A poll of Lithuanian experts has ranked Darius Jauniškis, director of the country's State Security Department (VSD), as the most influential public servant.
Ranking below him are Žydrūnas Bartkus, director of the Special Investigation Service (STT), and Police Commissioner General Renatas Požela.
The ranking was published by Delfi.lt on Friday.
The trio are then followed in the annual rating by Chief of Defence Lieutenant General Valdemaras Rupšys and Asta Skaisgirytė, the Lithuanian president’s adviser on foreign policy issues.
The top ten, based on a survey of experts, also includes Lithuanian Ambassador to the European Union Arnoldas Pranckevičius, Prosecutor General Nida Grunskienė, State Border Guard Service chief Rustamas Liubajevas, central bank head Gediminas Šimkus, and Egidijus Kūris, a judge of the European Court of Human Rights.
The so-called elite survey was carried out for Delfi.lt by the magazine Reitingai, which interviewed 925 politicians, business people, civil servants, journalists, public figures and other well-known people between May 17 and June 23.
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