AuÅ¡treviÄius, Petras
Name: Petras Auštrevičius
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: Deputy Speaker, Member of the Board of the Seimas
- Since 2012: Deputy Chair, Committee on European Affairs
- 2008–2012: Member, Committee on Foreign Affairs
- 2008–2012: Member, Liberals Movement Political Group
- 2004–2008: Member, Conference of Chairs
- 2004–2008: Deputy Member, Seimas Delegation to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly
- 2004–2008: Deputy Chair, Committee on European Affairs
- 2004–2008: Member, Committee on Foreign Affairs
- 2004–2008: Chair, Deputy Chair, Seimas Delegation to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly
- 2006: Deputy Chair, Committee on European Affairs
- Since 2005: Member, Committee on Foreign Affairs
- 2004–2005: Member, Seimas Delegation to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly
- 2004–2005: Member, Commission on the Problems of the Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant
- 2004–2005: Member, Commission for NATO Affairs
- 2004–2005: Chairman, Liberals Movement of the Republic of Lithuania
- 2004–2005: Co-founder of the Liberals Movement of the Republic of Lithuania
- 2004–2005: President, Seimas European Club
- 2004–2005: Member, Liberal and Centre Union of the Republic of Lithuania
Education
- 1992–1993: Diplomat training program, Hoover Institution, Stanford University, USA
- 1988–1991: Doctoral studies, Institute of Economics, Lithuanian Academy of Sciences
- 1981–1986: Vilnius State University (currently Vilnius University), Faculty of Economics, Diploma of Economist
- 1970–1981: Vilnius Secondary School No 39 (currently Naujininkai Secondary School)
History
He was born May 16, 1963 in Juodšiliai, Vilnius District, Lithuania. Married with two children.
Awards: Medal to commemorate Lithuania’s membership of the EU and NATO (2004); Cross of Commander of the Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas; Commemorative Badge awarded on the occasion of the 750th anniversary of the coronation of Mindaugas as King of Lithuania; national award of Finland (1998); national award of France (2003); Order of Honour of Georgia (2013).
Activities: co-founder of the Lithuanian Free Market Institute and the Institute of Liberal Thought; initiator and supporter of the public movements Knowledge Economy Forum and People for Animals.
Publications: Rinkos ekonomika ir valstybės reguliavimas (Market Economy and State Regulation), Šiuolaikinių ekonomikos terminų enciklopedinis žodynas (Encyclopaedic Dictionary of Modern Economic Terms), Lithuania’s Road to the European Union: Unification of Europe and Lithuania’s EU Accession Negotiation, The Accession Story – The EU from Fifteen to Twenty-five Countries; co-author of 10 brochures; author of press articles.
Interests: lectures on European integration and political development, art of bargaining, rhetoric
Languages: Lithuanian (native), English, Russian, basic French
Hobbies: classical music, sports
Work experience:
- 2004: Deputy Chancellor of the Government for the European Union affairs
- 2003–2004: Lecturer, Institute of International Relations and Political Science, Vilnius University
- 2001–2002: Chief Negotiator for Lithuania’s Membership of the European Union
- 2000–2003: Director General, European Committee under the Government of the Republic of Lithuania
- 2000: Ambassador at Large, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- 1999–2000: Chancellor, Office of the Government
- 1998–1999: Director General, European Committee under the Government of the Republic of Lithuania
- 1998: Adviser to the Prime Minister on Foreign Policy
- 1994–1997: Lithuania’s Ambassador to Finland
- 1993–1994: Chargé d’Affaires ad Interim of the Republic of Lithuania to Finland
- 1992–1993: Head, Nordic States Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- 1991–1992: Senior Specialist, First Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- 1986–1991: Junior Research Fellow, Institute of Economics, Lithuanian Academy of Sciences
