Members of the Seimas

Members of the Seimas - Algirdas Vaclovas PATACKAS

	Algirdas Vaclovas PATACKAS
	Member of the Seimas from 2012-11-16 till 2015-04-03.

Position

Committees of the Seimas

Committee on Education, Science and Culture, Member ( 2012-11-20–2015-04-03 )

Commissions of the Seimas

Commission for the Rights and Affairs of Participants of Resistance to Occupation Regimes and Victims of Occupation, Member ( 2012-12-04–2015-04-03 )

Political Groups of the Seimas

Non-attached Members, Member ( 2014-06-20–2015-04-03 )
"The Way of Courage" Political Group, Member ( 2012-11-16–2014-06-19 )

Parliamentary Groups

Group for Inter-Parliamentary Relations with Georgia, Member ( 2012-12-04–2015-04-03 )
Group for Inter-Parliamentary Relations with Latin America, Member ( 2012-12-04–2015-04-03 )
Group for Inter-Parliamentary Relations with Ukraine, Member ( 2012-12-05–2015-04-03 )
Group for Inter-Parliamentary Relations in Support of Tibet, Member ( 2012-12-05–2015-04-03 )
Group for Inter-Parliamentary Relations with the Republic of Poland, Member ( 2012-12-05–2015-04-03 )
Group for Inter-Parliamentary Relations with Hungary, Member ( 2012-12-12–2015-04-03 )
Group for Inter-Parliamentary Relations with the Chechen Republic of Itchkeria, Member ( 2012-12-18–2015-04-03 )
Parliamentary Group "For Adherence to the Oath", Member ( 2012-12-18–2015-04-03 )
Group for Inter-Parliamentary Relations with the State of Israel, Member ( 2012-12-20–2015-04-03 )
Provisional Group “For Historical Memory and Justice”, Member ( 2012-12-20–2015-04-03 )
Provisional Group "For the Family", Member ( 2012-12-20–2015-04-03 )
Seimas Delegation to the Assembly of the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania and the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, Member ( 2012-12-27–2015-04-03 )
Seimas Delegation to the Assembly of the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania and the Sejm and Senate of the Republic of Poland, Member ( 2012-12-27–2015-04-03 )
Provisional Group "For Democratic Belarus", Member ( 2013-03-28–2015-04-03 )
Group for Inter-Parliamentary Relations with the Islamic Republic of Iran, Member ( 2013-06-26–2015-04-03 )
Parliamentary Group for Supporting the Lithuanian Armed and Volunteer Forces, Member ( 2014-03-13–2015-04-03 )

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.

Biography

Date of birth	28 September 1943
Place of birth	Trakai, Lithuania

Education
1968	PhD studies
1960–1966	Polytechnic Institute (currently Kaunas University of Technology), Diploma of Technological Engineer
1949–1960	Secondary School No 14 in Kaunas

Work Experience
Since 2002	PR Specialist, Kaunas Garrison Officer Club
	Member, Commission for Awarding State Pensions, Ministry of Social Security and Labour
2000–2002	Member, Seimas and Ministry of Foreign Affairs missions to Chechnia and Georgia, Second Investigation Department under the Ministry of National Defence
1989–1955	Lecturer of Ethics, Philosophy of Culture and Baltic Culture, Kaunas Polytechnic Institute and Vytautas Magnus University
1981–1990	Repair Worker, Kaunas Civil Engineering and Construction Board
1980–1981	Engineer, Lithuanian Institute of Geology
1968–1980	Junior Research Fellow, Lithuanian Academy of Sciences
1966–1968	Shift Manager, Jonava Nitrogen Fertilizer Plant
1960–1961	Worker, Kaunas Radio Factory

Political Career
	No party affiliation
Since 2012	Member, Committee on Education, Science and Culture
	Member, Commission for the Rights and Affairs of Participants of Resistance to Occupation Regimes and Victims of Occupation
	Member, “The Way of Courage” Political Group
	Member, Seimas Delegation to the Assembly of the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania and the Sejm and Senate of the Republic of Poland
	Member, Seimas Delegation to the Assembly of the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania and the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine
1996–2000	Member, Committee on Education, Science and Culture
	Member, Seimas Delegation to the Baltic Assembly
	Member, Seimas Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania and the Sejm of the Republic of Poland
1992–1996	Member, Committee on National Security
1990–1992	Member, Supreme Council – Reconstituent Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania
1988–1990	Member of the Initiative Group in Kaunas, Lithuanian Reform Movement Sąjūdis, then Member of the Kaunas Council of the Lithuanian Reform Movement Sąjūdis and Member of the Sąjūdis Seimas

Miscellaneous

Imprisonment for editing and publishing the underground press (1986–1987)

Titles: Signatory to the Act of Independence of Lithuania, participant in the fights for freedom, winner of the first body-building championships in the Baltic States (1965–1966)

Awards: Cross of the Knight of the Order of the Cross of Vytis, Medal of Independence of Lithuania, badge and title of Honorary Volunteer, Commemorative Medal of Gabrielė Petkevičaitė-Bitė

Publications: nine scholarly articles on electrochemistry, publications on Baltic culture, Indo-European studies, and eight books, including research, poetry and prose, editor of two books

Languages: Russian, English, Polish, Ukrainian, Belorussian