Valdemaras Rupšys
Valdemaras Rupšys (born May 2, 1967 ) is a Lithuanian lieutenant general and since July 24, 2019 military commander in chief of the armed forces of his home country . He was previously the commander of the Lithuanian army .
Life
Valdemaras Rupšys was born in the district of Šiauliai , in the north of what was then the Lithuanian SSR .
Military career
The general has served in the Lithuanian armed forces since November 1, 1990. Between 1996 and 2005 he held leadership positions in various infantry units in the country. In 2006 he worked at the General Jonas Žemaitis Military Academy - in 2008 he moved to the Lithuanian Ministry of Defense . In 2011 he took command of the Geležinis Vilkas infantry brigade , promoted to colonel . Two years later he became the head of human resources in the Ministry of Defense.
In 2016, Rupšys was promoted to Brigadier General by Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė and on July 15, 2016, he was appointed as the new commander of the land forces, succeeding Almantas Leika . In this position he was promoted to major general on November 23, 2018 . In July 2019, he was appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces by President Gitanas Nausėda (confirmed by Parliament on July 18 and ceremonially inducted into office on July 25). On this post he was promoted to lieutenant general in November 2019.
Private
The general is married and has two children. He is interested in history (especially military history) and cynology .
Web links
- Biography on the Lithuanian Armed Forces website
Individual evidence
- ↑ Lithuanian Land Force is in command of Brigadier General V. Rupšys , press release of the Ministry of Defense of July 15, 2016, accessed on August 27, 2016 (English)
- ↑ President promoted three officers , press release of the Ministry of Defense of November 23, 2018, accessed on November 26, 2018
- ↑ Flag of the Lithuanian Armed Forces passed on to Major General Valdemaras Rupšys , press release of the Ministry of Defense of July 25, 2019, accessed on July 25, 2019 (English)
- ↑ Chief of Defense and Chief of the Defense Staff of Lithuania promoted to higher ranks , Ministry of Defense press release of November 18, 2019, accessed on November 22, 2019
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Jonas Vytautas Žukas | Kariuomenės vadas since 2019 |
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Bardhyl Kollçaku ( Albania ) | Michel Hofman ( Belgium ) | Emil Eftimov ( Bulgaria ) | Bjørn I. Bisserup ( Denmark ) | Eberhard Zorn ( Germany ) | Martin Herem ( Estonia ) | François Lecointre ( France ) | Konstantinos Floros ( Greece ) | - ( Iceland ) 1 | Enzo Vecciarelli ( Italy ) | Jonathan Vance ( Canada ) | Robert Hranj ( Croatia ) | Leonīds Kalniņš ( Latvia ) | Valdemaras Rupšys ( Lithuania ) | Alain Duschène ( Luxembourg ) | Dragutin Dakić ( Montenegro ) | Rob Bauer ( Netherlands ) | Vasko Gjurchinovski ( North Macedonia ) | Eirik Johan Kristoffersen ( Norway ) | Rajmund Andrzejczak ( Poland ) | António Silva Ribeiro ( Portugal ) | Daniel Petrescu ( Romania ) | Daniel Zmeko ( Slovakia ) | Robert Glavaš ( Slovenia ) | Miguel Ángel Villarroya ( Spain ) | Aleš Opata ( Czech Republic ) | Yaşar Guler ( Turkey ) | Ferenc Korom ( Hungary ) | Mark A. Milley 2 ( United States ) | Nick Carter ( United Kingdom )
1 does not officially maintain its own armed forces
2 outside the chain of command (actual authority with the commanders of the Unified Combatant Commands )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rupšys, Valdemaras |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Lithuanian Brigadier General, Commander of the Lithuanian Land Forces |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 2, 1967 |