Date of birth

30 April 1949

Place of birth

Vilnius, Lithuania

Education

1989

Award of the title of Professor

1989–1990

Traineeship at New York University, USA

1988

Traineeship at Frankfurt/Main University, Germany

1987

Degree of Doctor Habilitatus of Economics, Tallinn University, Estonia

1976

Doctor of Economics, Vilnius State University

1973–1976

Postgraduate studies, Vilnius State University

1967–1972

Diploma of Economist, Faculty of Industrial Economics (currently Faculty of Economics, Vilnius University), Vilnius State University

1956–1967

Antanas Vienuolis Secondary School in Vilnius (currently Antanas Vienuolis Basic School and Vytautas Magnus Gymnasium)

Work experience

1993–1996

Chairman, Board of the National Stock Exchange

1992–1998

Chairman, Board of the Lithuanian Free Market Institute

1992–1996

Consultant of national and foreign companies

1975–1984

Associate Professor, then Professor, Vilnius State University

Political career

Member, Liberals Movement of the Republic of Lithuania

2012–2016

Member of the 11th Seimas

Deputy Chair, Committee on Budget and Finance

2008–2012

Member of the 10th Seimas

Member, Chair, Committee on Budget and Finance

2004–2008

Member of the 9th Seimas

Member, Deputy Chair, Committee on Budget and Finance

Member, Commission on the Problems of Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant

2000–2004

Member of the 8th Seimas

Member, Chair, Committee on Budget and Finance

1996–2000

Member of the 7th Seimas

Member, Deputy Chair, Committee on Budget and Finance

1990–1992

Member, Supreme Council – Reconstituent Seimas

Miscellaneous

Activities: Signatory to the Act on the Restoration of the Independent State of Lithuania (of 11 March 1990); co-founder of the Lithuanian Free Market Institute

Awards: Cross of Commander of the Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas; Medal of Independence of Lithuania

Publications: over 300 scientific papers on market economy in Lithuania and abroad; books Gamybos Intensyvinimo Problemos (Production Intensification Problems), Rinkos Ekonomika (Market Economy) and Valstybinis Reguliavimas (State Regulation)

Foreign languages: English, Russian and German

Hobbies: sports, travelling and angling

Family

Married with two daughters from the first marriage