Balsys, Linas

Name: Linas Balsys

Years active: 11/16/2012

Party: Non-attached Members, (from 11/16/2012)

Roles

• Chairman, Lithuanian Green Party
• Deputy Chair, Committee on European Affairs
• Member, Committee on Environment Protection
• Member, Energy Commission
• Member, Constitutional Commission
• Member, Energy Commission
• Member, Parliamentary Group of Non-attached Members
• Member, Seimas Delegation to the Baltic Assembly
• Member, Seimas Delegation to the Assembly of the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania and the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine

Education

• 1996: Institute of Foreign Policy in Stockholm; Certificate in International Relations and Public Administration
• 1994: Traineeship on international relations and security, U.S. Department of State
• 1984: Graduation from Vilnius State University (currently Vilnius University), Faculty of History, Diploma in Journalism
• 1979: Graduation from Secondary School No 23 in Vilnius (currently Simonas Daukantas Gymnasium)

History

He was born May 1, 1961 in Vilnius, Lithuania. Married with two children.

Awards: Cross of the Knight of the Order for Merits to Lithuania; Cross of Commander of the Order of the Kingdom of Norway for service to Norway; Medal by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania to commemorate membership of Lithuania in the EU and NATO

Participation: Lithuanian Reform Movement Sąjūdis; Lithuanian Amateur Radio Society; Leader, NGO Žmonės sprendžia (until 2012)

Foreign languages: English, Russian, French, German, Polish

Hobbies: amateur radio, reading, art

Work experience:

• 2011–2012: Lecturer of Journalism and Public Relations, Vilnius University, Kaunas University of Technology; President, Green *Policy Institute
• 2009–2011: Chief Adviser to President Dalia Grybauskaitė; Head, Press Service, Office of the President
• 2002–2009: Permanent Correspondent in Brussels, Lithuanian National Radio and Television; Head, Correspondents’ Office
• 1982–2002: Journalist, Lithuanian National Radio and Television

External Links and References

• Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania