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Members of the Seimas




Linas Kukuraitis
Seimas 2024-2028
Member of the Seimas from 11/14/2024
Nominated by: Democratic Union „For Lithuania“
Elected: Justiniškių–Viršuliškių (No: 7) in the electoral constituency
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Room: II-332
Tel: +370 5 209 6663
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Biography Biography

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Date of birth

22 May 1978

Place of birth

Panevėžys, Lithuania

 

 

Education

 

2003

Master’s in Social Work, Vilnius University

2001

Bachelor’s in Social Work, Vilnius University

1997

Lyceum of Exact, Natural and Technical Sciences in Vilnius (currently Vilnius Lyceum)

 

 

Work experience

 

2016–2020

Minister of Social Security and Labour

2005–2016

Director, Vilnius Archdiocese Caritas 

2003–2007
2010–2016

Assistant, Vilnius University

2000–2005

Project Manager, Head, The Blessed Jurgis Matulaitis Social Centre

2000–2001

Social Worker, The Blessed Jurgis Matulaitis Parish in Vilnius

1997–2000

Teacher, SOS Children’s Village in Vilnius

 

 

Political career

Since 2024

 

 

 

2020–2024

 

 

 

 

 

Since 2022

 

Member of the 14th Seimas

Chair, Committee on Social Affairs and Labour

Member, Commission for the Rights of People with Disabilities

Chair, Political Group of Democrats ‘For Lithuania’

Member of the 13th Seimas

Deputy Chair, Committee on Social Affairs and Labour Deputy

Member, Commission for Addiction Prevention

Member, Commission for the Rights of People with Disabilities (2020–2021)

Chair, Political Group of Democrats ‘For Lithuania’ (2022)

Deputy Chair, Political Group of Democrats ‘For Lithuania’ (2021–2022, 2023–2024)

Member, Union of Democrats ‘For Lithuania’ 

  

Miscellaneous

 

Engagement: 10 years of youth activities, including 6 years of international youth activities; 26 years of community activities at The Blessed Jurgis Matulaitis Parish in Vilnius (founding of social and family centres, a kindergarten, and a parish café; formation of communities of young people and families); 17 years of experience conducting training seminars for business, the public sector, and NGOs; 10 years of experience supervising Bachelor’s and Master’s social work students on placement; development and implementation of various social services, and models and methodologies for the integration of vulnerable groups (e.g. children experiencing social exclusion, the homeless, prisoners).

Membership: former member, Lithuanian Social Work Council, Vilnius NGO Council, Council of the Lithuanian Caritas; founder, The Blessed Jurgis Matulaitis Social Centre; NGO representative of Lithuania at several international plenums and conferences; practicing Catholic

Hobbies: active recreation with family; involvement in the education of young people and communities (walking tours, experiential tasks, seminars, camps); reading; sports (basketball, jogging, sailing)

Foreign languages: English, Russian, German

Family

 

Wife Rima, sons Džiugas, Jonas, Augustinas and Paulius, daughter Adelė

 

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