Date of birth

7 December 1974

Place of birth

Kaunas, Lithuania

Education

2014

Certificate of Teacher

2003

Stage and Screen Actor, Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre

1996

Traineeship, construction sector, Leipzig, Germany

1989

Agricultural Technical School in Alanta, Molėtai District (currently School of Technology and Business)

Work experience

2009–2014

Company and Film Director, public company VšĮ kino studija A

2003–2015

Teacher, Šv. Benedikto gimnazija (upper secondary school) and Adolfo Ramanausko-Vanago gimnazija (upper secondary school) in Alytus, Secondary School in Panemunė

2006–2009

Chief Ethnographer, Culture Centre of Alytus District

1996–2003

Actor and Stage Director, Alytus City Theatre

Political career

Member, Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union

Since 2018

Member, Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union; Head of Division, Alytus City Division of the Union

2016–2020

Member of the 12th Seimas

Member, Committee on Culture

Chair, Commission for Suicide and Violence Prevention (2018–2020)

Member, Migration Commission (2016–2018)

Member, Commission for Suicide and Violence Prevention (2017–2018)

Member, Commission for the Rights of People with Disabilities (2017–2018)

Member, Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union Political Group

2015–2016

Member, Alytus City Municipal Council

2006–2016

Member, Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats

Miscellaneous

directing of films; creation of 9 documentaries; acting in the film Ekskursantė (The Excursionist) and TV films; producing of the film Nepalikit, prašau (Don’t Leave, Please) on orphans, nominated for the Sidabrinė gervė (Silver Crane) award (2009); authoring of the book Šarkos sielos šauksmas (Magpie Soul’s Cry) (2015); organisation of the photography exhibition Ukraina mano akimis (Ukraine in My Eyes) (2004)

Public activities: lecturing at seminars in Lithuanian children day care centres; supporting of underprivileged and working families in urban areas; implementation of the project by the public organisation Save the Children Lithuania (2013–2014); implementation of projects under the Ministry of Culture of Lithuania and an international project under INTERREG III

Awards: winner of the Culture Prize of Alytus City (2006, 2009)

Hobbies: reading, photography, cinema, sports, travelling

Languages: Russian, German

Family

Wife Agnė, daughters Patricija and Julija