Lithuanian politician Raimundas Karoblis has been appointed head of the European Union Delegation to Tajikistan. Photo: InternetRaimundas Karoblis, EU Ambassador to Tajikistan The High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy announced on June 8 the approval of the candidacies of 31 EU ambassadors in other countries. According to the order, […]
Lithuanian politician Raimundas Karoblis has been appointed head of the European Union Delegation to Tajikistan.
Photo: InternetThe High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy announced on June 8 the approval of the candidacies of 31 EU ambassadors in other countries.
According to the order, the well-known Lithuanian politician and diplomat Raimundas Karoblis has been appointed head of the European Union Delegation to Tajikistan.
Prior to this, Raimundas Karoblis served as Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania. He previously held the position of Minister of National Defense of Lithuania for four years.
As reported by the Lithuanian press, Raimundas Karoblis was appointed Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania in March of this year.
In his role as head of the EU Delegation in Tajikistan, Raimundas Karoblis succeeds Marilin Josephson. Swedish diplomat Marilin Josephson was appointed EU Ambassador to Tajikistan in 2018.
Karoblis was born on April 14, 1968, in the Lithuanian city of Vashka. From 1986 to 1992, he studied at the Law Institute of Vilnius University. From 2016 to 2020, he served as Minister of National Defense of Lithuania, and from March 2022 to June 2022, he was Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania.