Dalia Grybauskaitė

2013

The text of the medal presented reads:

Karlspreis zu Aachen 2012
Dalia Grybauskaitė
Aufbruch im Nordosten Europas

Vita

1956
1956
Born in Vilnius, Lithuania
University of Leningrad – Political Economy
1976
1976
1988
1988
Doctorate from the Moscow Academy for Social Sciences
Director for Policy Planning – Office of the Prime Minister, later Head of the European Department at the Ministry of Foreign Trade
1991
1991
1993
1993
Director of the Department for Economic Relations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Lithuania
Authorised Special Envoy – Lithuania to the EU
1994
1994
1996-1999
1996-1999
Special Envoy – Lithuanian Embassy to the United States
Political offices – Deputy Minister of Finance, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of Finance
1999-2004
1999-2004
2004
2004
Shares the office of Commissioner for Education and Culture with Viviane Reding from Luxembourg
President of Lithuania – elected in the first ballot on 17 May
2009
2009

Text der Urkunde

An Christi Himmelfahrt, dem 9. Mai 2013, wurde im Krönungssaal des Rathauses, der ehemaligen Kaiserpfalz, der Internationale Karlspreis zu Aachen an die Präsidentin der Republik Litauen I.E. Frau Dr. Dalia Grybauskaitė verliehen in Würdigung ihrer bedeutenden Verdienste um die Europäische Union und die integrative Entwicklung im Ostseeraum.