Members of the Seimas

Members of the Seimas - Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS

	Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS
	Member of the Seimas from 2012-11-16 till 2014-06-27.

Position

Deputy Speaker ( 2013-01-17–2014-06-27 )

Board of the Seimas, Deputy Speaker ( 2013-01-17–2014-06-27 )

Committees of the Seimas

Committee on Foreign Affairs, Member ( 2012-11-20–2014-06-27 )
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 ( 2014-01-01–2014-06-27 )

Political Groups of the Seimas

Liberals Movement Political Group , Member ( 2012-11-16–2014-06-27 )

Parliamentary Groups

Group for Inter-Parliamentary Relations with the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Member ( 2012-11-27–2014-06-27 )
Group for Inter-Parliamentary Relations with the Republic of Austria, Head ( 2012-12-03–2014-06-27 )
Group for Inter-Parliamentary Relations with Georgia, Member ( 2012-12-04–2014-06-27 )
Group for Inter-Parliamentary Relations with Ukraine, Member ( 2012-12-05–2014-06-27 )
Group for Inter-Parliamentary Relations with the Republic of Poland, Member ( 2012-12-05–2014-06-27 )
Group for Inter-Parliamentary Relations with the United States of America, Member ( 2012-12-06–2014-06-27 )
Group for Inter-Parliamentary Relations with the Republic of Estonia, Member ( 2012-12-12–2014-06-27 )
Group for Inter-Parliamentary Relations with the Nordic Countries (Kingdom of Denmark, Republic of Iceland, Kingdom of Norway, Republic of Finland, Kingdom of Sweden), Deputy Head ( 2012-12-12–2014-06-27 )
Parliamentary Group for Communities and Civil Society, Member ( 2012-12-13–2014-06-27 )
Provisional Group of Dzūkija Friends, Member ( 2012-12-14–2014-06-27 )
Group for Inter-Parliamentary Relations with the Republic of Latvia, Member ( 2012-12-18–2014-06-27 )
Group for Inter-Parliamentary Relations with the Federal Republic of Germany, Member ( 2012-12-18–2014-06-27 )
Group for Inter-Parliamentary Relations with the State of Israel, Member ( 2012-12-20–2014-06-27 )
Seimas Delegation to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, Deputy Member ( 2012-12-27–2014-06-27 )
Conference of Chairs, Member ( 2013-01-17–2014-06-27 )
Group for Inter-Parliamentary Relations with Japan, Member ( 2013-03-20–2014-06-27 )
Provisional Group “For the Future of Lithuanian Football”, Member ( 2013-03-28–2014-06-27 )
Provisional Group "For Democratic Belarus", Member ( 2013-03-28–2014-06-27 )
Parliamentary Group "For Animal Welfare and Protection", Member ( 2013-05-09–2014-06-27 )
Group for Inter-Parliamentary Relations with the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic, Member ( 2013-06-05–2014-06-27 )
Provisional Group for Supporting the Idea of the Underground in Vilnius, Member ( 2013-12-19–2014-06-27 )
Group for Inter-Parliamentary Relations with the Kingdom of Morocco, Deputy Head ( 2014-01-24–2014-06-27 )
Parliamentary Group for Supporting the Lithuanian Armed and Volunteer Forces, Member ( 2014-03-13–2014-06-27 )
Group for Inter-Parliamentary Relations with the Kingdom of Belgium, Member ( 2014-06-23–2014-06-27 )

History

Was elected to the Seimas 2004 – 2008.
Was elected to the Seimas 2008 – 2012.

Biography

Date of birth Place of birth Education 1992–1993 1988–1991 1981–1986 1970–1981	16 May 1963 Juodšiliai, Vilnius District, Lithuania Diplomat training program, Hoover Institution, Stanford University, USA Doctoral studies, Institute of Economics, Lithuanian Academy of Sciences Vilnius State University (currently Vilnius University), Faculty of Economics, Diploma of Economist Vilnius Secondary School No 39 (currently Naujininkai Secondary School)
Work experience
2004	Deputy Chancellor of the Government for the European Union affairs
2003–2004	Lecturer, Institute of International Relations and Political Science, Vilnius University
2001–2002	Chief Negotiator for Lithuania’s Membership of the European Union
2000–2003	Director General, European Committee under the Government of the Republic of Lithuania
2000	Ambassador at Large, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
1999–2000	Chancellor, Office of the Government
1998–1999	Director General, European Committee under the Government of the Republic of Lithuania
1998	Adviser to the Prime Minister on Foreign Policy
1994–1997	Lithuania’s Ambassador to Finland
1993–1994	Chargé d’Affaires ad Interim of the Republic of Lithuania to Finland
1992–1993	Head, Nordic States Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
1991–1992	Senior Specialist, First Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
1986–1991	Junior Research Fellow, Institute of Economics, Lithuanian Academy of Sciences
Political career Since 2012 2008–2012 2004–2008 2006–2008 2006 Since 2005 2004–2005	Member of the Liberals Movement of the Republic of Lithuania Deputy Speaker, Member of the Board of the Seimas Deputy Chair, Committee on European Affairs Member, Committee on Foreign Affairs Member, Liberals Movement Political Group Member, Conference of Chairs Deputy Member, Seimas Delegation to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly Deputy Chair, Committee on European Affairs Member, Committee on Foreign Affairs Chair, Deputy Chair, Seimas Delegation to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly Deputy Chair, Committee on European Affairs Member, Committee on Foreign Affairs Member, Seimas Delegation to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly Member, Commission on the Problems of the Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant Member, Commission for NATO Affairs Chairman, Liberals Movement of the Republic of Lithuania Co-founder of the Liberals Movement of the Republic of Lithuania President, Seimas European Club Member, Liberal and Centre Union of the Republic of Lithuania

Miscellaneous

Awards: Medal to commemorate Lithuania’s membership of the EU and NATO (2004); Cross of Commander of the Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas; Commemorative Badge awarded on the occasion of the 750th anniversary of the coronation of Mindaugas as King of Lithuania; national award of Finland (1998); national award of France (2003); Order of Honour of Georgia (2013).

Activities: co-founder of the Lithuanian Free Market Institute and the Institute of Liberal Thought; initiator and supporter of the public movements Knowledge Economy Forum and People for Animals.

Publications: Rinkos ekonomika ir valstybės reguliavimas (Market Economy and State Regulation), Šiuolaikinių ekonomikos terminų enciklopedinis žodynas (Encyclopaedic Dictionary of Modern Economic Terms), Lithuania’s Road to the European Union: Unification of Europe and Lithuania’s EU Accession Negotiation, The Accession Story – The EU from Fifteen to Twenty-five Countries; co-author of 10 brochures; author of press articles.

Interests: lectures on European integration and political development, art of bargaining, rhetoric

Languages: Lithuanian (native), English, Russian, basic French

Hobbies: classical music, sports

Family

Married with two children