from August 29, 2016, accessed on September 2, 2016 (Lithuanian)
personal data
SURNAME Leika, Almantas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Lithuanian Brigadier General
DATE OF BIRTH November 25, 1968
PLACE OF BIRTH Anykščiai