


Committees of the Seimas
11/19/2024 | Committee on Culture, Member |
Commissions of the Seimas
12/04/2024 | Commission for the Cause of Freedom and the National Historical Memory, Member |
12/19/2024 | Freedom Prize Commission, Chair |
12/13/2024 - 12/18/2024 | Freedom Prize Commission, Member |
Political groups of the Seimas
11/14/2024 | Political Group of Democrats ‘For Lithuania’, Deputy Chair |
Parliamentary groups
12/19/2024 | Provisional Group Against Mass Immigration, Member |
12/03/2024 | Provisional Group of Friends of Neringa, Member |
11/21/2024 | Provisional Group of Friends of Šiauliai Region, Member |
12/05/2024 | Provisional Group of Samogitians, Member |
12/03/2024 | Provisional Prayer Group, Member |
12/12/2024 | Women's Parliamentary Group, Member |
Date of birth | 25 October 1960 |
Place of birth | Kentriai Village, Kelmė District, Lithuania |
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Education | |
1978–1983 | Diploma in Technology Engineering, Kaunas Polytechnic Institute (currently Kaunas University of Technology) |
1974–1978 | Secondary School No 1 in Kuršėnai, Šiauliai District (currently Stasio Anglickio Basic School) |
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Work experience | |
2004–2024 | Member of the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania |
2000–2004 | Deputy Mayor, Šiauliai District Municipality |
1997–2000 | Secretary-Assistant to a Member of the Seimas, Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania |
1984–1994 | Instructor, Committee of Agricultural Workers’ Trade Union, Šiauliai District |
1984 | Economist, Executive Committee of Šiauliai District |
1983–1984 | Technology Engineer, Linen Mill in Plungė |
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Political career | |
Since 2022 | Member, Democrats ‘For Lithuania’ |
2020–2024 | Member of the 13th Seimas |
| Member, Conference of Chairs |
| Member, Committee on Social Affairs and Labour |
| Member, Commission for the Cause of Freedom and the National Historical Memory |
2016–2020 | Member of the 12th Seimas |
| First Deputy Speaker of the Seimas |
| Member, Board of the Seimas |
| Member, Conference of Chairs |
| Member, Committee on Social Affairs and Labour |
| Member, Commission for Suicide and Violence Prevention |
2012–2016 | Member of the 11th Seimas |
| Chair of Non-attached Members |
| Member, Conference of Chairs |
| Member, Committee on Education, Science and Culture |
| Member, Commission for the Traditions and Heritage of Lithuanian Studies |
| Member, Commission for Prevention of Drug and Alcohol Addiction |
| Member, Commission of the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania and the Lithuanian World Community (2013–2015) |
2008–2012 | Member of the 10th Seimas |
| Member, Conference of Chairs |
| Member, Committee on Social Affairs and Labour |
| Member, Commission for Ethics and Procedures |
| Deputy Chair, Commission of the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania and the Lithuanian World Community |
2004–2008 | Member of the 9th Seimas |
| Member, Committee on Social Affairs and Labour |
| Member, Commission for Prevention of Drug Addiction |
| Chair, Commission for Family and Child Affairs |
| Member, Seimas Delegation to the Baltic Assembly |
2000–2004 | Member, Municipal Council of Šiauliai District |
Since 1996 | Member, Deputy Chair (until 2019), Lithuanian Peasant Popular Union (currently Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union) |
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Miscellaneous | |
Awards: Medal of the Baltic Assembly for upholding the unity of the Baltic States (2006); Badge Gerumo žvaigždė (Star of Kindness) for great contribution to building and developing of the social security and labour system (2020) | |
Hobbies: floriculture, literature | |
Foreign languages: German, Russian | |
Family | |
Married, sons Laurynas and Rokas |
