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