till 11/14/2024
Conference of Chairs
11/13/2020 - 11/14/2024 | Conference of Chairs, Member |
Committees of the Seimas
11/19/2020 - 11/14/2024 | Committee on State Administration and Local Authorities, Member |
05/19/2023 - 11/14/2024 | Committee on European Affairs, Deputy Chair |
04/27/2023 - 05/18/2023 | Committee on European Affairs, Member |
Commissions of the Seimas
12/04/2020 - 12/12/2023 | Commission for Ethics and Procedures, Member |
Political groups of the Seimas
03/10/2022 - 11/14/2024 | Political Group of the Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union and the Christian Families Alliance, First Deputy Chair |
09/10/2021 - 03/10/2022 | Political Group of the Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union and the Christian Families Alliance, First Deputy Chair |
12/17/2020 - 09/09/2021 | Political Group of the Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union and the Christian Families Alliance, First Deputy Chair |
11/17/2020 - 12/16/2020 | Political Group of the Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union and the Christian Families Alliance, Deputy Chair |
11/13/2020 - 11/16/2020 | Political Group of the Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union and the Christian Families Alliance, Deputy Chair |
Drafts tabled
- Individualiai pateikti teisės aktų projektai:2
- Seimo narių grupėje pateikti teisės aktų projektai:91
- Individualiai pateikti pasiūlymai teisės aktų projektams:4
- Seimo narių grupėje pateikti pasiūlymai teisės aktų projektams:62
Business trips
Date of birth |
2 January 1970 |
Place of birth |
Ukmergė, Lithuania |
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Education |
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2000 |
Traineeship, Institute of Agriculture of the University of Tennessee, USA |
2000–2008 |
Traineeship on rural development in FAO (Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations in Italy), Ireland, Poland, Slovenia, Sweden, etc., resulting in obtaining the qualification of an expert in rural development |
1989–1995 |
Diploma in Energy Engineering, Kaunas University of Technology |
1984–1988 |
Jono Jablonskio Secondary School in Kaunas (currently Jono Jablonskio gimnazija (upper secondary school)) |
1977–1984 |
Secondary School No 1 in Ukmergė (currently Antano Smetonos gimnazija (upper secondary school)) |
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Work experience |
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2014–2016 |
ENRD Geographic Expert LT, Belgium |
2011–2016 |
Lithuanian Rural Communities Union |
2002–2011 |
Chamber of Agriculture of the Republic of Lithuania |
1995–1998 |
Territorial office of the State Social Insurance Fund Board (SODRA) in Kaunas region |
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Public activities |
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Since 2004 |
Chair, Lithuanian Rural Communities Union |
Since 2004 |
Coordinator, PREPARE (EU Programme) in Lithuania |
Since 2003 |
Implementer, LEADER Programme |
2001 |
Founder, Lithuanian Rural Communities Union |
2000–2004 |
Representative, Women’s group for rural development in Lithuania, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations |
Political career |
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Since 2017 |
Member, Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union |
2016–2020 |
Member of the 12th Seimas |
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Member, Chair (2018–2020), Committee on State Administration and Local Authorities |
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Member, Chair (2016–2018), Migration Commission |
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Member, Commission of the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania and the Lithuanian World Community |
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Head, Seimas Delegation to the Inter-Parliamentary Union (2017–2020) |
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Miscellaneous |
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Activities: Member of the Board, PREPARE (Partnership for Rural Europe) and ELARD (European LEADER Association for Rural Development); representation of initiatives by Lithuanian communities; Co-founder, along with the communities of major Lithuanian cities, and Member of the Board of the Union of Rural and Urban Communities |
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Numerous publications on rural development for rural communities |
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Hobbies: reading, handicrafts, travelling Languages: English, Russian |
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Family |
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Married with two daughters |