Members of the Seimas

Members of the Seimas - Audronius AŽUBALIS

	Audronius AŽUBALIS
	Member of the Seimas from 2012-11-16 till 2016-11-14.

Position

Committees of the Seimas

Committee on Foreign Affairs, Member ( 2012-11-20–2012-11-21 )
Committee on Foreign Affairs, Deputy Chair ( 2012-11-22–2013-12-31 )
Committee on Foreign Affairs, Deputy Chair ( 2014-01-01–2016-11-14 )
Committee on European Affairs, Member ( 2012-11-20–2013-12-31 )
Committee on European Affairs, Member ( 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 Georgia, 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 Republic of Moldova, Member ( 2012-12-06–2016-11-14 )
Group for Inter-Parliamentary Relations with the Nordic Countries (Kingdom of Denmark, Republic of Iceland, Kingdom of Norway, Republic of Finland, Kingdom of Sweden), Member ( 2012-12-12–2016-11-14 )
Provisional Group “For Historical Memory and Justice”, Member ( 2012-12-20–2016-11-14 )
Provisional Group “For the Future of Lithuanian Football”, Member ( 2013-03-28–2016-11-14 )
Provisional Group "For Democratic Belarus", Member ( 2013-03-28–2016-11-14 )
Provisional Group for Supporting the Idea of the Underground in Vilnius, Member ( 2013-12-19–2016-11-14 )
Parliamentary Group for Supporting the Lithuanian Armed and Volunteer Forces, Member ( 2014-03-13–2016-11-14 )
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 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

Place of birth

Education

1990

1982–1989

1976–1977

1964–1976

17 January 1958

Vilnius, Lithuania

Politics and Economics, World Press Institute, Macalester College, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA

Diploma of Journalist, Faculty of History, Vilnius State University (currently Vilnius University)

Journalism, Faculty of History, Vilnius State University; expelled for relations with the Lithuanian Helsinki Group

Antanas Vienuolis Secondary School in Vilnius (currently Antanas Vienuolis Basic School and Vytautas Magnus Gymnasium)

Work experience

2001–2004

1993–1996

1991–1993

1990–1992

1989–1990

1979–1988

Director General, Translation, Documentation and Information Centre under the Office of the Government of the Republic of Lithuania

Manager of (the fist in Lithuania) PR Consultative Centre Multum Creditum

Head, Information Analysis Department, Office of the Supreme Council – Reconstituent Seimas

Spokesman for the Chairman of the Supreme Council – Reconstituent Seimas

Reporter, Atgimimas, weekly of the Lithuanian Reform Movement Sąjūdis

Editor and Journalist, Lithuanian State Committee on Publishing Houses, Polygraphy and Book Trade; Lithuanian Scientific Methodological Cultural Centre; Lithuanian State Television and Radio Committee, Lithuanian State Film Rent Bureau

Political career

Since 2012

2011

2010–2012

2008–2012

2004–2008

Since 1998

1996–2000

Member of the Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats

Deputy Chair, Committee on Foreign Affairs

Member, Committee on European Affairs

Member, Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrat Political Group

Chairman-in-Office, Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe

Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania

Member, Committee on European Affairs

Member, Chair, Committee on Foreign Affairs

Member, Commission for Nuclear Energy

Chair, Seimas Delegation to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly

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

Member, Committee on European Affairs

Deputy Chair, Committee on Foreign Affairs

Member, Seimas Delegation to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly

Member, Seimas Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe

Member of the Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats

Deputy Chair, Committee on European Affairs

Chair, Committee on Foreign Affairs

Member, Commission for Ethics and Procedures

Member, Commission for NATO Affairs

Miscellaneous

Activities: President, Lithuanian and Great Britain Association British Chamber of Commerce (1998–2000); President, National Magazine Publishers’ Association (2001–2003), service in the Soviet Army (1977–1979), supporter of the Lithuanian Helsinki Group

Awards: Third Class Order for Merits to the Republic of Ukraine (2007), Commemorative Badge on the occasion of Lithuania’s invitation to join NATO (2003), Commemorative Medal of 13 January (1999)

Interests: foreign and European policy of Lithuania, national security and defence

Languages: Lithuanian (native), English, Russian

Hobbies: historical literature, gardening, skiing, angling

Family

Married with two daughters