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| 11/14/2024 | Conference of Chairs, Member |
Committees of the Seimas
| 11/21/2024 | Committee on European Affairs, Member |
| 11/21/2024 | Committee on Foreign Affairs, Chair |
| 11/19/2024 - 11/20/2024 | Committee on Foreign Affairs, Member |
Political groups of the Seimas
| 11/14/2024 | Lithuanian Social Democratic Party Political Group, Chair |
Parliamentary groups
Date of birth | 17 November 1956 |
Place of birth | Skuodas, Lithuania |
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Education |
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1993 | PhD in Social Sciences, Vilnius University |
1978 | Diploma in Teaching the Lithuanian Language and Literature, Vilnius Pedagogical Institute (currently Vytautas Magnus University Education Academy) |
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Work experience |
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2017–2018 | Secretary for International Affairs, Secretariat, Lithuanian Social Democratic Party |
2020–2021 | Head, Consulate of the Republic of Lithuania in Sejny, Republic of Poland |
2020 | Ambassador-at-Large, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania |
2015–2020 | Ambassador, Embassy of the Republic of Lithuania to the Russian Federation |
2013–2015 | First Deputy Chancellor, Office of the Government of the Republic of Lithuania |
2011–2013 | Director of the Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania |
2006–2011 | Ambassador, Embassy of the Republic of Lithuania to the Kingdom of Sweden |
2003–2004 | State Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania |
2002–2003 | Director of the Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania |
2001–2002 | Minister Counsellor, Permanent Representation of the Republic of Lithuania to the Council of Europe |
1997–2001 | Director General, Department of National Minorities and Lithuanians Living Abroad under the Government of the Republic of Lithuania |
1994–1997 | Secretary, Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Lithuania |
1993–1994 | Assistant, Office of the President of the Republic of Lithuania |
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Political career |
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Since 2004 | Member, Lithuanian Social Democratic Party |
2023–2024 | Member, Vilnius City Municipal Council |
2004–2006 | Minister of Education and Science of the Republic of Lithuania |
1990–1997 | Member, Lithuanian Democratic Labour Party |
1989–1990 | Member, Communist Party of Lithuania |
1979–1989 | Member, Communist Party of the Soviet Union |
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Miscellaneous |
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Hobbies: travelling, gardening, attending cultural and social events Foreign languages: English (fluent), Russian (fluent) Family Married | |
