till 11/13/2020
Committees of the Seimas
02/17/2017 - 11/13/2020 | Committee on Culture, Member |
11/16/2016 - 02/16/2017 | Committee on Human Rights, Member |
Commissions of the Seimas
01/18/2017 - 11/13/2020 | Commission of the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania and the Lithuanian World Community, Deputy Chair |
11/15/2018 - 11/13/2020 | Commission for the Cause of Freedom and the National Historical Memory, Member |
06/21/2017 - 11/15/2018 | Commission for the National Historical Memory, Member |
12/27/2016 - 01/17/2017 | Commission of the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania and the Lithuanian World Community, Member |
Political groups of the Seimas
11/14/2016 - 11/13/2020 | Political Group of the Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union and the Christian Families Alliance, Member |
Drafts tabled
- Individualiai pateikti teisės aktų projektai:4
- Seimo narių grupėje pateikti teisės aktų projektai:79
- Individualiai pateikti pasiūlymai teisės aktų projektams:3
- Seimo narių grupėje pateikti pasiūlymai teisės aktų projektams:33
Business trips
Date of birth |
7 May 1958 |
Place of birth |
Linkuva, Pakruojis District, Lithuania |
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Education |
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1993 |
Nostrified as PhD |
1991 |
Degree of Associate Professor |
1988 |
Doctor of Humanities, Vilnius University |
1977–1981 |
Lithuanian language and literature studies, Vilnius University |
1965–1976 |
Linkuva Secondary School (currently Linkuva Gymnasium) |
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Work experience |
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2015–2016 |
Deputy Mayor, Šiauliai City Municipality |
1995–2016 |
Head, private company S. Tumėno Publishing House; Editor and Lexicographer of the almanac Šiaurės Lietuva |
1992–2000 |
Dean, Faculty of Pedagogics; Chairman of the Council of the Faculty; Member of the Senate, Šiauliai University |
1989–1990 |
Deputy Chief Editor, publication Krivūlė of Šiauliai Council, Lithuanian Reform Movement Sąjūdis |
1981–2015 |
Lecturer, Associate Professor, Šiauliai Pedagogical Institute (currently Šiauliai University); Member, Council of the Faculty of Pedagogics, Council of the Humanitarian Faculty, Council of Šiauliai University; candidate for Rector of Šiauliai University (2014) |
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Political career |
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No party affiliation |
2015–2016 |
Member, Šiauliai City Municipal Council; Deputy Mayor of Šiauliai City, elected from the list of the Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union; candidate for Mayor of Šiauliai City |
2012 |
Independent candidate in the elections to the Seimas (slogan For Northern Lithuania in Lithuania), 2nd election round in Pakruojis–Joniškis Single-Member Constituency |
2011–2015 |
Member, Šiauliai City Municipality Council (no party affiliation) |
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Miscellaneous |
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Membership: President, Žiemgala Association (2013–2016); Member, Lithuanian Scientific Society; Member, Lithuanian Language Association; Member, Editorial Board of Science Magazines |
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Awards: Culture and Art Prize of Šiauliai City Municipality (2005); Commemorative Medal of the Department of Physical Education and Sports under the Government of the Republic of Lithuania for contribution to the training of young athletes; certificates of appreciation of the Ministry of Education and Science, Mayors of Šiauliai, and Rectors of Šiauliai University for pedagogical and research activities; Citizen of Honour of Omaha, Nebraska, USA |
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Traineeships: Lithuanian Research and Studies Center in Chicago, USA; Kent State University, USA; short-term seminars in Austria, the UK, and France |
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Engagement: contribution to signing the Agreement on Cooperation between Šiauliai University and Kent State University and transferring a part of Lithuanian collections covering the history of Lithuanians living abroad from Kent State University to Šiauliai University Library; research into the development of the Lithuanian language of Lithuanians residing in the USA and the history of Lithuanians living abroad (for over 15 years) and corresponding publications in science magazines and newspapers and presentations at international scientific conferences |
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Publications: over 280 articles in scientific press and Lithuanian, Northern Lithuanian, US diaspora press; manuals for teachers, students and pupils; book Mano provincija (My Province), 2008 |
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Foreign languages: English, Russian |
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Hobbies: book publishing, sports, history of emigration |
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Family |
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Married with two children |