Members of the Seimas

Members of the Seimas - Emanuelis ZINGERIS

	Emanuelis ZINGERIS
	Member of the Seimas from 2012-11-16 till 2016-11-14.

Position

Committees of the Seimas

Committee on Foreign Affairs, Member ( 2012-11-20–2016-11-14 )
Committee on European Affairs, Member ( 2012-11-20–2012-12-03 )
Committee on European Affairs, Deputy Chair ( 2012-12-04–2013-12-31 )
Committee on European Affairs, Deputy Chair ( 2014-01-01–2016-11-14 )

Political Groups of the Seimas

Homeland Union-Lithuanian Christian Democrat Political Group, Member ( 2012-11-16–2016-11-14 )

Parliamentary Groups

Group for Inter-Parliamentary Relations with the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Member ( 2012-11-27–2016-11-14 )
Group for Inter-Parliamentary Relations with the Republic of Azerbaijan, Member ( 2012-12-03–2016-11-14 )
Group for Inter-Parliamentary Relations with Georgia, Member ( 2012-12-04–2016-11-14 )
Group for Inter-Parliamentary Relations with Japan, Member ( 2012-12-04–2016-11-14 )
Group for Inter-Parliamentary Relations with Latin America, Member ( 2012-12-04–2016-11-14 )
Group for Inter-Parliamentary Relations with Ukraine, Member ( 2012-12-05–2016-11-14 )
Group for Inter-Parliamentary Relations with the People's Republic of China, Member ( 2012-12-05–2016-11-14 )
Group for Inter-Parliamentary Relations with the Republic of Poland, Member ( 2012-12-05–2016-11-14 )
Group for Inter-Parliamentary Relations with the United States of America, Head ( 2012-12-06–2016-11-14 )
Group for Inter-Parliamentary Relations with the Republic of Slovenia, Member ( 2012-12-12–2016-11-14 )
Group for Inter-Parliamentary Relations with the Federal Republic of Germany, Member ( 2012-12-18–2016-11-14 )
Group for Inter-Parliamentary Relations with Taiwan, Member ( 2012-12-18–2016-11-14 )
Group for Inter-Parliamentary Relations with the Republic of Latvia, Member ( 2012-12-18–2016-11-14 )
Parliamentary Group "For Human Dignity", Member ( 2012-12-18–2016-11-14 )
Provisional Group “For Historical Memory and Justice”, Member ( 2012-12-20–2016-11-14 )
Group for Inter-Parliamentary Relations with the State of Israel, Head ( 2012-12-20–2016-11-14 )
Seimas Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Deputy Head ( 2012-12-27–2016-11-14 )
Provisional Group "For Democratic Belarus", Member ( 2013-04-10–2016-11-14 )
Group for Inter-Parliamentary Relations with the Republic of Croatia, Head ( 2013-04-22–2016-11-14 )
Parliamentary Group "For Animal Welfare and Protection", Member ( 2013-05-09–2016-11-14 )
Parliamentary Group for Supporting Democracy, Head ( 2013-09-17–2016-11-14 )
Parliamentary Group for the Territorial Integrity of the GUAM (Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, Moldova) Countries, Deputy Head ( 2014-03-10–2016-11-14 )
Parliamentary Group for Supporting the Lithuanian Armed and Volunteer Forces, Member ( 2014-03-13–2016-11-14 )
Group for Inter-Parliamentary Relations with Romania, Member ( 2014-07-28–2016-11-14 )
Seimas Group for Inter-parliamentary Relations with the 8th Term of the Supreme Council of the Republic of Belarus and with its Democratic Forces, Member ( 2014-12-18–2016-11-14 )
Group for Interparliamentary Relations with South African Republic, Deputy Head ( 2014-12-18–2016-11-14 )
Provisional Group for Relations with the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People, Member ( 2015-05-21–2016-11-14 )
Group for Inter-Parliamentary Relations with the Holy See, Member ( 2015-06-04–2016-11-14 )

History

Was elected to the Supreme Council - Reconstituent Seimas 1990 – 1992.
Was elected to the Seimas 1992 – 1996.
Was elected to the Seimas 1996 – 2000.
Was elected to the Seimas 2004 – 2008.
Was elected to the Seimas 2008 – 2012.

Biography

Date of birth:	16 July 1957
Place of birth:	Kaunas, Lithuania

Education
1982–1986	Postgraduate studies, Department of Lithuanian Literature, Faculty of Philology, Vilnius University
1975–1981	Faculty of Philology, Vilnius University; diploma cum laude in Lithuanian philology and literature
1964–1975	Secondary School No 4 in Kaunas (currently Stepono Dariaus ir Stasio Girėno Gymnasium in Kaunas)

Work experience
2000–2004	Director, Vilna Gaon Jewish State Museum
1989–1990	Director, Lithuanian Jewish State Museum
1988–1989	Head, Judaica Department, Book Chamber of Lithuania
1986–1988	Lecturer, Vilnius University, Evening Department in Kaunas
1979–1981	Research Fellow, Kaunas Historical Museum (currently Vytautas Magnus War Museum)

Political career
	Member of the Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats

Since 2012	Deputy Chair, Committee on European Affairs
	Member, Committee on Foreign Affairs
	Member, Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrat Political Group
	Deputy Chair, Seimas Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
Since 2011	Vice-President, Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
Since 2010	Chairman, Parliamentary Forum of the Community of Democracies
2008–2012	Member, then Chair, Committee on Foreign Affairs
	Member, Committee on European Affairs
	Chair, Seimas Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
	Deputy Chair, Seimas Delegation to the Assembly of Members of the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania, the Sejm and Senate of the Republic of Poland, and the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine
2004–2008	Member, Committee on Foreign Affairs
	Substitute, Seimas Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe in 2007
	Deputy Chair, Seimas Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe in 2006
1999–2000	Member, Lithuanian Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
	Vice-Chairperson, PACE Committee on Culture, Science and Education
1996–2000	Chair, Committee on Human Rights
	Chair, Committee on Human and Citizen’s Rights and Nationalities
1993–1995	Member, Lithuanian Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
1992–1996	Member of the Seimas
1990–1992	Member, Supreme Council – Reconstituent Seimas
	Chair, Foreign Affairs Commission

Miscellaneous

Activities: Signatory to the Act of the Re-establishment of the State of Lithuania; Chair, Group for Inter-Parliamentary Relations with the United States of America; Chair, Group for Inter-Parliamentary Relations with the Knesset of Israel; Chairman, International Commission for the Evaluation of the Crimes of the Nazi and Soviet Occupation Regimes in Lithuania (since 1998)

Awards: sign of honour for merits of the Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (2012); sign of honour of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania – Lithuanian Diplomacy Star (2012); Medal for Merits to Vilnius and the Nation (2012); gold medal of Petras Vileišis for merits in restoring the interdependent state of Lithuania and contribution in achieving its international recognition, as well as strengthening Lithuania’s position in the EU and NATO and cautious and tolerant approach to national minorities in Lithuania (2011); Truman-Reagan Medal of Freedom (2010); award for outstanding support for the Belarusian democratic opposition following the presidential election in Belarus on 19 December 2010; Order of Officer’s Cross for Merits to the Republic of Poland (2009); state award of Ukraine – Third Class Order “for Merits” for personal service to the development of friendly relations between Lithuania and Ukraine (2007); Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (Bundesverdienst Kreuz; 2000); Cross of Commander of the Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas and the Medal of Independence of Lithuania (2000)

Publications on Lithuanian and Jewish heritage, Lithuanian cultural heritage, linkage between the Lithuanian and Jewish literature

Languages: Lithuanian, Yiddish, English, Russian, Polish, German

Interests: music, literature, cinema

Family

Married with two children