Date of birth

25 October 1960

Place of birth

Kentriai Village, Kelmė District, Lithuania

Education

1978–1983

Diploma in Technology Engineering, Kaunas Polytechnic Institute (currently Kaunas University of Technology)

1974–1978

Secondary School No 1 in Kuršėnai, Šiauliai District (currently Stasio Anglickio Basic School)

Work experience

2004–2020

Member, Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania

2000–2004

Deputy Mayor, Šiauliai District Municipality

1997–2000

Secretary-Assistant to a Member of the Seimas, Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania

1984–1994

Instructor, Committee of Agricultural Workers’ Trade Union, Šiauliai District

1984

Economist, Executive Committee of Šiauliai District

1983–1984

Technology Engineer, Linen Mill in Plungė

Political career

2016–2020

Member of the 12th Seimas

First Deputy Speaker of the Seimas

Member, Board of the Seimas

Member, Conference of Chairs

Member, Committee on Social Affairs and Labour

Member, Commission for Suicide and Violence Prevention

2012–2016

Member of the 11th Seimas

Chair of Non-attached Members

Member, Conference of Chairs

Member, Committee on Education, Science and Culture

Member, Commission for the Traditions and Heritage of Lithuanian Studies

Member, Commission for Prevention of Drug and Alcohol Addiction

Member, Commission of the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania and the Lithuanian World Community (2013–2015)

2008–2012

Member of the 10th Seimas

Member, Conference of Chairs

Member, Committee on Social Affairs and Labour

Member, Commission for Ethics and Procedures

Deputy Chair, Commission of the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania and the Lithuanian World Community

2004–2008

Member of the 9th Seimas

Member, Committee on Social Affairs and Labour

Member, Commission for Prevention of Drug Addiction

Chair, Commission for Family and Child Affairs

Member, Seimas Delegation to the Baltic Assembly

2000–2004

Member, Municipal Council of Šiauliai District

Since 1996

Member, Deputy Chairperson (until 2019), Lithuanian Peasant Popular Union (currently Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union)

Miscellaneous

Member, Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union; Member, women’s organisation Atgaiva, Šiauliai District

Awards: Medal of the Baltic Assembly for upholding the unity of the Baltic States (2006); Badge Gerumo žvaigždė (Star of Kindness) for great contribution to building and developing of the social security and labour system (2020)

Hobbies: floriculture, literature

Languages: Lithuanian (mother tongue), German, Russian

Family

Married, sons Laurynas and Rokas