


Conference of Chairs
11/14/2024 | Conference of Chairs, Member |
Committees of the Seimas
11/21/2024 | Committee on Social Affairs and Labour, Chair |
11/19/2024 - 11/20/2024 | Committee on Social Affairs and Labour, Member |
Commissions of the Seimas
12/04/2024 | Commission for the Rights of People with Disabilities, Member |
Political groups of the Seimas
11/14/2024 | Political Group of Democrats ‘For Lithuania’, Chair |
Parliamentary groups
12/12/2024 | Group for Inter-Parliamentary Relations with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Member |
12/05/2024 | Group for Interparliamentary Relations with the Republic of Korea, Member |
12/10/2024 | Provisional Group for Relations with the Holy See, Member |
12/03/2024 | Provisional Group of Friends of Neringa, Deputy Head |
12/03/2024 | Provisional Group of Friends of Panevėžys Region, Member |
12/03/2024 | Provisional Prayer Group, Member |
Date of birth | 22 May 1978 |
Place of birth | Panevėžys, Lithuania |
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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) |
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Work experience | |
2016–2020 | Minister of Social Security and Labour |
2005–2016 | Director, Vilnius Archdiocese Caritas |
2003–2007 | 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 |
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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 |
