Members of the Seimas - Gintaras STEPONAVIČIUS

Name	Gintaras Steponavicius
Date of birth	July 23, 1967
Place of birth	Klaipėda, Republic of Lithuania
Marital status	married
Languages	Lithuanian, English, Russian, working knowledge of Polish, Danish
Address	Gedimino pr. 53, Vilnius, Lithuania
	Tel.+ 370.2.396020 (office),
	fax +370.2.396420
	E-mail: [email protected]
Studies and education
1985-1992	studied at Vilnius University, the Faculty of Law
1990 July -August	attended public international law summer courses at the Academy of International Law in Hague
1991 January -May	studied international relations and human rights at  Copenhagen University (Denmark International Studies Program)
1992 September -November	studies at the Institute of European Law, Birmingham University, European Human Rights Law program
1994 December	"East- West Forum" courses on EU law and European human rights standards, Institute of European University, Academy of European Law, Florence
1999 April	research at Royal University of Groningen

 

Current positions in the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania

 

since 2005 January	Deputy chairman of the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania
	Member of the Board of the Seimas
	Member of Seimas Assembly of Elders
Since 2004 November	Member of the Liberal and Centre Group
since 2004 November	Member of Seimas Committee on Education, Science and Culture
since 2004 December	Member of the Seimas Committee on European Affairs
since 2004 November	Member of Seimas Delegation to the Assembly of the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania and the Sejm of the Republic of Poland
	Member of Commission on the Preparing of the Amendments of the Constitution

 

 

Previous positions in the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania

 

2000 October – 2004 November	Deputy chairman of the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania
	Member of the Board of the Seimas
2003 May 31 – 2004 November	Member of the Liberal and Centre Group
2002 April 10 – 2003 May 31	Member of the Board of the Liberal Group
2001 November 13 – 2002 April 10	Chairman of the Liberal Group
2000 October 20 – 2001 November 12	Member of the Board of the Liberal Group
2000 November 9-	Chairman of the Seimas Committee on European Affairs
2001 July 29
2001 July 30	Member of the Seimas Committee on European Affairs
2004 November
2000 October 24 - 2002 May	Member of the Seimas Committee on Human Rights
2002 May - 2004 November	Member of Seimas Committee on Legal Affairs
2000 October 24 –	Member of Seimas Assembly of Elders
2004 November	Member of Seimas Delegation to the EU –Lithuania Joint Parliamentary Committee
	Member of Seimas Group for Parliamentary Relations with German Federal Republic
	Member of Seimas Group for Parliamentary
	Britain and Northern Ireland Republic Relations with United Kingdom of Grea
	Member of Seimas Group for Parliamentary Relations with Ireland
	Member of Commission on the Preparing of the Amendments of the Constitution

 

 

Previous positions and activities

 

1991 August 1	Senior official, CSCE division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania
1991 October 1- 1994 January 17	First Secretary, CSCE division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania
1991 September	CSCE Moscow Human Dimension Conference, member of Lithuanian delegation
1992 February	CSCE Vienna negotiations, member of Lithuanian delegation
1992 March -July	CSCE Helsinki Meeting and Summit, member of Lithuanian delegation
1992 December	CSCE Stockholm Ministerial Meeting, member of Lithuanian delegation
1993 June 14 -25	Human Rights World Conference in Vienna, member of Lithuanian delegation
1996 May	Lectures at Gioteborg University, Sweden
1993 November	Co-ordinator of the Friedrich Naumann
2000 –December	Foundation in Lithuania
since 1992 -	Participation  and reports in many international conferences, seminars and workshops in and outside Lithuania
1994 February 1 – 2004 June	Lecturer at the Institute  of International Relations and Political Science, Vilnius University

 

 

Other activities

 

1992-1994	Chairman of the Lithuanian Liberal Youth
since 1994 December -	Member of the board of the Lithuanian Centre for Human Rights
since 1996 September -	Member of the co-ordination council of the NGO's information and support center
since 1990 -	Founding member of the Lithuanian Liberal Union
1997 January - 1999	Vice-chairman of the Lithuanian Liberal Union
1997 – 2000 October	Chairman of Vilnius branch of the LLU
1999 February - 2001 October	Member of the executive board of the LLU
since 2001 October	Vice-chairman of the Lithuanian Liberal Union
since 1998 August -	Chairman of the board of the Center for Civic Initiatives
1997 April – 2000 October	Member of Vilnius city Council, leader of the Liberals’ faction, member of the committee of economy and financies

 

Publications and articles       

 

1994-1996	Collaborator of the quarterly  journal "East European Constitutional Review", Chicago University, Law School - regular overviews on Lithuanian constitutional reform
1996	Article "Human Rights Protection: the New Possibilities for Lithuania" in the book "Human Rights in Lithuania" (in Lithuanian)
1997	Commentary "Lithuanian and Russian Relations in Interstate Agreements" in the book International
	Treaties of the Republic of Lithuania. 1918- 95" (In Lithuanian)
1998	Article “Council of Europe and Lithuania” in book “Lithuania in international organisations”. (In Lithuanian)
1998	Article “Legal system reform. Protection of human rights”. Human social development report in Lithuania, 1998. (in Lithuanian and English)
1997 February - 2000 September	Observer of the weekly "Atgimimas"

           

Fields of interest        

 

Legal system reform, human rights in particular, politics, music, sports