Members of the Seimas

Members of the Seimas - Valdas VASILIAUSKAS

	Valdas VASILIAUSKAS
	Member of the Seimas from 2012-11-16 till 2016-11-14.

Position

Committees of the Seimas

Committee on National Security and Defence, Member ( 2012-11-20–2016-11-14 )

Commissions of the Seimas

Anticorruption Commission, Member ( 2012-11-27–2016-11-14 )
Migration Commission, Member ( 2015-04-29–2015-05-21 )
Migration Commission, Chair ( 2015-05-22–2016-06-08 )

Political Groups of the Seimas

Non-attached Members, Member ( 2014-06-20–2014-06-25 )
Non-attached Members, Member ( 2016-05-31–2016-11-14 )
Order and Justice Political Group, Member ( 2014-06-26–2016-05-30 )
"The Way of Courage" Political Group, Member ( 2012-11-16–2014-06-19 )

Parliamentary Groups

Conference of Chairs, Member ( 2012-11-17–2014-07-09 )
Group for Inter-Parliamentary Relations with Japan, Member ( 2012-12-04–2016-11-14 )
Group for Inter-Parliamentary Relations with Georgia, Member ( 2012-12-04–2016-11-14 )
Group for Inter-Parliamentary Relations with Latin America, Member ( 2012-12-04–2016-11-14 )
Group for Inter-Parliamentary Relations with Hungary, Member ( 2012-12-12–2016-11-14 )
Provisional Group of Dzūkija Friends, Member ( 2012-12-14–2016-11-14 )
Group for Inter-Parliamentary Relations with Taiwan, Member ( 2012-12-18–2016-11-14 )
Group for Inter-Parliamentary Relations with the Republic of Kazakhstan, Member ( 2012-12-18–2016-11-14 )
Group for Inter-Parliamentary Relations with the Federal Republic of Germany, Member ( 2012-12-18–2016-11-14 )
Group for Inter-Parliamentary Relations with the Islamic Republic of Iran, Member ( 2013-06-26–2016-11-14 )
Provisional Group for Supporting the Idea of the Underground in Vilnius, Member ( 2014-01-27–2016-11-14 )
Provisional Group for the Aarhus Convention, Member ( 2015-05-07–2016-11-14 )
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 )

Biography

Date of birth	10 December 1951
Place of birth	Lazdijai, Lithuania

Education
1975	Graduation from Vilnius State University (currently Vilnius University), Diploma in Journalism
1970	Graduation from Secondary School in Lazdijai

Work Experience
2007–June 2012	Director General and Editor-in-Chief, daily newspaper Lietuvos žinios
1997–2007	Founder and Director, private company UAB Ekstra
1996–1997	Founder and Editor, weekly TV magazine TV Antena
1992–1996	Founder and Editor-in-Chief, the first weekly magazine in Lithuania Veidas
1990–1992	Head, Unit of Culture, daily newspaper Lietuvos aidas
1989–1990	Executive Secretary, weekly newspaper Literatūra ir menas
1986–1988	Chairman, Theatrical Unit, Lithuanian Theatre Union
1985–1989	Head, Board of Art Affairs, Ministry of Culture
1974–1985	Executive Secretary, weekly newspaper Literatūra ir menas
	Head, Theatre and Cinema Unit, weekly newspaper Literatūra ir menas
	Reporter, Theatre and Cinema Unit, weekly newspaper Literatūra ir menas

Political career
	No party affiliation
Since 2012	Member, Committee on National Security and Defence
	Member, Anticorruption Commission
	Member, “The Way of Courage” Political Group
	Member, Conference of Chairs

Miscellaneous

Titles: Best theatre critic of the season in Lithuania (1989)

Awards: Freedom Award given by the Lithuanian Front of Los Angeles (2008)

Interests: political review and commentary

Publications: a collection of journalistic articles Amžinasis nomenklatūros pavasaris (published by the Lithuanian Union of Political Prisoners and Deportees in 1995); a collection of theatre reviews Teatras be iliuzijų (1989); a book Teatro malonumas (2012); a number of theatre reviews in national and foreign media in Russian, English, German and other languages; a collection of short stories Žiemos sapnas (publishing house Vaga, 1984)

Languages: Lithuanian (native), Russian, English and German

Family

Married with one daughter and one son