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Committees of the Seimas
| 11/19/2024 | Committee on Rural Affairs, Member |
Commissions of the Seimas
| 12/05/2024 | Commission for Awarding the Aleksandras Stulginskis Star, Deputy Chair |
| 12/04/2024 - 12/04/2024 | Commission for Awarding the Aleksandras Stulginskis Star, Member |
Political groups of the Seimas
| 11/14/2024 | Liberals Movement Political Group, Member |
Parliamentary groups
| 12/05/2024 | Group for Inter-Parliamentary Relations with the Federal Republic of Germany, Member |
| 12/05/2024 | Group for Inter-Parliamentary Relations with the Sejm and Senate of the Republic of Poland, Member |
| 12/10/2024 | Group for Inter-Parliamentary Relations with the State of Israel, Member |
| 12/05/2024 | Group for Inter-Parliamentary Relations with the United States of America, Member |
| 11/21/2024 | Provisional Group for Forest Protection, Member |
| 11/21/2024 | Provisional Group of Friends of Kaunas Region, Member |
| 12/03/2024 | Provisional Group of Municipalities on the River Nemunas, Member |
| 12/04/2024 | Seimas Delegation to the Assembly of the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania and the Sejm and Senate of the Republic of Poland, Member |
Date of birth | 26 July 1958 |
Place of birth | Ruteliai Village, Kelmė District, Lithuania |
Education | |
1998 | Doctor of Biomedical Sciences |
1977–1982 | Master’s in Agronomy, Lithuanian Academy of Agriculture (currently Vytautas Magnus University Agriculture Academy) |
1973–1977 | Diploma of Agronomist, Tytuvėnai Agricultural Vocational College |
Work experience | |
2020–2024 | Chair, Committee on Rural Affairs, Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania |
2016–2020 | Speaker of the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania |
2016 | Professor, Aleksandras Stulginskis University (currently Vytautas Magnus University Agriculture Academy) |
2008–2016 | Dean, Faculty of Agronomy, Lithuanian Academy of Agriculture (currently Vytautas Magnus University Agriculture Academy) |
2006–2008 | Head, Department of Gardening and Horticulture, Lithuanian Academy of Agriculture (currently Vytautas Magnus University Agriculture Academy) |
1999–2015 | Farmer |
1998–2016 | Associate Professor, Lithuanian Academy of Agriculture (currently Vytautas Magnus University Agriculture Academy) |
1991–1998 | Senior Lecturer, Lithuanian Academy of Agriculture (currently Vytautas Magnus University Agriculture Academy) |
1988–1991 | Vice-Dean, Faculty of Agronomy, Lithuanian Academy of Agriculture (currently Vytautas Magnus University Agriculture Academy) |
1986–1991 | Assistant, Lithuanian Academy of Agriculture (currently Vytautas Magnus University Agriculture Academy) |
1982–1984 | Junior Research Fellow, Lithuanian Academy of Agriculture (currently Vytautas Magnus University Agriculture Academy) |
1976–1977 | Agronomist, Tytuvėnai horticulture farm |
Political career | |
Since 2024 | Member of the 14th Seimas |
2020–2024 | Member of the 13th Seimas |
2016–2020 | Member of the 12th Seimas |
2015–2016 | Member, Municipal Council of Kaunas District |
Miscellaneous | |
Publications and research activities: authorship of scientific books, textbooks and articles; development of new plant varieties Traineeships: research and industrial institutions in the US, Poland, Sweden and the Netherlands Award: Grand Cross of the Order of the Republic of Poland for merit to Poland (2019) | |
Foreign languages: English, Polish, Russian | |
Family | |
Wife Irena, son Vaidotas, daughters Viktorija and Monika | |
