Date of birth

3 September 1961

Place of birth

Panevėžys, Lithuania

Education

2012

Master’s in Organisation Management, Faculty of Business Management, Vilnius University

1995

Press Journalist, Institute of Journalism, Faculty of Communication, Vilnius University

1983

Technician/Land Drainage Engineer, Technical College of Drainage Engineering in Panevėžys

1979

Secondary School No 7 in Panevėžys (currently Juozas Miltinis gimnazija (upper secondary school))

Work experience

2007–2016

Analyst, news portal Lrytas.lt

2000–2016

Publisher, Director and Editor-in-Chief, daily newspaper Panevėžio rytas (currently Panevėžio kraštas)

1997–2000

Publisher, Director and Editor-in-Chief, daily newspaper Panevėžio balsas

1994–1997

Correspondent in Panevėžys, daily newspaper Lietuvos rytas

1992–1994

Correspondent, daily newspaper Panevėžio rytas

1992

Deputy Editor, independent newspaper Aukštaitijos rytas

1990–1991

Spokesperson, Panevėžys City Municipal Council

1989–1990

Correspondent, newspaper Laisvas žodis of the Lithuanian Reform Movement Sąjūdis published in Panevėžys

Radio Presenter, radio programme Sąjūdžio žinios, wireline radio of Panevėžys

Political career

No party affiliation

2016–2020

Member of the 12th Seimas

Member, Committee on Economics

Member, Anticorruption Commission (2018–2020)

Member, Commission for Ethics and Procedures (2016–2017)

1990–1995

Member, Panevėžys City Municipal Council

Chair, Committee on Law Enforcement

Miscellaneous

Delegate in two congresses of the Lithuanian Reform Movement Sąjūdis; defender of the Lithuanian Parliament during the events of 13 January 1991

Awards: Commemorative Medal of 13 January for commitment to the homeland

Publications: book Išgyvenimo dienoraštis (Survival Diary) (2020) depicting the difficult and dangerous daily reality of Lithuanian mountaineers in the mountains

Hobbies: mountaineering, badminton, travelling

Languages: Russian, German

Family

Married. Wife Limina, daughter Morta Marija