Date of birth

8 January 1982

Place of birth

Vilnius, Lithuania

Education

2012

Doctoral dissertation Implications of EU Internal Integration for External Europeanisation: Case Studies of Ukraine and Russia

2006–2012

PhD in Social Sciences, Institute of International Relations and Political Science, Vilnius University

2004–2006

Master’s in Political Science, Institute of International Relations and Political Science, Vilnius University

2000–2004

Bachelor’s in Political Science, Institute of International Relations and Political Science, Vilnius University

2000

Ąžuolyno Secondary School (currently Ąžuolyno progimnazija (lower secondary school)) in Vilnius 

Work experience

20024

Minister of Defence of the Republic of Lithuania

2012–2016

Director, Eastern Europe Studies Centre (currently Geopolitics and Security Studies Center)

2009–2012

Foreign Policy Advisor to Irena Degutienė, Speaker of the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania

2007–2016

Lecturer, Institute of International Relations and Political Science, Vilnius University

Political career

Since 2011

Member, Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats

Since 2024

Member of the 14th Seimas

Deputy Chair, Committee on National Security and Defence (since December 2024)

Member, Commission for Youth and Sport Affairs

2020–2024

Member of the 13th Seimas

Member, Committee on Audit (March – November 2024)

Chair, Committee on National Security and Defence (2020 – March 2024 )

2016–2020

Member of the 12th Seimas

Deputy Chair, Committee on National Security and Defence (2019–2020)

Member, Commission for the Cause of Freedom and the National Historical Memory (2018–2020)

Member, Commission for the Cause of Freedom (2017–2018)

Member, Commission for the Rights and Affairs of Participants of Resistance to Occupation Regimes and Victims of Occupation (2016–2017)

2000–2002

Member, National Democratic Party of Lithuania

Miscellaneous

Activities: active public engagement; Former Membership: Ronald Reagan Freedom Centre, NGO Young Christian Democrats 

Main objectives: fostering of national awareness and Christian values; strengthening of the Lithuanian statehood

Hobbies: football, reading books, angling

Foreign languages: English, Russian and German

Family

Wife Monika, daughters Gerda and Liepa, sons Mantas and Rapolas