Gylys, Povilas
Name: Povilas Gylys
Years active: 11/16/2012
Party: "The Way of Courage" Political Group, Member (from 11/16/2012)
Roles
- Since 2012: No party affiliation
- Since 2012: Deputy Chair, Committee on European Affairs
- Since 2012: Member, Committee on Budget and Finance
- Since 2012: Member, Commission for Ethics and Procedures
- Since 2012: Member, “The Way of Courage” Political Group
- Since 2012: Deputy Chair, Seimas Delegation to the Inter-Parliamentary Union
- 1996–2000: Member, Committee on Foreign Affairs
- 1996–2000: Member, Commission on Economic Crimes Investigation
- 1992–1996: Member, Committee on Foreign Affairs
- 1992–1996: Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania
Education
- 1992: Traineeship, Saint Mary’s University, Canada
- 1991: Professor
- 1990: Doctor Habilitatus of Economic Sciences, Vilnius University
- 1982–1983: Internship, Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration in Bergen
- 1982: Associate Professor, Vilnius State University (currently Vilnius University)
- 1974: PhD in Economics, Vilnius State University
- 1971–1974: Postgraduate studies, Vilnius State University
- 1965–1969: Vilnius State University, Faculty of Economics, Diploma in Industrial Economics
- 1955–1965: Molėtai Secondary School
History
He was born on 14 February 1948 in Didžiokai Village, Molėtai District, Lithuania. Married with two sons
Membership: President, Lithuanian Association of Economists; Member, Board of the International Association of Economists; Chairman, Non-party Democratic Movement; Member, Senate of Vilnius University; Member, Council of the Faculty of Economics, Vilnius University
Awards: science prize for the academic activity awarded by the Rector of Vilnius University (2009); holder of orders of Lithuania and other countries
Interests: economics, politics
Publications: author of three scientific monographs and two popular science books, over 70 academic articles, over 100 popular science and press articles
Other activities: participant in the Lithuanian Reform Movement Sąjūdis; presentations at conferences in London, Beijing, Wroclaw, Sankt Peterburg, Kyiv and Minsk; over 2 000 interviews to the Lithuanian and foreign mass media about economic and political matters
Foreign languages: English, Russian, Polish
Work Experience:
- 2003–2012: Head, Professor, Department of Theoretical Economics, Faculty of Economics, Vilnius University
- Until 2012: Member of the Editorial Board, scientific journal Ekonomika
- Until 2010: Editor-in-Chief, scientific journal Ekonomika
- 2000–2003: Head, Professor, Department of Economics, Mykolas Romeris University
- 1989–1992: Head, Professor, Department of Production Management and International Economic Relations, Faculty of Industrial Economics, Vilnius State University
- 1974–1989: Lecturer, Senior Lecturer, then Associate Professor, Faculty of Commerce, Vilnius State University
- 1969–1971: Trainee, Faculty of Economics, Vilnius University
