Giedre Šidagyte-Gudaitiene

Born on December 8th, 1975, in Panevėžys, Lithuania.

She graduated from the Institute of International Relations and Political Science (IIRPS) at Vilnius University and obtained her bachelor’s degree in Political Science in 1997 and master’s degree in European Studies in 2001.

In 2003 she graduated from the Faculty of Law, Vilnius University, and obtained her master’s degree in Law.

Since 2009 she has served in the Lithuanian diplomatic service. She worked in the Lithuania’s OSCE Chairmanship Task Force, in the United Nations, International Organisations and Human Rights Department and in the External Economic Relations and Economic Security Department. In 2015 she was posted to the Lithuanian Embassy in Poland, where she served as the Second Secretary until 2018. Currently she is the Second Secretary of the Southeast European Countries Division of the European Countries Department.

Previously she worked in the EU Affairs Coordination Division at the Office of the Government of the Republic of Lithuania.

Fields of interest are the EU foreign policy and the EU enlargement, the Western Balkans region; international security.