title: List of Lithuanian diplomats (1918–1940)
text: # List of Lithuanian diplomats (1918–1940)
  
  List of Lithuanian diplomats includes Lithuanian diplomatic representatives – Chargés d'affaires ad interim (CDAI) and Envoys Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary (Envoy) – of Lithuania in 1918–1940. The list does not include consuls. Some representatives continued after the Soviet occupation of Lithuania in June 1940 (see list of Lithuanian diplomats (1940–1990)).
  
  ## List
  
  | Country | Name | Title | From | To | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Argentina | Petras Mačiulis | | April 1, 1930 | | $^{:3}$ |
  | Argentina | Teodoras Daukantas | CDAI | January 9, 1931 | September 1, 1934 | |
  | Argentina | Jonas Aukštuolis | Envoy | September 1, 1934 | September 1, 1939 | |
  | Argentina | Kazimieras Graužinis | Envoy | September 1, 1939 | December 6, 1946 | |
  | Austria | Vaclovas Sidzikauskas | CDAI | April 5, 1924 | July 7, 1925 | Resided in Berlin |
  | Austria | Vaclovas Sidzikauskas | Envoy | July 8, 1925 | November 10, 1931 | Resided in Berlin |
  | Austria | Jurgis Šaulys | Envoy | February 24, 1932 | 1938 | Until Anschluss; Resided in Berlin |
  | Belgium | Oskaras Milašius | | November 12, 1921 | | |
  | Belgium | Petras Klimas | Envoy | March 22, 1926 | 1940 | Until the German occupation of Belgium; Resided in Paris |
  | Belgium | Vytautas Gylys | CDAI | March 1, 1934 | November 30, 1937 | Resided in Brussels |
  | Belgium | Vytautas Stašinskas | Attaché, CDAI | November 30, 1938 | February 25, 1940 | Resided in Brussels |
  | Belgium | Jonas Deksnys | Attaché, CDAI | 1940 | 1940 | Until the German occupation of Belgium |
  | Brazil | Teodoras Daukantas | CDAI | January 9, 1931 | September 1, 1934 | |
  | Brazil | Jonas Aukštuolis | Envoy | July 1, 1935 | September 1, 1939 | Resided in Buenos Aires, Argentina |
  | Caucasus | Pranas Dailidė | Representative | July 23, 1918 | October 9, 1921 | Covered Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia; resided in $Tbilisi^{:10}$ |
  | Czechoslovakia | Donatas Malinauskas | CDAI | March 7, 1922 | June 4, 1923 | |
  | Czechoslovakia | Dovas Zaunius | Envoy | June 5, 1923 | February 11, 1925 | |
  | Czechoslovakia | Juozas Brėdikis | Secretary, CDAI | February 1, 1926 | July 1, 1932 | |
  | Czechoslovakia | Jonas Aukštuolis | Envoy | October 1, 1932 | August 31, 1934 | |
  | Czechoslovakia | Edvardas Turauskas | Envoy | September 1, 1934 | 1939 | Until the German occupation of Czechoslovakia |
  | Denmark | Jurgis Savickis | Temporary representative | January 1, 1919 | January 20, 1922 | In Copenhagen |
  | Denmark | Jurgis Savickis | CDAI | January 21, 1922 | December 6, 1923 | |
  | Denmark | Jurgis Savickis | Envoy | January 1, 1930 | December 1937 | |
  | Denmark | Ignas Šeinius | CDAI | December 1923 | 1927 | |
  | Denmark | Vytautas Gylys | Envoy | April 11, 1938 | | Until German occupation of Denmark; Resided in Stockholm, Sweden |
  | Estonia | Pranas Vaičiuška | | 1919 | | |
  | Estonia | Vytautas Gylys | Representative | February 24, 1920 | July 30, 1921 | |
  | Estonia | Dovas Zaunius | CDAI | November 20, 1921 | February 6, 1923 | Resided in Riga, Latvia |
  | Estonia | Jonas Aukštuolis | Representative | February 7, 1923 | December 1, 1924 | |
  | Estonia | Jonas Aukštuolis | Envoy | December 1, 1924 | June 1930 (?) | |
  | Estonia | Kazimieras Šumauskas | Secretary, CDAI | June 1930 | March 1931 | |
  | Estonia | Donatas Malinauskas | CDAI | March 16, 1931 | | |
  | Estonia | Bronius Dailidė | Envoy | January 31, 1933 | June 1940 | Until the Soviet occupation of Lithuania |
  | Finland | Vytautas Gylys | Representative | February 1, 1919 | July 30, 1921 | |
  | Finland | Ignas Šeinius | CDAI | November 1921 | | |
  | Finland | Jurgis Savickis | Representative | December 6, 1923 | July 1, 1927 | |
  | Finland | Jonas Aukštuolis | Envoy | March 5, 1929 | September 1, 1934 | Resided in Kaunas and Prague |
  | Finland | Bronius Dailidė | Envoy | October 5, 1934 | 1940 | Until the Soviet occupation |
  | France | Oskaras Milašius | CDAI | December 1, 1920 | May 20, 1925 | |
  | France | Petras Klimas | Envoy | May 20, 1925 | August 24, 1940 | Until the German occupation of France |
  | Germany | Jurgis Šaulys | Envoy | November 20, 1918 | June 11, 1919 | |
  | Germany | Juozas Purickis | Envoy | June 12, 1919 | June 18, 1920 | |
  | Germany | Viktoras Gailius | Envoy | May 19, 1920 | May 31, 1922 | |
  | Germany | Vaclovas Sidzikauskas | CDAI | June 1, 1922 | March 31, 1924 | From 1923, representatives in Germany also covered Japan. |
  | Germany | Vaclovas Sidzikauskas | Envoy | April 1, 1924 | September 31, 1931 | |
  | Germany | Jurgis Šaulys | Envoy | October 1, 1931 | December 14, 1938 | |
  | Germany | Kazys Škirpa | Envoy | December 14, 1938 | | Until his arrest by the Gestapo |
  | Great Britain | Vincas Čepinskis | Representative | April 1919 | 1919 | $^{:1}$ |
  | Great Britain | Alfredas Tiškevičius | Representative | 1919 $fall^{:1}$ | 1921 | Former secretary of the Russian embassy in London |
  | Great Britain | Tomas Norus-Naruševičius | | 1921 | June 29, 1923 | $^{:1}$ From 1923, representatives in London also covered China. |
  | Great Britain | Voldemaras Čarneckis | CDAI | December 5, 1923 | July 11, 1924 | |
  | Great Britain | Ernestas Galvanauskas | Envoy | November 1924 | June 1, 1928 | $^{:1}$ |
  | Great Britain | Kazys Bizauskas | Envoy | May 16, 1928 | September 31, 1931 | |
  | Great Britain | Vaclovas Sidzikauskas | Envoy | October 1, 1931 | January 1934 | De facto succeeded by Juozas Kajeckas until the appointment of Balutis |
  | Great Britain | Bronius Kazys Balutis | Envoy | June 1, 1934 | December 30, 1967 | Representation continued |
  | Hungary | Vaclovas Sidzikauskas | CDAI | April 5, 1924 | July 9, 1925 | Resided in Berlin |
  | Hungary | Vaclovas Sidzikauskas | Envoy | July 19, 1925 | November 15, 1931 | Resided in Berlin |
  | Hungary | Jurgis Šaulys | Envoy | February 24, 1932 | December 14, 1938 | Resided in Berlin |
  | Hungary | Kazys Škirpa | Envoy | December 14, 1938 | | Until occupation; Resided in Berlin |
  | Iran (Persia) | Jurgis Baltrušaitis | Envoy | May 20, 1933 | May 1939 | Resided in Moscow, Russia |
  | Italy | Jurgis Šaulys | CDAI | January 31, 1921 | May 29, 1923 | |
  | Italy | Petras Klimas | Envoy | September 15, 1923 | May 19, 1925 | |
  | Italy | Voldemaras Čarneckis | Envoy | November 7, 1925 | February 14, 1939 | |
  | Italy | Stasys Lozoraitis | Envoy | February 15, 1939 | August 1940 | Until Soviet Union took over Villa Lituania |
  | Latvia | Jonas Šliūpas | Representative | August 1919 | December 1919 | |
  | Latvia | Dovas Zaunius | CDAI | February 8, 1920 | November 10, 1921 | |
  | Latvia | Dovas Zaunius | Resident Minister | November 10, 1921 | February 6, 1923 | |
  | Latvia | Jonas Aukštuolis | Representative | February 7, 1923 | December 1, 1924 | |
  | Latvia | Jonas Aukštuolis | Envoy | December 1, 1924 | August 31, 1927 | |
  | Latvia | Kazys Bizauskas | Envoy | September 1, 1927 | May 15, 1928 | |
  | Latvia | Bronius Dailidė | Envoy | August 1, 1928 | 1933 | |
  | Latvia | Juozas Urbšys | Envoy | May 15, 1933 | July 14, 1934 | |
  | Latvia | Vytautas Vileišis | Envoy | August 1, 1934 | 1937 | |
  | Latvia | Jurgis Savickis | Envoy | December 1937 | November 30, 1938 | |
  | Latvia | Kazys Bizauskas | Envoy | January 1, 1939 | May 1, 1939 | |
  | Latvia | Pranas Dailidė | Envoy | June 1, 1939 | August 3, 1940 | |
  | League of Nations | Dovas Zaunius | Permanent Delegate | March 17, 1925 | May 22, 1927 | |
  | League of Nations | Kazys Škirpa | Envoy and Permanent Delegate | July 1, 1937 | December 1, 1938 | |
  | League of Nations | Jurgis Savickis | Envoy and Permanent Delegate | December 1, 1938 | June 15, 1940 | |
  | League of Nations | Edvardas Turauskas | | October 15, 1940 | 1946 | Until the liquidation of the League of Nations |
  | Luxembourg | Petras Klimas | Envoy | December 19, 1931 | 1940 | Until the German occupation of Luxembourg; Resided in Paris |
  | Netherlands | Jonas Aukštuolis | Representative | November 22, 1921 | September 1, 1922 | |
  | Netherlands | Jurgis Savickis | CDAI | July 1923 | February 1925 | |
  | Netherlands | Ernestas Galvanauskas | | March 1925 | 1927 | Resided in $London^{:19}$ |
  | Netherlands | Kazys Bizauskas | Envoy | October 14, 1930 | December 20, 1931 | |
  | Netherlands | Vaclovas Sidzikauskas | Envoy | December 21, 1931 | May 31, 1934 | Resided in London |
  | Netherlands | Bronius Kazys Balutis | Envoy | June 1, 1934 | 1942 | Until establishment of diplomatic relations with Soviet Union |
  | Norway | Jonas Aukštuolis | Representative | July 29, 1919 | February 16, 1922 | Resided in $Stockholm^{:18}$ |
  | Norway | Jurgis Savickis | CDAI | February 17, 1922 | December 6, 1923 | Resided in Copenhagen, Denmark |
  | Norway | Ignas Šeinius | CDAI | December 6, 1923 | 1927 | Resided in $Stockholm^{:18}$ |
  | Norway | Jurgis Savickis | Envoy | January 1, 1930 | February 1937 | Resided in $Stockholm^{:18}$ |
  | Norway | Vytautas Gylys | Envoy | June 1, 1938 | 1940 | Until the Soviet occupation of Lithuania; Resided in Stockholm |
  | Paraguay | Teodoras Daukantas | CDAI | January 9, 1931 | September 1, 1934 | Resided in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
  | Poland | Kazys Škirpa | Envoy | March 26, 1938 | December 14, 1938 | Established after the 1938 Polish ultimatum to Lithuania |
  | Poland | Jurgis Šaulys | Envoy | December 15, 1938 | September 1939 | Until the Invasion of Poland |
  | Portugal | Petras Klimas | Envoy | March 20, 1930 | September 1, 1940 | Until Portugal suspended diplomatic relations with the Baltic states; Resided in Paris |
  | Romania | Dovas Zaunius | Envoy | November 4, 1924 | February 11, 1925 | Resided in Prague |
  | Romania | Edvardas Turauskas | Envoy | August 27, 1935 | | Until the Soviet occupation; Resided in Prague |
  | Soviet Union | Juozas Simonaitis-Vanagas | | 1920 | | $^{:22}$ |
  | Soviet Union | Jurgis Baltrušaitis | Chairman of the Special Lithuanian Mission | September 16, 1920 | June 20, 1922 | |
  | Soviet Union | Jurgis Baltrušaitis | Envoy | June 21, 1922 | March 31, 1939 | |
  | Soviet Union | Ladas Natkevičius | Envoy | June 1, 1939 | September 16, $1940^{:22}$ | Until the Soviet occupation of Lithuania |
  | Spain | Petras Klimas | Envoy | February 28, 1930 | | Until the end of the Spanish Civil War; Resided in Paris |
  | Sweden | Jonas Aukštuolis | Representative | January 12, 1919 | February 16, 1922 | |
  | Sweden | Jurgis Savickis | CDAI | February 17, 1922 | December 6, 1923 | Resided in Copenhagen, Denmark |
  | Sweden | Ignas Šeinius | CDAI | January 1, 1924 | June 30, 1927 | |
  | Sweden | Bronius Dailidė | Envoy | March 1929 | January 1930 | Resided in Riga, Latvia |
  | Sweden | Jurgis Savickis | Envoy | January 1930 | November 1937 | |
  | Sweden | Vytautas Gylys | | December 1937 | August 25, $1940^{:24}$ | Until the Soviet occupation of Lithuania |
  | Switzerland | Vladas Daumantas | Unofficial representative | December 27, 1918 | 1919 | |
  | Switzerland | Jurgis Šaulys | Representative | September 1, 1919 | December 1, 1919 | |
  | Switzerland | Vaclovas Sidzikauskas | Representative | December 6, 1919 | November 3, 1921 | |
  | Switzerland | Vaclovas Sidzikauskas | CDAI | November 4, 1921 | May 31, 1922 | |
  | Switzerland | Edvardas Turauskas | CDAI | June 1, 1922 | August 15, 1923 | |
  | Switzerland | Dovas Zaunius | Envoy | February 12, 1925 | June 10, 1927 | |
  | Switzerland | Vaclovas Sidzikauskas | Envoy | June 1, 1927 | November 19, 1934 | Resided in Berlin |
  | Switzerland | Jurgis Šaulys | Envoy | November 19, 1934 | December 14, 1938 | Resided in Berlin |
  | Switzerland | Kazys Škirpa | Envoy | December 15, 1938 | December 1, 1939 | Resided in Berlin |
  | Switzerland | Jurgis Šaulys | | December 1, 1939 | November 1, 1946 | |
  | Turkey | Jurgis Baltrušaitis | Envoy | May 20, 1932 | May 1, 1939 | Resided in Moscow |
  | Ukraine | Andrius Lisauskas | Representative | October 24, 1919 | 1920 | In Odessa |
  | United States | Jonas Vileišis | Chairman of the Lithuanian Mission | December 1919 | June 15, 1921 | Recognized by the State Department as an unofficial representative |
  | United States | Voldemaras Čarneckis | Representative | June 15, 1921 | September 7, 1921 | In Washington D.C. |
  | United States | Voldemaras Čarneckis | CDAI | September 8, 1921 | November 23, 1923 | |
  | United States | Kazys Bizauskas | Representative | November 24, 1923 | June 3, 1924 | |
  | United States | Kazys Bizauskas | Envoy | June 4, 1924 | August 31, 1927 | |
  | United States | Bronius Kazys Balutis | Envoy | July 1, 1928 | May 31, 1934 | |
  | United States | Mikas Bagdonas | CDAI | May 17, 1927 | June 1928 | |
  | United States | Mikas Bagdonas | CDAI | May 31, 1934 | June 30, 1935 | |
  | United States | Povilas Žadeikis | Envoy | July 1, 1935 | May 11, 1957 | Until his death; Representation continued |
  | Uruguay | Teodoras Daukantas | CDAI | January 9, 1931 | 1934 | Resided in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
  | Uruguay | Jonas Aukštuolis | Envoy | November 1, 1934 | March 7, 1940 | |
  | Uruguay | Kazimieras Graužinis | | March 8, 1940 | | |
  | Vatican | Jurgis Narjauskas | Episcopal Representative | September 17, 1919 | March 30, 1922 | |
  | Vatican | Kazys Bizauskas | Representative | March 30, 1922 | November 23, 1923 | |
  | Vatican | Juozas Macevičius | CDAI | 1924 end | May 18, 1926 | |
  | Vatican | Jurgis Šaulys | Envoy | May 5, 1927 | May 5, 1931 | |
  | Vatican | Stasys Lozoraitis | CDAI | September 1, 1931 | August 31, 1932 | |
  | Vatican | Kazimieras Graužinis | CDAI | September 1, 1932 | September 1, 1939 | |
  | Vatican | Stasys Girdvainis | Envoy | September 1, 1939 | December 1, 1958 | Demoted to CDAI, continued to represent Lithuania until 1970 |
  | Yugoslavia | Edvardas Turauskas | Envoy | November 15, 1935 | | Until the occupation; Resided in Prague |
  