Date of birth

19 March 1979

Place of birth

Kaunas, Lithuania

Education

2013

Associate Professor, Kaunas University of Technology

2009

Doctor of Social Science, Kaunas University of Technology

2004

Master’s in Political Science, Institute of International Relations and Political Science, Vilnius University

2002

Bachelor’s in Political Science, Minor Degree in Business Administration, Vytautas Magnus University

1997

Vinco Kudirkos Secondary School in Kaunas (currently Vinco Kudirkos progimnazija (lower secondary school))

Work experience

2004–2016

Lecturer, Faculty of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities, Kaunas University of Technology

2007–2008

Director, public agency VšĮ BC Kauno Atletas (formerly administered clubs: Aisčiai-Atletas of the Lithuanian Basketball League; KKM Aisčiai of the National Basketball League; Kauno Aistės of the Lithuanian Women’s Basketball League)

2002–2003

Foreign News Editor, News Service, private company UAB Laisvas ir nepriklausomas kanalas (Free and Independent Channel; LNK Television)

2001–2002

Project Coordinator, public establishment VšĮ Socius Sanus

1995–1999

Freelance Correspondent, newspapers Kauno diena, Kauno žinios, and Vytautas Magnus

Political career

Member, Labour Party

Since 2019

Member of the Labour Party; Chairman, Division of the Labour Party in Kaunas City

2016–2020

Member of the 12th Seimas

Deputy Chair, Committee on European Affairs

Member, Committee on Foreign Affairs (2016–2019)

Member, Subcommittee on Transatlantic Relations and Democratic Development (2017–2019)

Member, Committee on Human Rights (2019–2020)

Member, Migration Commission

Member, Commission for Healthy Lifestyle (2019–2020)

Member, Deputy Head (2018–2019), Seimas Delegation to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly

Head, Group for Inter-Parliamentary Relations with Japan; Deputy Head, Groups for Inter-Parliamentary Relations with the United States of America, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the State of Israel, and the Republic of Croatia

Miscellaneous

Scientific and practical interests: international relations, foreign policy, diplomacy, international comparative management, history and development of civilisations, geopolitics, clusters, inter-organisational relations, innovation and training in the Baltic Sea Region

Public activities: founder of the youth association Rytojaus Lietuva, which unites students, pupils, teachers, lecturers and young professionals of various fields in Lithuania and abroad; co-founder of the Academic Cognitive Science Club of Kaunas University of Technology; former member of the Board, spokesman, Academic Club of Political Scientists; organiser, project leader, coordinator and host of international and local conferences, seminars, Olympiad of Political Scientists; former member of the Board, Lithuanian Atlantic Treaty Association

Interests: love since childhood for basketball and the team Žalgiris; former professional referee of the basketball leagues in Kaunas and Lithuania

Hobbies: basketball, reading, healthy lifestyle, Baltic culture and ancient history, horse riding, field tennis, ecology, cognitive trips, biomedicine, hermeneutics in international relations and evolution of civilisations

Languages: fluent in Lithuanian, English and Russian; knowledge of Polish and French

Family

Wife Indrė, sons Mykolas and Margiris