12th Seimas (2016–2020)

Dovilė Šakalienė
Dovilė Šakalienė
Seimas 2016-2020
Member of the Seimas from 11/14/2016
till 11/13/2020
Nominated by: Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union
Elected: By list
Position
Biography

Committees of the Seimas

09/30/2019 - 11/13/2020Committee on National Security and Defence, Member
06/22/2017 - 09/29/2019Committee on Education and Science, Member
11/16/2016 - 06/21/2017Committee on European Affairs, Member
11/16/2016 - 06/21/2017Committee on Foreign Affairs, Member

Subcommitees

01/11/2017 - 06/21/2017Subcommittee on Transatlantic Relations and Democratic Development, Member

Commissions of the Seimas

03/22/2018 - 11/13/2020Commission for Suicide and Violence Prevention, Member
07/18/2019 - 11/13/2020Commission for Ethics and Procedures, Member
11/27/2018 - 05/15/2019Commission for Healthy Lifestyle, Deputy Chair
03/23/2018 - 11/26/2018Commission for Healthy Lifestyle, Member
12/27/2016 - 06/21/2017Commission of the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania and the Lithuanian World Community, Member
02/17/2017 - 06/21/2017Commission for Suicide and Violence Prevention, Deputy Chair
11/28/2016 - 02/16/2017Commission for Suicide and Violence Prevention, Deputy Chair
11/23/2016 - 11/27/2016Commission for Suicide and Violence Prevention, Member

Political groups of the Seimas

11/07/2017 - 11/13/2020Lithuanian Social Democratic Party Political Group, Member
06/15/2017 - 11/06/2017Liberals Movement Political Group , Member
11/14/2016 - 06/14/2017Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union Political Group, Member
Position
Biography

Date of birth

1 June 1978

Place of birth

Kaunas, Lithuania

 

 

Education

 

 

 

2003

MA in Legal Psychology, Mykolas Romeris University

2001

BA in Psychology, Faculty of Philosophy, Vilnius University   

1996

Secondary School No 5 in Panevėžys (currently Gymnasium No 5), diploma cum laude

 

 

Work experience

 

 

 

Until June 2016

Analyst, news portal Delfi Lietuva

Presenter, radio station UAB Žinių radijas

Author of two radio programmes

Strategist, Integrated Communications Entities Group and Public Policy Consultant, private company UAB Big Idea Group Lietuva  

2012–2016

Accredited Journalist, Council of Europe, Strasbourg

2011–2015

Author, presenter and producer of a radio programme, radio station Žinių radijas

2004–2015

Project Manager and Executive Director, Human Rights Monitoring Institute 

2004–2005

Lecturer (psychology of dysfunctional behaviour, criminal psychology, practical seminars), Mykolas Romeris University

 

 

Political career

 

 

No party affiliation

2016

Nominated by the Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union

 

 

Miscellaneous

 

 

 

Engagement: legislative and policy making groups for the Ministry of Social Security and Labour and Ministry of Health, various inter-interinstitutional groups; co-founding of informal coalition For the Rights of the Child, National Human Rights Coalition, and Mental Health 2030 Coalition; initiative of transition from institutional child care to foster care in families and community; initiation of a review of a civil society funding mechanism of the EEA Grants (2010); drafting and implementing a programme for support of civil society by the EEA Grants (2013–2016) 

Foreign languages: English, Russian, French, German

Hobbies: reading, cinema, silent meditation

 

 

Family

 

Married with one child