Date of birth

8 March 1962

Place of birth

Valenčiūnai Village, Šakiai District, Lithuania

Education

1991

Doctor of Humanities (Philology), Vilnius University

1987–1990

Postgraduate studies, Vilnius State University (currently Vilnius University)

1980–1985

Faculty of Philology, Vilnius State University, Teacher of the Lithuanian Language and Literature

1977–1980

Zigmas Angarietis Secondary School (currently Žiburys Gymnasium) in Šakiai

Work experience

1985–1996

Assistant, Senior Assistant, Associate Professor, Department of the Lithuanian Language, Faculty of Philology, Vilnius University

Political career

Member of the Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats

Since 2012

Member, Committee on Rural Affairs

Member, Commission for Youth and Sport Affairs

Member, Seimas Delegation to the Assembly of the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania and the Sejm and Senate of the Republic of Poland

Member, Seimas Delegation to the Assembly of Members of the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania, the Sejm and Senate of the Republic of Poland, and the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine

2008–2012

Member, Committee on Audit

Member, Committee on Social Affairs and Labour

Member, Commission for Youth and Sport Affairs

Member, Seimas Delegation to the Assembly of the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania and the Sejm and Senate of the Republic of Poland

2000–2004

Member, Committee on Rural Affairs

Member, Committee on Legal Affairs

Member, Seimas Delegation to the Assembly of the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania and the Sejm and Senate of the Republic of Poland

1996–2000

Deputy Speaker, First Deputy Speaker of the Seimas

Member, Committee on Rural Affairs

Chair, Seimas Delegation to the Assembly of the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania and the Sejm of the Republic of Poland

Since 1995

Member, Homeland Union (Lithuanian Conservatives), currently Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats

Deputy Chairman, Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats

Member, Council of the Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats