Mantas Adomėnas
Secretary General of the Community of Democracies
Dr. Mantas Adomėnas assumed office as the Secretary General of the Community of Democracies on September 1, 2024. Dr. Adomėnas is a Lithuanian scholar and politician who served in the Lithuanian Parliament (2008-2020). At the conclusion of his third parliamentary term, he was nominated as a Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania (2021-2023).
In 2023, he was elected a Member of the Council of the European Council on Foreign Relations. During his career, Dr. Adomėnas worked on a range of issues, including support for democracy, foreign affairs, migration policy, national security, culture, and education. He served on international election observation missions to Georgia, Ukraine, Taiwan, and Hong Kong.
Dr. Adomėnas earned his master’s degree as a Classicist at Vilnius University and Ph.D. at Peterhouse, Cambridge University. He publishes essays and scholarly articles on topics ranging from Classics to political philosophy and current affairs, as well as spy novels.