12th Seimas (2016–2020)

Arūnas Gelūnas
Arūnas Gelūnas
Seimas 2016-2020
Member of the Seimas from 11/14/2016
till 04/01/2019
Nominated by: Liberals Movement of the Republic of Lithuania
Elected: By list
Position
Biography

Committees of the Seimas

11/21/2017 - 04/01/2019Committee on Education and Science, Member
01/14/2019 - 04/01/2019Committee on European Affairs, Deputy Chair
11/16/2016 - 01/13/2019Committee on European Affairs, Member
11/22/2016 - 11/20/2017Committee on Culture, Deputy Chair
11/16/2016 - 11/21/2016Committee on Culture, Member

Commissions of the Seimas

12/28/2016 - 03/25/2019Commission for the Traditions and Heritage of Lithuanian Studies, Member
11/15/2018 - 01/13/2019Commission for the Cause of Freedom and the National Historical Memory, Member
04/25/2017 - 11/15/2018Commission for the Cause of Freedom, Member
11/23/2016 - 04/24/2017Commission for the Cause of Freedom, Member

Political groups of the Seimas

11/14/2016 - 04/01/2019Liberals Movement Political Group , Member
Position
Biography

Date of birth

13 December 1968

Place of birth

Kaunas, Lithuania

 

 

Education

 

 

 

2001

Doctoral thesis New Paradigm of Order in Nishida and Merleau-Ponty Philosophy

1997–2001

Doctoral studies, Vytautas Magnus University

1995–1997

Japanese style painting and basics of the Japanese language, Tokyo University of the Arts

1988–1994

Vilnius Academy of Arts

1986

Jonas Jablonskis Secondary School in Kaunas (currently Jonas Jablonskis Gymnasium)

 

 

Work experience

 

 

 

2012–2016

Ambassador, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania;

Head of the Permanent Delegation of the Republic of Lithuania to UNESCO

2010–2012

Minister of Culture of the Republic of Lithuania (15th Government)

2005–2007

Associate Professor, Graphic Art Department and Art History and Theory Department, Vilnius Academy of Arts

2004–2010

Vice-Rector, Vilnius Academy of Arts

2003–2004

Dean, Kaunas Faculty, Vilnius Academy of Arts

2002–2003

Vice-Dean, Kaunas Faculty, Vilnius Academy of Arts

1997–2004

Lecturer in Graphic Art, Kaunas Faculty, Vilnius Academy of Arts

 

 

Political career

 

 

 

Miscellaneous

 

 

 

Activities: co-founder (2008) and first President, National Association of Creative and Cultural Industries; Project Manager, Creative Industries project implemented by four universities; Chairman, Commission of Culture, UNESCO General Conference in 2015; Vice-Chairman, UNESCO Executive Council; President, UNESCO Ambassadors’ Club; visiting lecturer, Vilnius University, ISM University of Management and Economics, Umea Academy of Fine Arts (Sweden); commissions related to higher education field; expert of international art studies; Centre for Quality Assessment in Higher Education; working groups of the Ministry of Education and Science; Ambassador, project Kaunas – European Capital of Culture 2022

Achievements: 12 personal exhibitions of graphic art and painting; participation in group exhibitions held all over the world

Contribution to: opening of the Lithuanian Film Centre and the Lithuanian Council for Culture; reconstruction of the Palace of the Grand Dukes of Lithuania and Kaunas National Drama Theatre; return of the Jewish Library to Vilnius City; return of Arbit Blat’s works to Lithuania; promotion of Lithuanian culture in Europe during the Lithuanian Presidency of the Council of the EU in 2013

Publications: on philosophy, culturology, Japanology and education in Lithuanian and English

Awards: prizes for graphic arts and graphic design in Lithuania, France and Japan;

a commemorative badge of the President of the Republic of Lithuania for personal contribution to the Lithuanian Presidency of the Council of the EU in 2013; Honorary Doctor of Aalto University

Foreign languages: English, Russian, French, Polish and Japan

Hobbies: listening to music; attending jazz and classical music concerts; exhibitions (related to Japanese culture, in particular) and museums; reading of fiction, philosophical and historical literature, travelling with family, swimming and other kinds of sport

Family

 

Married with three children