Date of birth

20 November 1959

Place of birth                         

Kaščiūnai Village, Varėna District, Lithuania

Education

2003

graduation from the Lithuanian University of Law (currently Mykolas Romeris University), Master's in Law

1983

graduation from the Faculty of Nature, Vincas Kapsukas State University in Vilnius (currently Vilnius University), Master’s in Geography

Work experience

2011–2022

Chief Specialist, Adviser, Ministry of Agriculture

1996–2011    Deputy Warden, Žvėrynas Ward; positions at the Legal Department and the Procurement Division, Vilnius City Municipality Administration

1984–1996

Junior Research Fellow, Research Fellow, Division of Geography, Lithuanian Academy of Sciences

Political career

2019–2022

Member, Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats

Member, Vilnius City Municipal Council

Miscellaneous

Pursuits: preservation and promotion of historical memory; consolidation of Lithuania’s statehood and civil society.

Public activities: 

Chair, Coordination Council, 22 NGOs contributing to Lithuania’s defence capabilities (2017–2020)

Founder and Director, Partisan Juozas Jakavonis-Tigras Charity and Sponsorship Foundation (2021–2022)

Deputy Chair, Charity and Sponsorship Foundation Vytis su memorialu laisvės kovotojams (Vytis with the Memorial for Freedom Fighters) (2020–2022)

Member, Board of the Movement of the Struggle for Freedom of Lithuania (2018–2023)

Member, Lithuanian Union of Political Prisoners and Deportees

Member, Union of the Struggle for Freedom of Lithuania

Member, Association of Lithuanian Political Prisoners and Deportees

Co-initiator and Co-organiser of the erection of the Lithuanian Partisan Memorial in Kryžkalnis

Organiser of the renovation of the historical headquarters of Juozas Vitkus codenamed Kazimieraitis and Adolfas Ramanauskas codenamed Vanagas, partisan commanders in southern Lithuania, at the birthplace of her father Juozas Jakavonis codenamed Tigras (2022)

Active contributor to the establishment of the Museum of Deportation and Genocide in Merkinė

Awards

Badge Medal for Merits to Vilnius and the Nation

Tadeusz Kościuszko Medal for Contribution to the Promotion of the History and Cultural Heritage of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania

Gabrielė Petkevičaitė-Bitė Medal Tarnaukite Lietuvai (Serve the Cause of Lithuania) for fostering the traditions of parliamentarianism and promoting citizenship and democracy

Publications

10 research and 40 journalistic articles on freedom struggles, patriotism and citizenship in Lithuanian and foreign press

Hobbies

Lithuanian history, culture, organisation and hosting of patriotic events, travel, active outdoor recreation

Languages

Russian, English (A2), French (basic)

Family

Divorced with daughter Miglė