Members of the Seimas

Members of the Seimas - Petras GRAŽULIS

	Petras GRAŽULIS
	Member of the Seimas from 2012-11-16 till 2016-11-14.

Position

Committees of the Seimas

Committee on State Administration and Local Authorities, Member ( 2012-11-20–2016-11-14 )
Committee on European Affairs, Member ( 2016-06-17–2016-11-14 )

Commissions of the Seimas

Commission for Ethics and Procedures, Member ( 2012-11-27–2015-04-28 )
Commission for the Rights and Affairs of Participants of Resistance to Occupation Regimes and Victims of Occupation, Member ( 2012-12-04–2013-05-27 )

Political Groups of the Seimas

Order and Justice Political Group, Chair ( 2012-11-16–2016-06-01 )
Order and Justice Political Group, Member ( 2016-06-02–2016-11-14 )

Parliamentary Groups

Conference of Chairs, Member ( 2012-11-17–2016-06-01 )
Group for Inter-Parliamentary Relations with Ukraine, Member ( 2012-12-05–2016-11-14 )
Group for Inter-Parliamentary Relations with the Republic of Moldova, Member ( 2012-12-06–2016-11-14 )
Provisional Group of Dzūkija Friends, Member ( 2012-12-14–2016-11-14 )
Group for Inter-Parliamentary Relations with the Chechen Republic of Itchkeria, Deputy Head ( 2012-12-18–2016-11-14 )
Group for Inter-Parliamentary Relations with the Republic of Kazakhstan, Member ( 2012-12-18–2016-11-14 )
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, Member ( 2012-12-27–2016-11-14 )
Seimas Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Deputy Member ( 2013-03-04–2016-11-14 )
Parliamentary Group for Friendship with Nagorno-Karabakh, Member ( 2013-03-14–2016-11-14 )
Group for Inter-Parliamentary Relations with the Russian Federation, Member ( 2013-04-04–2016-11-14 )
Group for Inter-Parliamentary Relations with the Republic of Croatia, Member ( 2013-04-22–2016-11-14 )
Parliamentary Group for Assisting Rural Communities and Farmers in Addressing Matters of Their Concern, Member ( 2013-05-23–2016-11-14 )
Provisional Group for Supporting the Idea of the Underground in Vilnius, Member ( 2014-01-23–2016-11-14 )
Ad Hoc Group of Members of the Seimas for Exercising Parliamentary Control over the Enforcement of the Law on Road Traffic Safety, Member ( 2015-05-14–2016-11-14 )
Group for Inter-Parliamentary Relations with the Holy See, Member ( 2015-06-04–2016-11-14 )

History

Was elected to the Seimas 1996 – 2000.
Was elected to the Seimas 2000 – 2004.
Was elected to the Seimas 2004 – 2008.
Was elected to the Seimas 2008 – 2012.

Biography

Date of birth	28 October 1958
Place of birth	Mankūnai Village, Alytus District, Lithuania

Education
1964–1975	Miroslavas Secondary School, Alytus District

Work experience
1992–1996	Co-founder and Manager, private company UAB Ordo

Political career
	Member of the Party “Order and Justice”
Since 2012	Member, Committee on State Administration and Local Authorities
	Member, Commission for the Rights and Affairs of Participants of Resistance to Occupation Regimes and Victims of Occupation
	Member, Commission for Ethics and Procedures
	Chair, Order and Justice Political Group
	Member, Conference of Chairs
	Member, 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
	Substitute, Seimas Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
2008–2012	Member, Committee on Education, Science and Culture
	Member, Committee on Legal Affairs
	Member, Anticorruption Commission
	Member, Commission for the Rights and Affairs of Participants of Resistance to Occupation Regimes and Victims of Occupation
2004–2008	Member, Committee on Rural Affairs
	Member, Committee on Human Rights
2001–2004	Chairman, Board of the Lithuanian Christian Democratic Party
2000–2004	Member, Committee on Rural Affairs
	Member, Committee on Legal Affairs
	Deputy Chair, Member, Commission for Sustainable Development and Protection of Immovable Cultural Properties
2000–2003	Member, Klaipėda District Municipal Council
1996–2000	Member, Committee on Rural Affairs
1990–1995	Member, Kaunas City Municipal Council
	Member, Committee on Education and Culture
1990–1994	Chairman, Division of the Lithuanian Christian Democratic Party in Kaunas
1989	Member, Lithuanian Christian Democratic Party, one of the initiators of the re-establishment of the Party

Miscellaneous

Initiator of the weekly Apžvalga (Review) by the Lithuanian Christian Democratic Party

Involvement in close cooperation with the members of the Committee on Believers’ Rights

Member of the Helsinki Committee for Human Rights

Distributor of Lietuvos Katalikų Bažnyčios Kronika (Chronicle of the Lithuanian Catholic Church)

Imprisoned in Lukiškės and Pravieniškės, Lithuania, and in Mordovia for anti-Soviet activities (1988)

Languages: Lithuanian (native), Russian, French

Hobbies: sport, music

Family

Married with four children