Antanas Valionis

Antanas Valionis (born September 21, 1950) is a Lithuanian politician, currently a member of the New Union party.

Antanas Valionis
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office 9 November 2000 – 18 July 2006
Prime Minister	Rolandas Paksas Eugenijus Gentvilas Algirdas Brazauskas Zigmantas Balčytis Gediminas Kirkilas
Preceded by	Algirdas Saudargas
Succeeded by	Petras Vaitiekūnas
Personal details
Born	(1950-09-21) 21 September 1950 (age 74) Zabieliškis, Lithuania
Political party	New Union

He was appointed the Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs on October 30, 2000, and reappointed on July 5, 2001. He resigned on August 31, 2006.

From 1981 he served in the Soviet secret police KGB in Riga reaching the rank of captain.^[1][2] Afterwards he served in the KGB active reserve.