Ambassador

Created: 2014.09.19 / Updated: 2023.03.06 08:47

	Diana Mickevičienė Ambassador
Date of Birth	1972
Place of Birth	Ukmergės raj., Lietuva
Education
1990-1994	BA of Philosophy, Vilnius University
1993-1995	Diploma of International Relations, Vilnius University, Institute of International Relations and Political Sciences
1999-2002	MA of History of Culture, Vilnius University
Professional esperience
Nov. 14, 2022	Ambassador of the Republic of Lithuania to the Republic of India
2020-2022	Ambassador agréé of the Republic of Lithuania in the People‘s Republic of China
2019-2020	Director General of Latin America, Africa, Asia and Pacific Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
2014-2018	Deputy Director General of Latin America, Africa, Asia and Pacific Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
2011-2014	Minister Counsellor, Embassy of Lithuania in New Delhi, India (September 2012 – April 2013 – Charge d‘Affaires of the Embassy of Lithuania)
2010-2011	Deputy Director of Latin America, Africa, Asia and Pacific Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs. (January – August 2011 – Acting Director of Latin America, Africa, Asia and Pacific Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
2006-2010	Head, Asia and Pacific Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (restructured and renamed as Latin America, Asia and Pacific Division from 2008)
2004-2006	Counsellor, Asia and Pacific Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
2001-2004	Counsellor, Permanent Representation of Lithuania to the Council of Europe, Strasbourg
2001	First Secretary, Division of UN and the Council of Europe Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
1994-2001	Attache, Third Secretary, Second Secretary, First Secretary, Asia, Africa and Pacific Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
1995-2020	Lecturer (Asian History, Indian Culture, Indian History, South Asian history), Vilnius University, Institute of Asian and Transcultural Studies (formerly Oriental Studies Centre)
Miscallaneous
Publications	"Indoeuropiečių protėvynės idėjų sklaida", Acta Orientalia Vilnensia 1, 2001, 117-129. "Kasta kaip antropologijos paradigma: Louiso Dumonto vaidmuo", Acta Orientalia Vilnensia 2, 2002, 206-218. "Concept of Purity in the Studies of the Indian Caste system", Acta Orientalia Vilnensia 4, 2004, 239-254. Ritual Dance as a Form of Worship - a Case of Bharata Natyam. Acta Orientalia Vilnensia. 5, 2004, 228-241. “Passage to India: Oscillating between Love and Hate. The Emotional Reception of India as the Subject of Indian Studies”, Acta Orientalia Vilnensia 9(2), 2008 “Visos mano Indijos”, Didakta, Vilnius 2011 “Antanas Poška and his view of India” (in “India and Lithuania: A Personal Bond”, Embassy of Lithuania in India publication, New Delhi-Vilnius 2017)
Languages	English (fluent), Russian (fluent), French (fluent), hindi (beginner), sanskrit (beginner), Spanish (beginner)
Marital status	Married, one daughter, one son