Lietuvos paštas



Lietuvos paštas is the company responsible for postal service in Lithuania. The company was re-established on 16 November 1918, and this date celebrate as Post Lithuania day.

In 2018, Lithuanian Post consisted of 546 fixed post offices, 85 mobile service locations and 120 smart postmen in 12 districts.

History
On 11 July 1562, the Grand Duke of Lithuania and the King of Poland Sigismund Augustus commissioned Christopher Taxis to organise a regular mail transport route Vilnius-Kraków-Vienna-Venice. At that time, letters between Kraków and Vilnius were delivered in 7 days. The importance of post increased after 1583, when the Polish King Stefan Batory enforced standardised mail charges, thus providing universal access to mail. At that time, mail began to be delivered on a regular basis.

On 16 November 1918, the Lithuanian Ministry of Finance, Trade and Industry minister Martin Yčas signed a decree establishing a Lithuanian postal board. This date is considered the official founding day of Lithuanian postal history and is celebrated as national post day. During the Soviet occupation, the Lithuanian Post activities were taken over by the Soviet authorities.

On 7 October 1990, mail came into circulation once again with the release of the first independent Lithuanian stamp series – "Angel". On 17 December 1991, Lithuania decided to reorganise the management structure of national communications, separating postal and electrical connections and forming two separate state enterprises: Lithuanian Post and Lietuvos Telekomas acting as the public telephony operator. In 2006, the company was reorganised into a joint stock company.

The group of companies of Lietuvos paštas, which has the widest network of access points to services in the country, provides not only postal services, but also services of logistics, financial intermediation, and electronic services.

Board
All shares of AB Lietuvos paštas are controlled by the State represented by the Ministry of Transport and Communications of the Republic of Lithuania.

The Company’s managerial body is the General Meeting of Shareholders, the Board and CEO. The Board consists of five members elected by the General Meeting of Shareholders for a term of four years.