Date of birth:

6 August 1983

Place of birth:

Šiauliai, Lithuania

Education

2007

Graduation from the University of Latvia; Diploma in English Philology

Work experience

2001–2015

Professional chess player, chess grandmaster, long-time member of the national chess team of Lithuania

2011

Winner of the European Individual Women Chess Championship

2006

Prize winner of the Women’s World Championship Knockout Tournament

2000 and 2004

Winner of the World Chess Olympiads

Political career

Since 2020

 Member of the 13th Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania

Since 13/11/20

Speaker of the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania

2016–2020

Member of the 12th Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania

2018–2020

Chair of the Liberals Movement Political Group

2019

Opposition Leader

Since 21/09/2019

Chair of the Liberals Movement of the Republic of Lithuania

Since 2015

Member of the Liberals Movement of the Republic of Lithuania

2011–֪2020

Member of the 11th Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania

Awards

1996

Fifth Class Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas

2011

Cross of Officer of the Order for Merits to Lithuania

2011

Honorary Citizen of Šiauliai City

Languages

Lithuanian (native), English, Russian, Spanish

Hobbies

Books, travelling, sports

Publication

Autobiographical book Tarp juoda ir balta (Between Black and White) (2018)

Family

Married with four sons