Date of birth

27 October 1966 

Place of birth

Šiauliai, Lithuania

Education

1992

Diploma in Law, Vilnius University

Work experience

2019–2024

Director, Customer Service Department in Šiauliai, Lithuanian Public Employment Service under the Ministry of Social Security and Labour 

2013–2018

Seimas Ombudsman for the Investigation of Activities of Officials of Municipal Institutions and Agencies, Seimas Ombudspersons’ Office 

2013

Advisor to the Minister of Justice, Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Lithuania

1992–2004

Assistant (lecturer), Department of Civil Law and Civil Procedure, Faculty of Law, Vilnius University

1999–2000

Civil Law Adviser, Legal Department, Office of the Government of the Republic of Lithuania

1997–1999

Lawyer, private company UAB BNA grupė 

1994–1997

Advisor, Seimas Commission on Economic Crime Investigation, Office of the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania

1993–1994

Secretary, Lithuanian Democratic Labour Party Political Group, Office of the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania

1991–1994

Lawyer, private company UAB Verslo raktas

1991–1992

Lawyer, private company UAB Šiaulių kraštas 

Political career

Since 2024

Member, Nemunas Dawn Party 

2020–2024

Member, Lithuanian Green Party

2010–2012

Minister of Health, Government of the Republic of Lithuania

2000–2012

Member of the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania

2006–2007

Minister of the Interior, Government of the Republic of Lithuania

2004–2013

Member, Liberal and Centre Union

1997–2004

Lithuanian Liberal Union

1996

Member, non-partisan movement Elections 96 

Miscellaneous

Political Engagement and Membership: electoral trustee for Valdas Adamkus, as a candidate for the President of the Republic of Lithuania in 1997 and 2004; Member of the Board of the Valdas Adamkus Foundation (1997–2000)

Awards: Cross of Commander of the Order for Merits to Lithuania (2008), Grand Cross of the Order of Prince Henry the Navigator of the Portuguese Republic (2007), Third Class Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana of the Republic of Estonia (2008), Badge of Honour for Meritorious Service in the Area of Internal Affairs and Law Enforcement awarded by the Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of Lithuania  (2011), Meritorious Health Care Worker of Lithuania, awarded with a Badge of Honour for Meritorious Service in the Area of Health Care (2014)

Hobbies

Literature, music, cinema, gardening, hunting, and angling

Foreign languages

English (advanced user) and Russian (skilled user)

Family 

Married