Members of the Seimas

	Member of the Seimas 2012-2016 Giedrė PURVANECKIENĖ
	Member of the Seimas from 11/16/2012 till 11/14/2016

Position

Committees of the Seimas

Committee on European Affairs, Member (from 06/19/2015 till 11/14/2016)
Committee on Audit, Member (from 01/01/2014 till 11/14/2016)
Committee on Social Affairs and Labour, Member (from 11/20/2012 till 10/21/2013)

Commissions of the Seimas

Commission for Prevention of Drug and Alcohol Addiction, Member (from 12/04/2012 till 11/14/2016)

Political Groups of the Seimas

Lithuanian Social Democratic Party Political Group, Member (from 11/16/2012 till 11/14/2016)

History

Was elected to the Seimas 2000 - 2004.

Biography

Date of birth	8 March 1945
Place of birth	Kaunas, Lithuania

Education
1982	PhD in Social Sciences (Educational Sciences)
1963–1968	Faculty of Physics, Vilnius State University (currently Vilnius University), studies of semiconductor physics
1952–1963	Salomėja Nėris Secondary School (currently Salomėja Nėris Gymnasium) in Vilnius

Work experience
2006–2008	Adviser to the Prime Minister on social, educational and scientific policy
2004–2005	Head, Bureau of Justas Paleckis, Member of the European Parliament
2004–2012	Associate Professor, Department of Educology, Faculty of Philosophy, Vilnius University
1997–2000	Adviser, United Nations Development Programme in Lithuania
1996–1997	Adviser on Family and Women’s Issues, Government of the Republic of Lithuania
Since 1995	Associate Professor, Vilnius University
1994–1996	State Counsellor on Women’s Issues, Government of the Republic of Lithuania
1973–2004	Senior Laboratory Assistant, Head of the Laboratory, Junior Research Fellow, then Research fellow, Head of Section, Senior Lecturer and Associate Professor, Vilnius University
1968–1973	Junior Research Fellow, Institute of Semiconductors, Academy of Sciences

Political career
	Member of the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party
Since 2012	Member, Committee on Social Affairs and Labour
	Member, Commission for Prevention of Drug and Alcohol Addiction
	Member, Lithuanian Social Democratic Party Political Group
	Chair, Seimas Delegation to the Baltic Assembly
2000–2004	Member, Committee on Foreign Affairs
	Member, Committee on National Security and Defence
	Member, Conference of Chairs
	Chair, Commission on Family and Child Affairs
	Chair, Seimas Delegation to the Baltic Assembly
Since 2009	Member of the Presidium, Deputy Chair, Lithuanian Social Democratic Party
Since 1999	Member, Council of the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party
	Deputy Chair, Lithuanian Union of Social Democratic Women
Since 1998	Member of the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party

Miscellaneous

Other activities: traineeships in Norway (1993), Sweden (1996) and the USA (1995); co-founder of the Vilnius University Gender Studies Centre and the first Chair of the Board; initiator of the establishment of a non-governmental organisation Women’s Information Centre and the first Chair of the Board; Member of the Lithuanian Committee of the International Family Year and the Vice-Chairperson of the National Preparatory Committee for the 4th World Conference on Women in Beijing; participant in various international meetings and scientific conferences on gender equality, elimination of domestic violence, educational and family matters

Publications: author of over 60 scientific and other publications in Lithuania and abroad

Foreign languages: English, Russian, Polish

Hobbies: floriculture, swimming, picking mushrooms

Family

Married with two children