Gintautas Zenkevičius

Brigade general Gintautas Zenkevičius (; 24 September 1962 – 19 November 2021) was a Lithuanian military officer, holding the rank of brigade general, and a former Chief of the Defence Staff of Lithuania.

Education 1980–1985, he studied at Kaunas Polytechnic Institute and acquired the specialty of radio equipment constructor technologist.1999–2000, studied at the Joint Forces Command and Staff College. At the same time, he received a Master of Defense Sciences from the Royal College of the University of London.

Career

2004–2005: Assistant Chief of Staff for Planning (Chief of J5) at the Defence Staff in the Ministry of National Defence. 2005: Commander of the Lithuania-led Provincial Reconstruction Team in Afghanistan's Ghor province. 2007–2008: Director of the LAF Transformation Project, focusing on adopting a capabilities-based approach in defence planning and streamlining command structures. 2008–2010: Inspector General of the Ministry of National Defence. 2010–2013: Director of Management at NATO's Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE), overseeing working processes, base support infrastructure, and personnel welfare. 2013–2014: Director General for Capabilities and Armaments at the Ministry of National Defence, responsible for capability planning, defence transformation, and armament acquisition. 2014–2018: Lithuania's Military Representative to the NATO and EU Military Committees, serving as Dean of the latter from July 2017. 2018–2019: Commander of the Training and Doctrine Command of the LAF. 2019–2020: Chief of the Defence Staff and Deputy Commander of the LAF.