Ričardas Degutisv
2011 — 2016 — Ambassador of the Republic of Lithuania to the Republic of Latvia

Date of Birth: 20 May 1966
Educated in Salomėjos Nėries High School in Vilnius, Lithuania in 1984. Graduated from Vilnius University (Degree in Journalism) in 1991.
Diplomatic course at the University of Leeds (UK) in 1991. Defence and Security Studies at Marshall Center (Germany) in 1997. Organization Leaders Training Programme at the Lithuanian Institute of Public Administration in 2004.
vCareer:
From September 2011 — 2012 - Ambassador of the Republic of Lithuania to the Republic of Latvia, Riga
2009-2011 Consul General of the Republic of Lithuania in St. Petersburg, Russia
2008-2009 Ambassador at Large, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
2005-2008 Ambassador of the Republic of Lithuania to Georgia, Tbilisi
2003-2005 Director, Eastern Europe and Central Asia Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
2002–2003 Director, Second Department of Bilateral Relations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
1998-2002 Political Counsellor/Minister Counsellor, Lithuanian Embassy in London
1996-1998 Head of the CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States) Division, Political Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Member of the Lithuanian-Russian Inter-Governmental Negotiation Commission
1992-1996 First Secretary/Political Counsellor, Lithuanian Embassy in Moscow
1991- 1992 Third/Second Secretary of the CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States) Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
April 1991 Entered Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania
1988-1991 Journalist, Lithuanian Weekly „Mažoji Lietuva„

Languages: Lithuanian (native), English, Russian.

Married (wife — Eglė) with son (Jonas Karolis) and daughter (Gabrielė).