Lieutenant General  Jonas Vytautas Žukas

DATE, PLACE OF BIRTH
1st June 1962, Kaunas (Lithuania)

EDUCATION
1985-1991 – Vilnius University History faculty (Lithuania)
1992-1994 – Bundeswehr Command and Staff Academy (Germany)
2006-2007 – NATO Defense College (Italy)

PROMOTIONS
1991 – Major
1994 – Lieutenant Colonel
1997 – Colonel
2007 – Brigadier General
2010 – Major General
2015 – Lieutenant General

MILITARY CAREER
1990 – Inspector of II section of National Defence Department
1990 – Chief of Personnel Section of National Defence Department
8th January 1991 – Oath of allegiance to the Republic of Lithuania, Seimas of Lithuania
January/August 1991 – participation in defence of Seimas against Soviet Union aggression
1991 – Deputy Commander of Training Unit of National Defence Department
1992 – Commander of Kaunas Airborne Battalion of Army Brigade
1992 – Deputy Commander of Army Brigade
1994 – Chief of Staff / Deputy Commander of Airborne Brigade "Iron Wolf"
1995 – Commander of Airborne (from 1996 – Motorized Infantry) Brigade "Iron Wolf"
2001 – Defence Attaché of the Republic of Lithuania to Germany, Austria, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg
2004 – Commander of Training and Doctrine Command
2007 – Acting Commander of Land Forces
2008 – Commander of Land Forces
2012 – Military Representative of the Republic of Lithuania to NATO and EU
From 24th July 2014 – Chief of Defence

AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
1992 - Commemorative Medal of 13 January of the Republic of Lithuania
1993 - Sign of Honour "Iron Wolf" of the Mechanized Infantry Brigade "Iron Wolf" of the Lithuanian Armed Forces
1995 - Establishing Volunteers of the Lithuanian Armed Forces Medal
1998 - Cross of the Knight of the Order of the Cross of Vytis of the Republic of Lithuania
2000 - Cross of Officer of the Order of Merit to the Republic of Poland
2000 - Medal of Independence of the Republic of Lithuania
2001 - Medal of Merit of Lithuanian Armed Forces
2004 - Commemorative Medal of Lithuania's Accession to NATO of the National Defence System of the Republic of Lithuania
2012 - Medal of Merit of the National Defence System of the Republic of Lithuania
2012 - Gold Cross of Officer of Estonian Land Force
2012 - Medal of Merit I Grade of Latvian Land Force
2014 - Medal for Distinguished Service of the National Defence System of the Republic of Lithuania
2015 - Grand Cross of the Commander of the Royal Order of the Polar Star of Sweden
2015 - Cross of the Knight of the Order of Merit of the International Military Sports Council
2016 - Medal of Honour I Grade of the National Security and Defense Council of Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine
2016 - Grand Cross of the Commander of the Order of Viesturs of the Republic of Latvia
2016 - II Grade Cross "To the Help of Neighbour" of the Fire and Rescue Department under the Ministry of Interior of the Republic of Lithuania
2017 - Joint Commendation Medal of the Defence General Staff of the Republic of Italy
2017 - Cross of Officer of the Order of Merit of the International Military Sports Council
2018 - Medal "For strengthening the brotherhood of arms" of the National Armed Forces of the Republic of Moldova
2018 - Grand Cross of the Commander of the Order of the Cross of Vytis of the Republic of Lithuania
2018 - Commander Degree Medal of the Legion of Merit of the Armed Forces of the United States of America

MARITAL STATUS
Married (spouse Vilma Žukienė, son Jonas Žukas)

FOREIGN LANGUAGES
English, German, Russian

HOBBIES
History, reading, walking in nature