BG Alvydas Šiuparis

BALTDEFCOL Commandant

Birth Data

Date of Birth: 06 June 1970
Place of Birth: Klaipėda, Lithuania

Civilian Education

Master of Political Sciences, Lithuania (2013)

Major Military Education

Royal Danish Military Academy, Frederiksberg, Denmark (1998 - 2000)
Royal Danish Defense College, Copenhagen, Denmark (2007-2008)
NATO Defense College, Rome (2013-2014)

Ranks

1992 Sergeant
1993 2nd Lieutenant
1995 Lieutenant
1998 1st Lieutenant
2000 Captain
2003 Major
2009 Lieutenant Colonel
2012 Colonel
2021 Brigadier General

Military Service

1988-1990 Mandatory military service in the Soviet Army
1991 Joined Lithuanian National Volunteers Forces
1992 Platoon Sergeant (Infantry)/Klaipeda, Dragoon Battalion
1993 Platoon Leader (Infantry)/ Klaipeda, Dragoon Battalion
1994 Deputy Company Commander (Infantry)/Klaipeda, Dragoon Bn
1995 Company Commander (Infantry)/Klaipeda, Dragoon Battalion
2000 S3 officer/Klaipeda, Dragoon Bn.
2001 Chief of Staff/Klaipeda, Dragoon Battalion
2003-2007 Defence Attaché to Denmark, Sweden and Norway.
2008 Artillery Battalion Commander/”Iron Wolf” Mech.Inf. Brigade, Rukla.
2010 Chief of Staff/”Iron Wolf” Mechanized Infantry Brigade, Rukla.
2012 Director of the Second Investigation Department under the Ministry of National Defence
2016 Defence, Military, Naval and Air Attaché in USA and Canada
2020 Commanding Officer of Training and Doctrine Command

International Deployments

Commanding Officer of PRT in Gowr Province/Afghanistan/ISAF/2009

Foreign Languages

English, Danish, Russian

Marital Status

Married to Laura, has two daughters

Contact

+372 717 6401