Date of birth

30 March 1975

Place of birth

Marijampolė, Lithuania

Education

2007

Traineeship, Training and Staff Management Institute, Ministry of Education, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

2007

Traineeship, European Police College, Germany

2006

Traineeship, International Police Training Centre, Poland

2003

Traineeship, National Police School, Finland

2002

Traineeship, National Police School, Finland

2000

Traineeship, ATF International Law Enforcement Academy, USA

1999

Master’s in Law, Law Academy of Lithuania (currently Mykolas Romeris University)

1996

Bachelor’s in Law, Qualification of Official of Internal Affairs Institutions Lithuanian Police Academy (currently Mykolas Romeris University)

1993

Sūduvos gimnazija in Marijampolė (upper secondary school)

Work experience

2012–2016

Senior Commissioner, Head, Immunity Division, Police Anti-Corruption Unit, Marijampolė County Police Headquarters

2001–2011

Commissioner, Deputy Chief for Criminal Police, Kalvarija District Police Headquarters

1998–2001

Senior Inspector, Second Division for Investigation of Criminal Organisations, Marijampolė County Organised Crime Investigation Service, Criminal Police Unit, Marijampolė City and District Police Headquarters

1997

Inspector, Subdivision for Control of Criminal Organisations, Organised Crime Investigation Service for Marijampolė Area, Police Department under the Ministry of the Interior

1996

Junior Inspector, Criminal Police Unit, Marijampolė City and District Police Headquarters

Political career

Member, Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union

2016–2020

Member of the 12th Seimas

Member, Chair (2019–2020), Committee on National Security and Defence

Member, Chair (2016–2019), Commission for Parliamentary Scrutiny of Criminal Intelligence

Since 2016

Member, Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union

Miscellaneous

Membership: Member of the Council, National Association of Officers’ Trade Unions (2011–2012); Deputy Chairman, Lithuanian Police Officers’ Trade Union; Representative for Marijampolė County, Lithuanian Police Officers’ Trade Union; Member, Lithuanian Police Officers’ Trade Union

Activities: Chief, Lithuanian Police Mission in the framework of the UN peacekeeping mission in Kosovo; Head, Serious Crimes Investigation Division, Pristina Region Police Unit under Operation THOR, United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (2004–2005)

Achievements: Certificate of Instructor, completion of a training course on peacekeeping operations for EU police officers (2007)

Awards: acknowledgement by Kęstutis Čilinskas, Chair of the Council of the Joint/Non-partisan Democratic Movement, for dedication and civil activeness in defending the rule of law; Police Distinction Badge Guardian Angel (2nd Class); Police Award Badge For Merits (3rd Class); Honorary Badge For Homeland (1st Class) of the Ministry of the Interior; Honorary Badge For Homeland (2nd Class) of the Ministry of the Interior; United Nations Medal for service in the peacekeeping mission; Police Award Badge For Exemplary Service on the occasion of the Day of Restoration of Lithuania’s Independence (2014); Police Award Badge For Merits (2nd Class) awarded by Order of Police Commissioner General for merits to the police system (2015); acknowledgement by the Prime Minister of the Republic of Lithuania for courage and integrity in disclosing and investigating corruption crimes (2015).

Hobbies: sport, Greco-Roman wrestling, bodybuilding, information technologies

Languages: English, Russian, Polish

Family

Married. Two daughters Glorija and Goda