Date of birth

6 November 1956

Place of birth

Eišiškės Town, Šalčininkai District, Lithuania

Education

1974–1979

Diploma in Agronomy, Faculty of Agronomy, Lithuanian Academy of Agriculture (currently Aleksandras Stulginskis University)

1964–1974

Eišiškės Secondary School (currently Eišiškės Gymnasium), Šalčininkai District

Work experience

2003–2009

Mayor, Šalčininkai District Municipality

1995–2003

Warden, Eišiškės Ward, Administration of Šalčininkai District Municipality; Member, Šalčininkai District Municipal Council

1992–1995

Employment in a private company

1990–1992

Director, collective farm Lenino priesakai

1983–1990

Senior Agronomist, collective farm Lenino priesakai

1979–1983

Agronomist, collective farm Lenino priesakai

Political career

Member, Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania – Christian Families Alliance

2012–2016

Member of the 11th Seimas

Member, Chair (2012–2015), Committee on Human Rights

Chair, Commission for Ethics and Procedures (2015–2016)

2009–2012

Member of the 10th Seimas

Member, Committee on State Administration and Local Authorities

2000–2016

Chairman, Division of the Lithuanian Poles’ Electoral Action (currently Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania – Christian Families Alliance) in Šalčininkai; Deputy Chairman, Lithuanian Poles’ Electoral Action

1995–2009

Member, Šalčininkai District Municipal Council

Miscellaneous

Awards: Žurawina 2011 for service to fellow nationals; Pole of the Year 2009; Knight’s Cross of the Order for Merits of the Republic of Poland; Auksinė krivūlė for the greatest financial progress in municipal management (2006)

Interests: human rights

Foreign languages: Lithuanian, Polish, Russian, German

Hobbies: hunting, sports

Family

Married with two children