Vytautas Stašinskas

Vytautas Stašinskas (18 November 1906 – 15 July 1967) was a Lithuanian diplomat and general consul in New York (1964–1967).

He was the Lithuanian chargés d'affaires ad interim to Brussels (1938–1940). In 1939, he was reassigned to the Lithuanian consulate in New York. Lithuania was occupied by the Soviet Union in June 1940, but the Lithuanian Diplomatic Service continued to function. Stašinskas was promoted to vice-consul (1941) and consul (1955). After the death of Jonas Budrys in 1964, he became the general consul. The consulate worked to provide identity documents to Lithuanian war refugees as well as assistance with locating and contacting lost relatives behind the Iron Curtain.

Biography Education Vytautas Stašinskas was born on 18 November 1906 in Kaunas to the family of the attorney and politician Vladas Stašinskas. He graduated from the in 1926.