Birutis, Šarūnas

Name': Šarūnas BIRUTIS

Years active: 11/16/2012

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

Roles

• Since 2012: Member of the Labour Party
• Since 2012: Minister of Culture
• Since 2012: Member, Committee on Human Rights
• Since 2012: Member, Committee on European Affairs
• Since 2012: Member, Anticorruption Commission
• Since 2012: Member, Energy Commission
• Since 2012: Member, Labour Party Political Group
• 2011–2012: Member, Vilnius City Municipal Council
• 2004–2009: Member of the European Parliament
• 2004–2009: Member, ALDE Group
• 2004–2009: Member, FORATOM
• Since 2003: Member of the Labour Party

Education

• 2010: Traineeship in national policy on business development, India
• 2000–2003: Faculty of Law, Law University of Lithuania (currently Mykolas Romeris University), Master’s Degree in Law
• 1999: Traineeship in national policy and business development, Japan
• 1998: Qualification of Corporate Bankruptcy Administrator
• 1979–1984: Faculty of Industrial Economics, Vilnius University, Diploma of Economist
• 1971–1979: Julius Janonis Secondary School (currently Julius Janonis Gymnasium) in Šiauliai

History

He was born on 20 September 1961 in Šiauliai District, Lithuania. Married with one child.

Member, Lithuanian EU accession negotiations delegation; Head, negotiation chapter “Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises”; President, Indian-Baltic Chamber of Commerce; Vice-President, Lithuanian-Indian Forum

Awards: Award of Honour by the Minister of Economy of the Republic of Lithuania; Award for a significant contribution to Lithuania’s EU accession negotiations by Director General of the European Committee; Commemorative Badge by the European Parliament; Award Aukso ženklas by the Lithuanian Confederation of Industrialists; Award Auksinė verpstė by the Lithuanian Apparel and Textile Industry Association

Interests: politics, economics, law

Foreign languages: English, Russian, Polish

Hobbies: basketball, skiing, tourism, ethnography

Work experience:

• 2009: Representative of the Lithuanian Confederation of Industrialists in the Seimas and the Government of the Republic of Lithuania
• 2003–2004: Member appointed by the Prime Minister, Gaming Control Authority
• 2002–2003: Representative of the Lithuanian Business Employers’ Confederation in the Seimas and the Government; Consultant, Government of the Republic of Lithuania
• 1999–2002: Founder and Head, Small and Medium-Sized Business Unit, Ministry of Economy
• 1993–1999: Director, private company UAB Mono-turizmas (Nidos Auksinės kopos hotel)
• 1989–1991: Director, Publishing House of the Lithuanian Writers’ Union
• 1988–1992: Director, tourism company Taika
• 1986–1990: Organisational and financial control activities, Lithuanian Youth Forum, Central Committee of the Lithuanian Comsomol
• 1984–1986: Deputy Head, Economic Planning Unit, Kaunas Heat and Power Plant
• 1982–1984: Economic Management Unit, State Academic Drama Theatre

External Links and References

• Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania