Dalia Kreivienė
Dalia Kreivienė | |
|---|---|
| Lithuanian Ambassador to Italy, Malta and San Marino | |
| Assumed office 10 October 2022 | |
| Prime Minister | Saulius Skvernelis Ingrida Šimonytė Gintautas Paluckas |
| Preceded by | Ričardas Šlepavičius |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 24 February 1972 Lithuania |
| Spouse | Dainius Kreivys |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | Vilnius University Jean Moulin University Lyon 3 |
Dalia Kreivienė (born 24 February 1972) is a Lithuanian diplomat. She has served as Deputy head of the Lithuanian Embassy in France. Since 2022, she has served as Lithuanian Ambassador to Italy, Malta and San Marino.
Career
Kreivienė was born on 24 February 1972.[1] She is polylingual and speaks English, French, Italian and Russian.[1]
Kreivienė studied a Bachelors degree in Finance, Business Administration and Management at Vilnius University, studying at the Jean Moulin University Lyon 3 in Paris, France, for a year on an Erasmus Programme. She studied a Masters degree in Master in Business Administration and Management at Vilnius University.[1] She later studied Business Administration at the Baltic Management Institute (BMI).[1]
After graduating in 1997, Kreivienė began her diplomatic career in 1998.[2]
From 2019, Kreivienė was the Director of the Department of External Economic Relations and Economic Security Policy at the Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA).[2]
On 10 October 2022, Kreivienė was appointed as Lithuanian Ambassador to Italy, Malta and San Marino[2][3][4] and as Permanent Representative of Lithuania to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.[5] She was nominated by the cabinet, of which her husband was a member, which raised concerns about a potential conflict of interest.[6] The concerns were dismissed and her nomination was publicly supported by the President Gitanas Nausėda, as well as Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė.[7]
In post, Kreivienė has worked on cooperation between Lithuania and Italy in the cultural, tourism and transport fields.[8] In 2024, she represented Lithuania at the 75th International Astronautical Congress (IAC) in Milan.[9] In 2025, she celebrated the launch of Ryanair’s summer flight route from Pescara in Abruzzo, Italy, to Kaunas in Lithuania[10][11] and spoke at a panel event titled "Lithuania and Europe: Past, Present and Future" at the Guarini Institute for Public Affairs, John Cabot University in Rome.[12]
Personal life
Kreivienė is married to Dainius Kreivys,[2] a Lithuanian politician with the Homeland Union party and the Lithuanian Minister of Energy in the Šimonytė Cabinet (2020–2024).[13] The couple have a son, Daumantas, and a daughter, Gabrielė Marija.
Kreivienė and her husband were ranked as 4th and 5th wealthiest politicians and public servants in 2020.[14]
References
- ^ a b c d "KREIVIENĖ, Dalia". Ambasciatore | Ambasciata della Repubblica di Lituania nella Repubblica Italiana (in Italian). Archived from the original on 2025-04-22. Retrieved 2025-06-06.
- ^ a b c d Stankevičius, Augustas (2022-09-13). "Vyriausybė ambasadore Italijoje ketina siūlyti skirti Dalią Kreivienę". lrt.lt (in Lithuanian). Archived from the original on 2023-02-04. Retrieved 2025-06-06.
- ^ "Lituania: Dalia Kreiviene proposta ambasciatore in Italia". www.giornalediplomatico.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2025-06-06.
- ^ "Intervista all'Ambasciatore della Lituania in Italia Dalia Kreivienè". La Voce Repubblicana (in Italian). 2024-07-26. Retrieved 2025-06-06.
- ^ "Lithuanian Ambassador to Italy, Malta and San Marino visits the NATO Defense College". NDC. Retrieved 2025-06-06.
- ^ Stankevičius, Augustas. "Vyriausybės ketinimas ambasadore Italijoje skirti ministro D.Kreivio žmoną sulaukė opozicijos abejonių". 15min.lt (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 2025-06-06.
- ^ tarnyba, Modesta Gaučaitė-Znutienė,Aistė Valiauskaitė,LRT TV naujienų (2022-09-14). "Opozicijai kritikuojant Kreivienės skyrimą ambasadore, Kreivys tikina: jokie ministrai diplomatų neskiria". lrt.lt (in Lithuanian). Archived from the original on 2023-06-23. Retrieved 2025-06-06.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Cagliari, incontro tra l'assessora Manca e l'ambasciatrice lituana Kreivienė: rafforzare i legami tra Sardegna e Lituania". Cagliari Tomorrow (in Italian). 2025-04-14. Retrieved 2025-06-06.
- ^ Caffo, Antonino (2024-10-16). "Dalia Kreiviene, Ambasciatore della Lituania in Italia: "Due paesi con una proficua collaborazione per lo Spazio"". Key4biz (in Italian). Retrieved 2025-06-06.
- ^ "Decolla la nuova rotta estiva 2025 di Ryanair Pescara - Kaunas". Metropolitanweb (in Italian). 2025-06-04. Retrieved 2025-06-06.
- ^ Denegri, Marina (2025-06-04). "Aeroporto d'Abruzzo: atterrato il primo volo Ryanair da Kaunas". Abruzzo News (in Italian). Retrieved 2025-06-06.
- ^ "Guarini Institute Hosts Event on Lithuania and European Diplomacy". John Cabot University News. 2025-03-27. Archived from the original on 2025-04-24. Retrieved 2025-06-06.
- ^ "President approves makeup of Simonyte Cabinet". Delfi EN (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 2025-06-06.
- ^ "TOP 200 turtingiausių politikų ir tarnautojų: R.Karbauskio turtas išaugo 52 proc., dominuoja Klaipėdos verslininkai ir valdžios atstovų sutuoktiniai". 15min.lt/verslas (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 2025-06-06.