Former EU Ambassador to Russia Vygaudas Usackas has decided to run for the post of Lithuanian president in the next election slated for May 2019.
VILNIUS (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 03rd September, 2018) Former EU Ambassador to Russia Vygaudas Usackas has decided to run for the post of Lithuanian president in the next election slated for May 2019.
"I have taken a responsible decision to run for the post of Lithuanian president in the 2019 election," Usackas said on Facebook on Monday.
Usackas served as the Lithuanian foreign minister in 2008-2010. The politician resigned after President Dalia Grybauskaite, who has been the president of the Baltic nation since 2009, declared loss of confidence in him. Previously, Usackas served as the Lithuanian ambassador to the United States, and between 2013 and 2017, he served as EU ambassador to Russia. Usackas is currently heading the Institute of Europe at Kaunas University of Technology.
