Search OpenSanctions

Vygaudas Ušackas

Diplomat · PEP · Politician

Vygaudas Ušackas is a politically exposed person. They are a person of interest by virtue of their position and the influence they may hold. They have not been found on international sanctions lists.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Vygaudas Usackas · Vygaudas Ušackas · Вигаудас Ушацкас · Вігаудас Ушацькас · فيغوداس أوشاكاس · 2 more...				[sources]
Alias	Ушацкас, Вигаудас				[sources]
Weak alias	Usackas · Ušackas				[sources]
Birth date	1964-12-16				[sources]
Place of birth	Skuodas				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Citizenship	Lithuania				[sources]
Classification	National government (past)				[sources]
First name	Vygaudas				[sources]
Last name	Ušackas				[sources]
Political association	Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q983985				[sources]
Wikipedia Article	enwiki.wikipedia.org				[sources]
Position	Ambassador of the European Union to the Russian Federation (2013-2017) · Minister of Foreign Affairs (2008-2010) · ambassador of the European Union				[sources]
Education	University of Oslo · Vilnius University Faculty of Law				[sources]
Last change	2026-03-16	Last processed	2026-03-16	First seen	2025-07-31

Descriptions

Lithuanian politician

— Wikidata non-official source, 2025-08-01

Relationships

Data sources

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons271,727

Profiles of politically exposed persons from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories339,648

Category-based imports from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

External databases

The record has been enriched with data from the following external databases:

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions499,781

Entity categorisation decisions by the OpenSanctions team.

External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata327,310

Wikidata is the structured data project of the Wikipedia community, providing fact-based information edited by humans and machines

External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

For experts: raw data explorer

Using the API

This page is sourced from our API service. Sign up for an API key and authenticate your request.

We recommend using the /match API function when implementing a screening system.

Equivalent request

GET https://api.opensanctions.org/entities/Q983985?nested=true

Read about the nested format.

Factsheet Descriptions Relationships Data sources

OpenSanctions is free for non-commercial users. Businesses must acquire a data license to use the dataset.

Use the API License in bulk