Gapšys, Vytautas

Name: Vytautas Gapšys

Years active: 11/16/2012

Party:

• Labour Party Political Group, Chair (from 10/08/2013)
• Labour Party Political Group, Member (from 11/16/2012 till 10/07/2013)

Roles

• Since 2012: Member of the Labour Party
• Since 2012: First Deputy Speaker, Member of the Board of the Seimas
• Since 2012: Member, Committee on Legal Affairs
• Since 2012: Member, Labour Party Political Group
• Since 2012: Member, Conference of Chairs
• Since 2012: Member, Seimas Delegation to the Inter-Parliamentary Union
• 2008–2012: Leader of the Opposition (on a rotating basis)
• 2008–2012: Member, Board of the Seimas
• 2008–2012: Member, Conference of Chairs
• 2008–2012: Member, Committee on Legal Affairs
• 2008–2012: Member, Committee on European Affairs
• 2008–2012: Member, Petitions Commission
• Since 2008: Member, Council of the Labour Party
• 2006–2007: Deputy Chairman, Labour Party
• 2006–2007: Secretary General, Labour Party
• 2004–2008: Member, Council of the European Democratic Party
• 2004–2005: Desk Officer for EU Affairs to the Chair of the Labour Party Political Group
• 2004: Assistant to the Chairman, Labour Party

Education

• 2004–2006: Mykolas Romeris University, Master’s Degree in International Law
• 2003: Semester of legal studies at Ghent University, Belgium (Erasmus Mundus programme)
• 2000–2004: Mykolas Romeris University, Bachelor’s Degree Law
• 1988–2000: Atžalynas Secondary School in Kėdainiai

History

He was born on 25 January 1982 in Kėdainiai, Lithuania. Married with a son.

Interests: international law and politics

Languages: Lithuanian (native) and English

Hobbies: photography, reading and extreme sports

Work experience:

• 2008: Project Manager and Member of the Board, youth organisation Darbas (Labour)
• 2007–2008: Project Manager, private company UAB Epasas.lt
• 2003–2005: Chairman, youth organisation Darbas (Labour)

External Links and References

• Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania