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Artūras Zuokas
Seimas 2024-2028
Member of the Seimas from 11/14/2024
Nominated by: Partija „Laisvė ir teisingumas“
Elected: Naujininkų–Rasų (No: 14) in the electoral constituency
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Room: I-112
Tel: +370 5 209 6680
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Biography Biography

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Date of birth

21 February 1968

Place of birth

Kaunas, Lithuania

 

 

Education

 

1998

Diploma in Journalism, Vilnius University

 

 

Work experience

 

1994–1999 and 2015–2024

Director, private company UAB BNA Grupė

2000–2007 and 2011–2015

Mayor, Vilnius City Municipality

 

 

Political career

 

Since 2020

Member, Chair, Freedom and Justice Party

2015–2024

Leader of the Opposition; Member, Urban Development Committee; Vilnius City Municipal Council

2014–2020

Chair, Lithuanian Freedom Union (Liberals)

2008–2009

Member, Committee on State Administration and Local Authorities, Anticorruption Commission, Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania

2007–2008

Member, Vilnius City Municipal Council

2003–2010

Chair, Liberal and Centre Union

1999–2003

Member, Deputy Chair, Lithuanian Liberal Union

 

 

Miscellaneous

 

Membership: public establishment VšĮ Vilniaus klubas; Rotary Club of Vilnius Old Town; Gourmet Guild; Council of the Ukrainian Institute of Politics; Lithuanian Union of Journalists; International Federation of Journalists

 

Awards: National Order of Merit from French President Jacques Chirac for contribution to the development of ties between the French Republic and Lithuania (2001); Friend of Architecture from the magazine Archiforma (2001); The Outstanding Young Person of the World 2002 from Junior Chamber International; Engine of the Economy of the Year 2002 from the daily business newspaper Verslo Žinios for the promotion of entrepreneurship; The Order of the Three Stars (Latvian: Triju Zvaigžņu ordenis) from Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga, President of the Republic of Latvia, for promoting good relations between Latvia and Lithuania; Man of the Year from the Balzekas Museum of Lithuanian Culture in Chicago, US, and Chicago Sister Cities International for outstanding leadership and devotion to Vilnius City and its people (2003); Honorary Member of Vilnius Gediminas Technical University (2003); For the Art of Governance from the Baltic-American Freedom Foundation (2005); Ig Nobel Prize for achievements that first make people laugh, and then make them think, specifically for the original method of fighting against illegal parking (2011); Gusi Peace Prize for developing cultural ties with Asia (2020) 

 

Hobbies: surfing, photography, cycling, tennis

Foreign languages: English (fluent), Italian (basic), Russian (fluent) 

Family 

Married

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