Vitalijus Vaikšnoras

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Vitalijus Vaikšnoras

Vitalijus Vaikšnoras (born April 23, 1961 ) is a former Lithuanian major general . From 2016 to 2019 he was Chief of Staff of the Lithuanian Army . Previously he was u. a. military representative of Lithuania to NATO and the EU and commander of the Baltic Defense College .

Life

Military career

Promotions

soviet armed forces

Lithuanian Armed Forces

From 1978 to 1982 Vitalijus Vaikšnoras studied at the Military Academy in Vilnius . He then took up various posts in the Soviet Army and rose to major there.

After regaining national independence, he switched to the defense forces of the restituting Lithuania, from which the armed forces of the country developed. From 1994 to 1995 he completed English language courses in the USA and then studied at the Command and General Staff College there (1995–1996). In 2000 he took over the post of chief of staff of the Geležinis vilkas infantry brigade - from 2001 Vaikšnoras led the brigade as its commander.

On April 25, 2003, he became chief of staff in the Lithuanian Ministry of Defense . Another study abroad at the NATO Defense College followed between 2004 and 2005 . On November 23, 2007, he was promoted to major general. From 2008 to 2012 Vaikšnoras was the representative of the Lithuanian Armed Forces to NATO and the EU. On December 19, 2012, he replaced Meelis Kiili as commandant of the Baltic Defense College . The general had previously worked briefly as an advisor in the Lithuanian Ministry of Defense. After more than three years at the helm of the trinational military academy, he was replaced by Andis Dilāns and took over the post of Chief of Staff of the Lithuanian Armed Forces on August 16, 2016. In April 2019 he was retired from office. At the beginning of May he retired from active service in the army and was transferred to the reserve.

Private

Vitalijus Vaikšnoras is married and has one daughter. In addition to his mother tongue, he also speaks English and Russian.

Awards

Vitalijus Vaikšnoras received the following state medals:

LTU Order for Merits to Lithuania - Officer's Cross BAR.svg Officer of the Order for Services to Lithuania
Ordre national du Merite Officier ribbon.svg Officer of the French National Order of Merit

He is also the recipient of various awards from the Lithuanian armed forces and allied forces. These include a .:

  • Medal on the occasion of the withdrawal of the Russian armed forces from Lithuania
  • Medal on the occasion of Lithuania joining NATO
  • various medals of merit of the Lithuanian armed forces
  • Medal of Merit 2nd Class of the Commander of the Latvian Armed Forces
  • Cross of Merit of the Estonian Armed Forces
  • Medal of Merit of the Baltic Defense Academy
  • Medal of the Geležinis Vilkas Brigade
  • Honor weapon

Web links

Commons : Vitalijus Vaikšnoras  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ President V. Adamkus bestowed higher military ranks , online report on the website of the Lithuanian Ministry of Defense of November 8, 2007, accessed on November 27, 2016 (English)
  2. ↑ Graduation Ceremony of the Higher Command Studies Course 2012 and Change of Command of the Baltic Defense College , online report on the BALTDEFCOL website, accessed on August 17, 2016 (English)
  3. ↑ Minister of National Defense J. Olekas congratulated Major General V. Vaikšnoras as the new Chief of the Joint Staff , online report on the website of the Lithuanian Ministry of Defense of August 16, 2016, accessed on August 18, 2016 (English)
  4. ↑ Online report on the Armed Forces website from April 26, 2019, accessed on April 29, 2019 (Lithuanian)
  5. ↑ Online report on the Armed Forces website from May 7, 2019, accessed on May 7, 2019 (Lithuanian)
personal data
SURNAME Vaikšnoras, Vitalijus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Lithuanian major general
DATE OF BIRTH April 23, 1961