Date of birth

10 February 1958

Place of birth

Tūjainiai Village, Šilalė District, Lithuania

Education

2005

PhD in Social Sciences (Law), Mykolas Romeris University

1976–1981

Faculty of Law, Vilnius State University (currently Vilnius University), graduation with honours

1973–1976

Secondary School in Kaltinėnai (currently Aleksandro Stulginskio gimnazija (upper secondary school)), graduation with honours

1965–1973

Octennial School in Nuomininkai

Work experience

2006–2008

Director, Associate Professor, Institute of Law (currently Faculty of Law), Vytautas Magnus University

2000–2008

Associate Professor, Department of Administrative Law and Procedure, Lithuanian University of Law (currently Mykolas Romeris University)

1999–2000

Chairman, High Administrative Court

1998–1999

Minister of the Interior of the Republic of Lithuania

1997–1998

State Counsellor on State and Human Rights Affairs, Team of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Lithuania

Since 1996

Practice of Attorney-at-Law

1996–1997

Chair of the Editorial Board, Justitia Magazine of the Lithuanian Lawyers’ Association

1993–1996

Judge, Constitutional Court of the Republic of Lithuania

1992–1993

Vice-Minister of Justice of the Republic of Lithuania

1989–1992

Judge, Supreme Court of Lithuania

1987–1989

Judge, District Court of Vilnius City

1982–1987

Trainee, Assistant Prosecutor, Senior Assistant Prosecutor,

Prosecutor’s Office of Vilnius City

1981–1982

Staff Inspector, Solicitor, conglomerate Lietzoovettiekimas

Political career

2016–2020

Member of the 12th Seimas

Deputy Chair, Committee on Legal Affairs

Member, Constitutional Commission

2012–2016

Member of the 11th Seimas

Deputy Chair, Committee on Legal Affairs

Member, Commission for Ethics and Procedures (2012–2015)

Member, Constitutional Commission

2008–2012

Member of the 10th Seimas

Chair, Committee on Legal Affairs

2007–2008

Member, Vilnius City Municipal Council

Miscellaneous

Initiator of the 1988 re-establishment of the Lithuanian Lawyers’ Association established in 1920, Chairman of the Association (since 2004), then Vice-Chairman and Board Member

Awards: Cross of Officer of the Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas (1996); First Degree Badge Justice for All from the Latvian Prison Administration (1999); Commemorative Badge 85 Years of State Border Guard Service from the State Border Guard Service under the Ministry of the Interior (2005); Badge of Honour for Contribution to the System of the Interior from the Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of Lithuania (2011); First Degree Badge for Distinction from the Public Security Service under the Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of Lithuania (2014); Prosecutor’s Badge of Honour from the Prosecutor’s Office of the Republic of Lithuania for Outstanding Merit (2018); Badge from the Fire and Rescue Department under the Ministry of the Interior for Contribution to the Safety of the Population (2021)

Hobbies: music, reading

Languages: Lithuanian (native), German, English, Russian

Family

Married with two sons and a daughter