Rolandas Taraškevičius

Date of Birth

November 3, 1975

Education

2003

Michigan State University College of Law (USA), Certificate in Transnational Law

1998 – 2001

Vytautas Magnus University, Master’s Degree in Law

1993 – 1998

Vytautas Magnus University, Bachelor’s Degree in English Language and Literature

1981 – 1993

Panevėžys 4th Secondary School

Work Experience

2026 – present

Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Lithuania, Vice-Minister

2023 – 2026 

EU High-Level Advisers' Mission to the Republic of Moldova, EU High-Level Adviser on the Agri-Food Sector Development

2022 – 2023 

Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Lithuania, Chief Adviser

2018 – 2022 

Permanent Representation of Lithuania to the EU, Agricultural Attaché; Special Committee on Agriculture of the Council of the European Union, Lithuanian Representative 

2017 – 2018 

Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Lithuania, Vice-Minister

2015 – 2016

Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Lithuania, Director of the EU and International Affairs Department

2007 – 2015

Permanent Representation of Lithuania to the EU, Agricultural Attaché; Special Committee on Agriculture of the Council of the European Union, Lithuanian Representative (from September 2010), Chair (July–December 2013)

2007

Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Lithuania, Deputy Director of the EU Affairs and International Relations Department

2004 – 2006

Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Lithuania, Head of the EU Representation Coordination Division of the EU Affairs and International Relations Department

2003

Department of Land and Food Economy Integration into the EU under the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Lithuania, Head of the Harmonization of Legal Documents Division

2002 – 2003

Department of Land and Food Economy Integration into the EU under the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Lithuania, Senior Specialist of the Harmonization of Legal Documents Division

Additional Information 

Languages     

English, French, Russian, Spanish, Polish, Romanian 

Family    

Married, father of three sons