Members of the Seimas

Members of the Seimas - Vydas GEDVILAS

	Vydas GEDVILAS
	Member of the Seimas from 2012-11-16 till 2016-11-14.

Position

Speaker ( 2012-11-16–2013-10-03 )
First Deputy Speaker ( 2013-10-03–2016-11-14 )

Board of the Seimas, Speaker ( 2012-11-17–2013-10-03 )
Board of the Seimas, First Deputy Speaker ( 2013-10-03–2016-11-14 )

Committees of the Seimas

Committee on Foreign Affairs, Member ( 2013-10-22–2016-11-14 )
Committee on European Affairs, Member ( 2013-10-22–2013-12-31 )
Committee on European Affairs, Member ( 2014-01-01–2016-11-14 )

Commissions of the Seimas

Energy Commission, Member ( 2013-11-14–2016-11-14 )

Political Groups of the Seimas

Labour Party Political Group, Member ( 2012-11-16–2016-11-14 )

Parliamentary Groups

Conference of Chairs, Member ( 2012-11-17–2016-11-14 )
Provisional Group for Supporting the Idea of the Underground in Vilnius, Member ( 2014-01-23–2016-11-14 )
Parliamentary Group for Supporting the Lithuanian Armed and Volunteer Forces, Member ( 2014-03-13–2016-11-14 )
Group for Inter-Parliamentary Relations with the Federative Republic of Brazil, Member ( 2015-04-08–2016-11-14 )
Group for Inter-Parliamentary Relations with the Holy See, Member ( 2015-06-04–2016-11-14 )
Tarpparlamentinių ryšių su Mongolija grupė, Member ( 2015-09-28–2016-11-14 )
Parliamentary Group for Innovation and Technological Development, Member ( 2015-12-10–2016-11-14 )

History

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

Biography

Date of birth	17 May 1959
Place of birth	Užgiriai Village, Kelmė District, Lithuania

Education
1999	Lithuanian Academy of Physical Education (currently Lithuanian Sports University), PhD in Biomedicine
1985–1988	Lithuanian State Institute of Physical Education, Postgraduate Studies in Social Science
1977–1981	Lithuanian State Institute of Physical Education, Qualification of Teacher of Physical Training
1977	Graduation from Luokė Secondary School, Telšiai District

Work Experience
2001–2004	Vice-Rector, Lithuanian Academy of Physical Education
	Member, Senate of the Lithuanian Academy of Physical Education
	Chairman, Sports Committee of the Lithuanian Universities Rectors’ Conference
1996–2002	Head Coach, Lithuanian National Women’s Basketball Team;
From 1993	Head Coach, Women’s Basketball Team Viktorija, Lithuanian Institute of Physical Education
1988–1993	Coach, Men’s Basketball Team Atletas, Lithuanian Institute of Physical Education
From 1981	Teacher of Physical Training, Lithuanian State Institute of Physical Education

Political Career
	Member of the Labour Party
Since 2012	Speaker of the Seimas, Member of the Board of the Seimas
	Member, Conference of Chairs
	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
2008–2012	Deputy Chair, Committee on European Affairs
	Member, Committee on Education, Science and Culture
	Member, Commission for Youth and Sport Affairs
2004–2008	Deputy Speaker of the Seimas, Member of the Board of the Seimas
	Acting Speaker of the Seimas (12 April 2006)
	Member, Conference of Chairs
	Chair, then Member, Committee on European Affairs
	Chair, Committee on Education, Science and Culture
	Member, Commission for Youth and Sport Affairs

Miscellaneous

Titles: Honorary Coach of Lithuania, Expert Coach of Lithuania; rated the best coach in Lithuania (1997)

Awards: Third Class Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas

Publications: 15 academic articles and 2 sets of training material for students

Academic activities: numerous international and Lithuanian scientific conferences

Foreign languages: Russian, German, English

Interests: golf, reading, travelling and jazz

Family

Daughter Akvilė, PhD in Social Science; son Martynas, student at the Lithuanian Sports University; grandson Gabrielis