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Committees of the Seimas
| 11/19/2024 | Committee on Economics, Member |
Commissions of the Seimas
| 12/04/2024 | Commission for Maritime Affairs, Member |
Political groups of the Seimas
| 11/14/2024 | Political Group of Democrats ‘For Lithuania’, Member |
Parliamentary groups
Date of birth | 16 November 1953 |
Place of birth | Juodžiai Village, Šilutė District, Lithuania |
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Education | |
1971–1976 | Diploma in Economics and Mathematics, Faculty of Economic Cybernetics and Finance, Vilnius University |
1968–1971 | Secondary School No 1 in Šilutė (currently Šilutės gimnazija (upper secondary school)) |
1968 | Žemaitkiemis eight-year basic school, Šilutė District (currently closed) |
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Work experience | |
2020–2024 | Member of the Seimas |
2009–2019 | Member of the European Parliament (two terms of office) |
2006 | Acting Prime Minister |
2005–2007 | Minister of Finance |
2001–2005 | Minister of Transport and Communications |
2000–2009 | Member of the Seimas |
1996–2000 | First Deputy Director General, Lithuania–Hungary joint venture Lithun |
1994–1996 | Deputy Governor of Vilnius County |
1992–1994 | Director, asphalt and concrete manufacturing plant in Vilnius |
1989–1991 | Manager of Trade Union Affairs, Director of the Training Centre |
1984–1989 | Deputy Director, Lithuanian National Philharmonic Society |
1978–1984 | Member, Communist Youth League (Komsomol) |
1976–1978 | Engineer, Senior Engineer, Design and Construction Office, Ministry of Food Industry |
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Political career | |
Since 2024 | Member of the 14th Seimas |
2020–2024 | Member of the 13th Seimas |
2014 | Participation in Lithuania’s presidential elections, runner-up in the first round qualifying for the second round |
2009–2019 | Member of the European Parliament, Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D); Member, Committee on Budgetary Control; Member, Committee on Industry, Research and Energy; Member, Delegation for relations with the United States; Member, Delegation for relations with the People’s Republic of China; Deputy Chair, Delegation to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly; Substitute Member, Committee on Foreign Affairs; Member, Provisional Committee for setting the principles of the EU’s Multiannual Financial Framework 2014–2020 |
2008–2009 | Member of the 10th Seimas |
| Member, Committee on National Security and Defence (2008–2009) |
| Chair, Lithuanian Social Democratic Party Political Group |
2005–2017 | Deputy Chair, Lithuanian Social Democratic Party |
2004–2008 | Member of the 9th Seimas |
| Member, Committee on Economics (2004–2006) |
| Member, Committee on Budget and Finance (2006–2008) |
| Member, Committee on European Affairs (2008) |
| Head, Seimas Delegation to the PACE |
2001–2020 | Member, Lithuanian Social Democratic Party |
2000–2004 | Member of the 8th Seimas |
| Member, Committee on Budget and Finance |
1994 | Member, Municipal Council of Vilnius City |
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Miscellaneous | |
Awards: Grand Cross of Commander of the Order for Merits to Lithuania; Grand Cross of the Order of the Christ of the Republic of Portugal; Commemorative Badge for personal service to the course of Lithuania’s Trans-Atlantic integration on the occasion of invitation to Lithuania to join NATO; Commemorative Medal for the 750th Anniversary of Coronation of King Mindaugas of Lithuania; Afanasy Nikitin medal of the Russian Federation; Badge of an Honorary Citizen of Šilalė Region (2018); Silver Reed of Šilutė District; Golden Lion, nomination of the Year’s Benefactor, Žemaičių Naumiestis, Šilutė District; Drops of Gratitude of Šilalė District for sincere and consistent support and love for the people of Šilalė District; Julius Ludwig Wiener award Philanthropist of the Year | |
Hobbies: tennis, basketball, hunting | |
Family | |
Married, wife Severina, son Donatas, daughter Kamilė | |
