Scheduled broadcasts
till 04/01/2019
Committees of the Seimas
| 11/21/2017 - 04/01/2019 | Committee on Education and Science, Member |
| 01/14/2019 - 04/01/2019 | Committee on European Affairs, Deputy Chair |
| 11/16/2016 - 01/13/2019 | Committee on European Affairs, Member |
| 11/22/2016 - 11/20/2017 | Committee on Culture, Deputy Chair |
| 11/16/2016 - 11/21/2016 | Committee on Culture, Member |
Commissions of the Seimas
| 12/28/2016 - 03/25/2019 | Commission for the Traditions and Heritage of Lithuanian Studies, Member |
| 11/15/2018 - 01/13/2019 | Commission for the Cause of Freedom and the National Historical Memory, Member |
| 04/25/2017 - 11/15/2018 | Commission for the Cause of Freedom, Member |
| 11/23/2016 - 04/24/2017 | Commission for the Cause of Freedom, Member |
Political groups of the Seimas
| 11/14/2016 - 04/01/2019 | Liberals Movement Political Group, Member |
Drafts tabled
- Individualiai pateikti teisės aktų projektai:2
- Seimo narių grupėje pateikti teisės aktų projektai:34
- Individualiai pateikti pasiūlymai teisės aktų projektams:2
- Seimo narių grupėje pateikti pasiūlymai teisės aktų projektams:44
Business trips
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13 December 1968 |
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Place of birth |
Kaunas, Lithuania |
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Education |
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2001 |
Doctoral thesis New Paradigm of Order in Nishida and Merleau-Ponty Philosophy |
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1997–2001 |
Doctoral studies, Vytautas Magnus University |
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1995–1997 |
Japanese style painting and basics of the Japanese language, Tokyo University of the Arts |
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1988–1994 |
Vilnius Academy of Arts |
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1986 |
Jonas Jablonskis Secondary School in Kaunas (currently Jonas Jablonskis Gymnasium) |
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Work experience |
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2012–2016 |
Ambassador, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania; Head of the Permanent Delegation of the Republic of Lithuania to UNESCO |
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2010–2012 |
Minister of Culture of the Republic of Lithuania (15th Government) |
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2005–2007 |
Associate Professor, Graphic Art Department and Art History and Theory Department, Vilnius Academy of Arts |
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2004–2010 |
Vice-Rector, Vilnius Academy of Arts |
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2003–2004 |
Dean, Kaunas Faculty, Vilnius Academy of Arts |
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2002–2003 |
Vice-Dean, Kaunas Faculty, Vilnius Academy of Arts |
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1997–2004 |
Lecturer in Graphic Art, Kaunas Faculty, Vilnius Academy of Arts |
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Political career |
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Miscellaneous |
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Activities: co-founder (2008) and first President, National Association of Creative and Cultural Industries; Project Manager, Creative Industries project implemented by four universities; Chairman, Commission of Culture, UNESCO General Conference in 2015; Vice-Chairman, UNESCO Executive Council; President, UNESCO Ambassadors’ Club; visiting lecturer, Vilnius University, ISM University of Management and Economics, Umea Academy of Fine Arts (Sweden); commissions related to higher education field; expert of international art studies; Centre for Quality Assessment in Higher Education; working groups of the Ministry of Education and Science; Ambassador, project Kaunas – European Capital of Culture 2022 |
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Achievements: 12 personal exhibitions of graphic art and painting; participation in group exhibitions held all over the world |
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Contribution to: opening of the Lithuanian Film Centre and the Lithuanian Council for Culture; reconstruction of the Palace of the Grand Dukes of Lithuania and Kaunas National Drama Theatre; return of the Jewish Library to Vilnius City; return of Arbit Blat’s works to Lithuania; promotion of Lithuanian culture in Europe during the Lithuanian Presidency of the Council of the EU in 2013 |
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Publications: on philosophy, culturology, Japanology and education in Lithuanian and English |
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Awards: prizes for graphic arts and graphic design in Lithuania, France and Japan; a commemorative badge of the President of the Republic of Lithuania for personal contribution to the Lithuanian Presidency of the Council of the EU in 2013; Honorary Doctor of Aalto University |
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Foreign languages: English, Russian, French, Polish and Japan |
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Hobbies: listening to music; attending jazz and classical music concerts; exhibitions (related to Japanese culture, in particular) and museums; reading of fiction, philosophical and historical literature, travelling with family, swimming and other kinds of sport |
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