Gentvilas, Eugenijus

Name: Eugenijus Gentvilas

Years active: 11/16/2012

Party: Liberals Movement Political Group , Member (from 11/16/2012)

Roles

• Since 2012: Member of the Liberals Movement of the Republic of Lithuania
• Since 2012: Member, Committee on Rural Affairs;
• Since 2012: Deputy Chair, Commission for Maritime and Fishery Affairs
• Since 2012: Member, Energy Commission
• Since 2012: Member, Liberals Movement Political Group
• 2004–2009: Member of the European Parliament
• 2001: Acting Prime Minister
• 2001: Minister of the Economy
• 1997–2001: Mayor of Klaipėda City
• 1995–2004: Member, Klaipėda City Municipal Council
• 1990–1992: Member, Supreme Council – Reconstituent Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania
• Since 1993: Member, then Chairman of the Liberal Union (currently Liberals Movement of the Republic of Lithuania)

Education

• 1993: Doctorate in Natural Sciences
• 1978–1983: Vilnius State University (Vilnius University), Diploma in Geography
• 1967–1978: Baisiogala Secondary School, Radviliškis District

History

He was born on 14 March 1960 in Želvaičiai Village, Telšiai District, Lithuania. Married with three children

Signatory to the Act on the Re-establishment of the State of Lithuania

Awards: Holder of Latvian, French, Norwegian and Lithuanian decorations

Publications: over 20 academic and 500 press articles

Foreign languages: German, English, Russian

Hobbies: reading, travelling, recreation, outdoor activities

Work experience:

• 2009–2012: Director General, public enterprise Klaipėda State Seaport Authority
• 1995–1997: Director, Lithuanian–US private company UAB Klaipėdos vystymo grupė; co-founder, Klaipėda Free Economic Zone
• 1993–1997: Lecturer, Klaipėda University
• 1983–1990:Researcher, Divisions in Vilnius and Klaipėda, Lithuanian Academy of Sciences

External Links and References

• Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania