till 06/27/2014
01/01/2014 - 06/27/2014 | Deputy Speaker |
01/17/2013 - 12/31/2013 | Deputy Speaker |
Board of the Seimas
01/17/2013 - 06/27/2014 | Board of the Seimas, Deputy Speaker |
Committees of the Seimas
01/01/2014 - 06/27/2014 | Committee on European Affairs, Deputy Chair |
01/01/2014 - 06/27/2014 | Committee on Foreign Affairs, Member |
11/20/2012 - 12/31/2013 | Committee on Foreign Affairs, Member |
12/04/2012 - 12/31/2013 | Committee on European Affairs, Deputy Chair |
11/20/2012 - 12/03/2012 | Committee on European Affairs, Member |
Political groups of the Seimas
11/16/2012 - 06/27/2014 | Liberals Movement Political Group , Member |
Drafts tabled
Duomenų apie registruotus teisės aktų projektus ir pasiūlymus nėra.
Date of birth Place of birth Education 1992–1993 1988–1991 1981–1986 1970–1981 |
16 May 1963 Juodšiliai, Vilnius District, Lithuania Diplomat training program, Hoover Institution, Stanford University, USA Doctoral studies, Institute of Economics, Lithuanian Academy of Sciences Vilnius State University (currently Vilnius University), Faculty of Economics, Diploma of Economist Vilnius Secondary School No 39 (currently Naujininkai Secondary School) |
Work experience |
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2004 |
Deputy Chancellor of the Government for the European Union affairs |
2003–2004 |
Lecturer, Institute of International Relations and Political Science, Vilnius University |
2001–2002 |
Chief Negotiator for Lithuania’s Membership of the European Union |
2000–2003 |
Director General, European Committee under the Government of the Republic of Lithuania |
2000 |
Ambassador at Large, Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
1999–2000 |
Chancellor, Office of the Government |
1998–1999 |
Director General, European Committee under the Government of the Republic of Lithuania |
1998 |
Adviser to the Prime Minister on Foreign Policy |
1994–1997 |
Lithuania’s Ambassador to Finland |
1993–1994 |
Chargé d’Affaires ad Interim of the Republic of Lithuania to Finland |
1992–1993 |
Head, Nordic States Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
1991–1992 |
Senior Specialist, First Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
1986–1991 |
Junior Research Fellow, Institute of Economics, Lithuanian Academy of Sciences |
Political career Since 2012 2008–2012 2004–2008 2006–2008 2006 Since 2005 2004–2005 |
Deputy Speaker, Member of the Board of the Seimas Deputy Chair, Committee on European Affairs Member, Committee on Foreign Affairs Member, Liberals Movement Political Group Member, Conference of Chairs Deputy Member, Seimas Delegation to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly Deputy Chair, Committee on European Affairs Member, Committee on Foreign Affairs Chair, Deputy Chair, Seimas Delegation to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly Deputy Chair, Committee on European Affairs Member, Committee on Foreign Affairs Member, Seimas Delegation to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly Member, Commission on the Problems of the Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant Member, Commission for NATO Affairs Chairman, Liberals Movement of the Republic of Lithuania Co-founder of the Liberals Movement of the Republic of Lithuania President, Seimas European Club Member, Liberal and Centre Union of the Republic of Lithuania |
Miscellaneous
Awards: Medal to commemorate Lithuania’s membership of the EU and NATO (2004); Cross of Commander of the Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas; Commemorative Badge awarded on the occasion of the 750th anniversary of the coronation of Mindaugas as King of Lithuania; national award of Finland (1998); national award of France (2003); Order of Honour of Georgia (2013).
Activities: co-founder of the Lithuanian Free Market Institute and the Institute of Liberal Thought; initiator and supporter of the public movements Knowledge Economy Forum and People for Animals.
Publications: Rinkos ekonomika ir valstybės reguliavimas (Market Economy and State Regulation), Šiuolaikinių ekonomikos terminų enciklopedinis žodynas (Encyclopaedic Dictionary of Modern Economic Terms), Lithuania’s Road to the European Union: Unification of Europe and Lithuania’s EU Accession Negotiation, The Accession Story – The EU from Fifteen to Twenty-five Countries; co-author of 10 brochures; author of press articles.
Interests: lectures on European integration and political development, art of bargaining, rhetoric
Languages: Lithuanian (native), English, Russian, basic French
Hobbies: classical music, sports
Family
Married with two children