Gabrielius Landsbergis
Gabrielius Landsbergis | |
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Laima Liucija Andrikienė | |
Constituency | Lithuania |
Personal details | |
Born | Vilnius, Lithuanian SSR, Soviet Union | 7 January 1982
Political party | Homeland Union |
Spouse | Austėja Landsbergienė |
Alma mater | Vilnius University |
Gabrielius Landsbergis (born 7 January 1982) is a Lithuanian politician and academic serving as the current
Early life and education
Gabrielus Landsbergis was born in Vilnius on 7 January 1982. He is the grandson of the leader of Lithuania after gaining independence from the Soviet Union, Vytautas Landsbergis and the son of Vytautas V. Landsbergis.[3] Vytautas Landsbergis was the founder of the Lithuanian independence movement and organisation “Sąjūdis”.
In 2003, Landsbergis graduated from the Faculty of History,
Career
He worked in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania and the Chancellery of the President of Lithuania. In 2007 he joined the staff of the
Member of the European Parliament (2014–2016)
On 8 January 2014, Landsbergis was selected as leading candidate for the Homeland Union's list in 2014 European Parliament election,[5] and was a Member of the European Parliament between 2014 and 2016.
Landsbergis served on the
On 25 April 2015, Landsbergis was elected as Chairman of the Homeland Union, defeating former speaker of the Seimas Irena Degutienė in the contest.[7]
When Landsbergis asked to meet with Russian MPs and officials in Moscow in 2015 amid the Russo-Ukrainian War, his request was denied.[8]
Member of Government (since 2016)
In November 2015, Landsbergis was selected to stand in
By March 2016, Landsbergis resigned from the European Parliament. In the 2016 parliamentary elections, Landsbergis was the only Homeland Union's candidate to win a single-member constituency in Kaunas.[11] After these elections, Landsbergis proposed to hold a leadership election, which he won.
Landsbergis ranked among the 5 wealthiest members of the 2016–2020 Seimas primarily due to his wife's chain of private schools and kindergartens which are partly funded from public sources, with estimated wealth of €19.9 million.[12] Questions have been raised about suspicious business transactions in the context of a potential conflict of interest but the matter did not go to court, although the National Tax Inspection did start a formal investigation.[13]
Personal life
Landsbergis' father is
He is married to Austėja Landsbergienė (née Čijauskaitė). The couple has four children.
Honors
- Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, 3rd class (Ukraine, 23 August 2022)[14]
References
- ^ "President approves makeup of Simonyte Cabinet". DELFI. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
- ^ "Members of the Seimas | Gabriel Landsbergis". www.lrs.lt. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
- ^ "Lunch-debate with Gabrielius Landsbergis, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania". www.ifri.org. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
- ^ "Naujienos lrytas.lt". www.lrytas.lt. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
- ^ "Kaip pianistę keičia V. Landsbergio anūkas". DELFI.
- ^ "Members of the European Parliament Intergroup on Children's Rights" (PDF). European Parliament - europarl.europa.eu. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
- ^ "Naujienos lrytas.lt". www.lrytas.lt. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
- ^ Rettman, Andrew (23 January 2015). "Russia suspends official EU parliament visits". EUobserver. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
- ^ "TS-LKD pirmininkas G. Landsbergis į Seimą kandidatuos Kaune". DELFI.
- ^ "Perbraižytos apygardos verčia partijas keisti rinkimų planus" [Changes to constituency borders force parties to change plans]. Delfi.lt (in Lithuanian). 18 December 2015. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
- ^ "Iš konservatorių tvirtovės Kaune liko tik Žaliakalnis | Diena.lt". kauno.diena.lt. 25 October 2016.
- ^ "Turtingiausių politikų penketuke – Matijošaitis, Karbauskis ir Gabrielius Landsbergis". lrt.lt. 23 September 2019. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
- ^ "Persigalvojo: paviešinus deklaracijas VMI pradėjo su Landsbergiene siejamos bendrovės tyrimą". lrt.lt. 22 July 2020. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
- ^ "УКАЗ ПРЕЗИДЕНТА УКРАЇНИ №595/2022". president.gov.ua. 23 August 2022. Retrieved 20 October 2022.