Date of birth

17 June 1969

Place of birth

Kaunas, Lithuania

Education

2012

Completion of procedures for the office of the Professor

2000

Doctor of Philosophy, Vytautas Magnus University

1996

Master’s in History, Vytautas Magnus University

1994

Bachelor’s in History, Vytautas Magnus University 

1976–1987

Secondary Schools No 28 and No 40 in Kaunas 

Work experience

2017–2020

Professor, Klaipėda University

2016–2020

Director, public establishment VšĮ Kauno tvirtovės parkas

2015–2020

Senior Advisor, Lithuanian Armed Forces

1996–2017

Instructor, Senior Assistant, Lecturer (since 2000), Associate Professor, Senior Research Fellow (since 2007), Deputy Rector for Education and Studies (2009–2014), Chief Research Fellow (since 2012), General Jonas Žemaitis Military Academy of Lithuania

2013–2016

Director, public establishment VšĮ Kauno tvirtovės projektai

2011–2014

Project Manager, project funded by the Research Council of Lithuania, Lithuanian Institute of History

1996–2009

Doctoral Student, Lecturer, Vytautas Magnus University; Director, Research Fellow, Centre of Military History, Vytautas Magnus University

1998–2003

Head, Unit of Warfare History, Vytautas the Great War Museum

1994–1996

Chief Museum Specialist, Vytautas the Great War Museum

1993–1994

Director, Land Scouts Leisure Centre, Division of Culture and Education, Kaunas City Municipality  

1989–1990

Junior Research Fellow, Unit of Record Keeping and Protection of Museum Stock, Lithuanian Technical Museum (currently Energy and Technology Museum)

Political career

Since 2021

Since 2024

2020–2024

Member, Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats

Member of the 14th Seimas

Member of the 13th Seimas

Miscellaneous

Membership: Member, Lithuanian scout organisation Lietuvos skautija (since 1989); co-founder, First Chair, Member of the Board, Lithuanian Military History Society (2000); Chair of the Board, society Pilis (2000) and association Kauno tvirtovės (2008–2018); Member of the Board, European Federation of Fortified Sites (2018); Member, Union of Exiles and Political Prisoners (since 2023); Member (since 2022), Member of the Board (since 2024), Club of the Lithuanian Riflemen’s Union Pūtvio Putvinskio klubas; Member, Society of 27 Book Friends (since 2024), co-founder, charity foundation Jono Karolio Chodkeviciaus Labdaros ir Paramos Fondas (2019)

Hobbies: scouting, organising historical military games, travelling by car, cycling, crafts, modelling, sailing