Members of the Seimas

Members of the Seimas - Stasys ŠEDBARAS

	Stasys ŠEDBARAS
	Member of the Seimas from 2012-11-16 till 2016-11-14.

Position

Committees of the Seimas

Committee on Legal Affairs, Member ( 2012-11-20–2012-12-05 )
Committee on Legal Affairs, Deputy Chair ( 2012-12-06–2013-12-31 )
Committee on Legal Affairs, Deputy Chair ( 2014-01-01–2016-11-14 )

Commissions of the Seimas

Commission for Ethics and Procedures, Member ( 2012-11-27–2015-04-28 )
Constitutional Commission, Member ( 2012-12-18–2016-11-14 )

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 the Republic of Kazakhstan, Member ( 2012-12-18–2016-11-14 )
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 ( 2013-12-19–2016-11-14 )
Parliamentary Group for Supporting the Lithuanian Armed and Volunteer Forces, Member ( 2014-03-13–2016-11-14 )
Group for Inter-parliamentary Relations with the Republic of Indonesia, Member ( 2014-03-13–2016-11-14 )
Group for Inter-parliamentary Relations with Malaysia, Member ( 2014-03-13–2016-11-14 )
Group for Inter-Parliamentary Relations with the Holy See, Member ( 2015-06-04–2016-11-14 )

History

Was elected to the Seimas 2008 – 2012.

Biography

Date of birth	10 February 1958
Place of birth	Tūjainiai Village, Šilalė District, Lithuania

Education
2005	PhD in Social Sciences, Mykolas Romeris University
1976–1981	Vilnius University, Faculty of Law (graduation with honours)
1973−1976	Secondary School in Kaltinėnai (graduation with honours)
1965−1973	Basic eight-year school in Nuomininkai

Work experience
2006–2008	Director, Associate Professor, Institute of Law, Vytautas Magnus University
2000–2008	Associate Professor, Department of Administrative Law and Procedure, Mykolas Romeris University
1999–2000	Chairman, High Administrative Court
1997–1998	State Counsellor on State and Human Rights Affairs, Team of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Lithuania
Since 1996	Practice of the Attorney-at-law
1996–1997	Chief Editor, Justitia Magazine of the Lithuanian Lawyers’ Association
1993–1996	Judge, Constitutional Court of the Republic of Lithuania
1989–1992	Judge, Supreme Court of Lithuania
1987–1989	Judge, Administrative Court, Vilnius Region
1982–1987	Trainee, then Assistant Procurator, Senior Assistant Procurator, Procurator’s Office, Vilnius Region
1981–1982	Staff Inspector, Solicitor

Political career
	Member of the Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats (since 2005)
Since 2012	Deputy Chair, Committee on Legal Affairs
	Member, Constitutional Commission
	Member, Commission for Ethics and Procedures
	Member, Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrat Political Group
2008–2012	Chair, Committee on Legal Affairs
2007–2008	Member, Vilnius City Municipal Council
1998−1999	Minister of the Interior of the Republic of Lithuania
1992−1993	Vice-Minister of Justice of the Republic of Lithuania

Miscellaneous

Awards: Fourth Class Medal of the Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas (1996)

Membership: Initiator of the 1988 re-establishment of the Lithuanian Lawyers’ Association established in 1920, Chairman of the Association (since 2004), then Vice-Chairman and Board Member

Hobbies: music and reading

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

Family

Married with three children: two sons and one daughter