Aloyzas Sakalas
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Aloyzas Sakalas (first from the right) on 11 March 1990, after the promulgation of the Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania
Aloyzas Sakalas (born 6 July 1931 in Anykščiai) is a Lithuanian politician, signatory of the Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania, and Member of the European Parliament with the Social Democratic Party of Lithuania. Aloyzas Sakalas is also a part of the Socialist Group and sits on the European Parliament's Committee on Legal Affairs.
Aloyzas Sakalas is a substitute for the Committee on Foreign Affairs and a member of the Delegation for relations with Belarus.
Education[]
- 1960: Degree in Engineering from the Kaunas Polytechnic Institute
- 1970: Doctorate
- 1972: Associate Professor
- 1977: Qualification as a Professor of Physics and Mathematics
- 1980: Professor at the University of Vilnius
Career[]
- 1960-1962: Engineer at the Institute for Electrographics
- 1982-1990: Lecturer of the Associate Professor and Professor at the University of Vilnius
- 1989-1991: Member of the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party (LDSP)
- 1991-1999: Chairman of the LSDP
- since 1999: Honorary Chairman of the LSDP
- 1990-1992: Chairman of the Committee on the Verification of Credentials of the Parliament of the Republic of Lithuania
- 1992-1996: Deputy President of Parliament
- 1996-2004: Member of Parliament
- 2000-2004: Chairman of the Parliament's Committee on Legal Affairs
- 1993-2004: Chairman of the organisation 'Help Lithuanian Children'
- Honours
See also[]
External links[]
- Personal profile of Aloyzas Sakalas in the European Parliament's database of members
- Declaration (PDF) of financial interests (in Lithuanian)
Categories:
- 1931 births
- Living people
- Lithuanian physicists
- Social Democratic Party of Lithuania MEPs
- MEPs for Lithuania 2004–2009
- Vilnius University faculty
- Kaunas University of Technology alumni
- People from Anykščiai
- Members of the Seimas
- Lithuanian politician stubs
- MEP stubs