Date of birth

8 December 1956

Place of birth

Vilnius, Lithuania

Education

1981–1984

Postgraduate studies, Vilnius State University (currently Vilnius University)

1974–1979

Diploma of Physicist, Faculty of Physics, Vilnius State University

1963–1974

Vilnius Secondary School No 22 (currently Vilnius Engineering Lyceum)

Work experience

2008–2012

Prime Minister

1999–2000

Prime Minister

1984–1990

Laboratory Assistant, Engineer, Research Fellow, Faculty of Physics, Vilnius State University

Political career

Member, Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats

2012–2016

Member of the 11th Seimas

Leader of the Opposition

Chair, Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrat Political Group

Member, Board of the Seimas

Member, Conference of Chairs

Member, Committee on Economics (2012–2013)

Member, Committee on Budget and Finance (2013–2016)

Member, Committee on European Affairs

Member, Energy Commission

2008–2012

Member of the 10th Seimas

2008–2015

Chair, Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats

2004–2008

Member of the 9th Seimas

Deputy Speaker of the Seimas

Leader of the Opposition

Member, Committee on Environment Protection

Member, Chair, Committee on European Affairs

Member, Committee on the Development of Information Society

Member, Committee on Rural Affairs

Member, Chair, Seimas Delegation to the Assembly of the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania and the Sejm and Senate of the Republic of Poland

2000–2004

Member of the 8th Seimas

Member, Committee on Budget and Finance

Member, Committee on European Affairs

Member, Committee on the Development of Information Society

Member, Commission for Drafting Constitutional Amendments

Member, Seimas Delegation to the EU-Lithuania Joint Parliamentary Committee

2003–2008

Chairman, Homeland Union (Lithuanian Conservatives)

2000–2003

First Deputy Chairman, Homeland Union (Lithuanian Conservatives)

1996–2000

Member of the 7th Seimas

First Deputy Speaker of the Seimas

Chair, Committee on European Affairs

Member, Committee on Legal Affairs

Member, Commission on NATO Affairs

Head, Seimas Delegation to the EU-Lithuania Joint Parliamentary Committee

Chair, Seimas Delegation to the Assembly of the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania and the Sejm of the Republic of Poland

Member, Seimas Delegation to the Inter-Parliamentary Union

1992–1996

Member of the 6th Seimas

Member, Committee on Environment Protection

Since 1993

Member, Homeland Union (Lithuanian Conservatives) (currently Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats)

1990–1992

Secretary-in-Charge, the Sąjūdis Seimas Council

1988

Participant in the activities of the Lithuanian Reform Movement Sąjūdis

Miscellaneous

Membership: Member, International Advisory Council, International Republican Institute (IRI), USA (since 2016); Member, EuroGrowth Task Force, Atlantic Council EuroGrowth Initiative, USA (since 2016); Deputy Chair, International Advisory Board, Centrum Balticum Foundation, Finland (2016); Advisory International Council of Reforms for the President of Ukraine, Petro Poroshenko (since 2015); Chairman, Policy Committee, Knowledge Economy Forum (2001–2008); Chairman, Knowledge Society Council under the President of the Republic of Lithuania (2001–2003); Member, International Advisory Board, International Baltic Development Forum (2001–2008); President, Lithuanian Shooting Sport Union (2004–2008)

Awards: Independence Medal of Lithuania (2000); Cross of Commander of the Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas (2004); Third Class Order of Merit of the Cross of Terra Mariana of the Republic of Estonia (2007); Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic of the Kingdom of Spain (2009); World Leader Cycle Award by the Economic Faculty Association Rotterdam (EFR) (2012); Order of the Polar Star of the Kingdom of Sweden (2015); Grand Cross of Commander of the Order of Vytautas the Great (2015)

Interests: political science, knowledge economy

Publications: author of books Kodėl krepšinis Lietuvoje yra gražesnis už politiką (Why Basketball Appeals More Than Politics in Lithuania) in 2004 and Konservatyvioji bendruomenė (The Conservative Community) in 2006; co-author of the book Dešinioji alternatyva: sėkmės Lietuva (The Right Alternative: Lithuanian Success Story) in 2003; author of the book Mūsų geopolitika: sėkmės Lietuva (Our Geopolitics: Lithuanian Success Story) in 2014

Languages: Lithuanian (native), English, Russian

Hobbies: reading, classical music, outdoor leisure activities

Family

Married with two sons