Date of birth

26 January 1958

     Place of birth

Tiltagaliai Village, Panevėžys District, Lithuania

     Education

     1998

Traineeship, USA

     1996

Traineeship, Great Britain

     1995

Traineeships, Norway and Germany

     1993

Traineeship, France

     1977–1983

Diploma of Physician, Kaunas Medical Institute (currently Lithuanian University of Health Sciences)

     1965–1976

Secondary School No 10 (currently Skaistakalnio Basic School) in Panevėžys

     Work experience

     1984–1990

Paediatrician, Pasvalys Central Hospital

     1983

Panevėžys Central Hospital

     Political career

Member, Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats

     2016–2018

Vice-President, NATO Parliamentary Assembly

     Since 2014

Member, Advisory Council, Centre for European Policy Analysis, USA

     2012–2016

Member of the 11th Seimas

Member, Committee on National Security and Defence

Deputy Head, Seimas Delegation to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly

     2008–2012

Member of the 10th Seimas

Member, Committee on National Security and Defence

Minister of the National Defence

     2008

Vice-President, NATO Parliamentary Assembly

     2004–2008

Member of the 9th Seimas

Member, Committee on National Security and Defence

Member, Deputy Chair, Commission for NATO Affairs

Chair, Deputy Chair, Seimas Delegation to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly

     2001

Founder and Board Member, Transatlantic Integration Support Group

     2000–2004

Member of the 8th Seimas

Member, Committee on National Security and Defence

Member, Deputy Chair, Commission for NATO Affairs

Member, Seimas Delegation to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly

     1996–2000

Member of the 7th Seimas

Member, Committee on National Security and Defence

Deputy Speaker of the Seimas (from 9 November 1999 to18 October 2000)

Chair, Commission for NATO Affairs (1999–2000)

Substitute, Seimas Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe

Head, Seimas Delegation to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly

     1996

Deputy Chair, Lithuanian Atlantic Treaty Association

     1992–1996

Spokesperson for the Seimas Opposition; Desk Officer, Homeland Union (Lithuanian Conservatives) Political Group

     1990–1992

Member, Supreme Council – Reconstituent Seimas

Member, Commission for Health Protection and Social Affairs

Member, Commission for Local Authorities

     1999–2015

Deputy Chair, Member of the Presidium and the Council, Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats

     1996–1999

Member of the Board, Homeland Union (Lithuanian Conservatives)

     Since 1993

Member, Homeland Union (Lithuanian Conservatives)

     1988

Member, Council of the Lithuanian Reform Movement Sąjūdis, Pasvalys District; Chair (from 1989)

     Miscellaneous

     Signatory to the Act of Independence

     Awards: Cross of Commander of the Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas on the occasion of Lithuania’s accession to the EU (2004); Royal Order of Merit with Commander’s Star of the Kingdom of Norway (1998); Badge for Merits to the Riflemen’s Union (2008); Medal for Merits from the Ministry of National Defence of the Republic of Lithuania (2005); Badge for personal service to the course of Lithuania’s transatlantic integration awarded on the occasion of Lithuania’s invitation to join NATO (2002); Commemorative Medal “10th Anniversary of Independence of Ukraine” by the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine (2001); Medal for merits to the restoration and establishment of the independent state of Lithuania in 1990–2000 awarded in commemoration of the 10th Anniversary of Lithuania’s Independence (2000); Establishing Volunteers of the Lithuanian Armed Forces Medal (2013); Commemorative badge for personal contribution to the Lithuanian Presidency of the Council of the European Union (2013)

     Title: Honorary Doctor of Political Sciences, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, South Korea

     Publications: articles in periodicals; compilation of articles Politika mano gyvenime nebuvo planuota (Politics Came to My Life Unplanned), Kaunas, 2008; article Parlamentinė narystės NATO dimensija (Parliamentary Dimension of NATO Membership) in the book Lietuva ir NATO: 10 metų kartu (Lithuania and NATO: 10 Years Together), Ministry of National Defence of the Republic of Lithuania, 2014

     Foreign languages: English, Russian

     Hobbies: floriculture, reading, gardening

    Family

    Married