Gabrielius Landsbergis
Gabrielius Landsbergis | |
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| Minister for Foreign Affairs | |
| Assumed office 11 December 2020 | |
| Prime Minister | Ingrida Šimonytė |
| Preceded by | Linas Linkevičius |
| Leader of the Opposition | |
| In office 10 March 2020 – 12 November 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Julius Sabatauskas |
| Succeeded by | Saulius Skvernelis (2021) |
| Member of Seimas | |
| Assumed office 14 November 2016 | |
| Preceded by | Rasa Juknevičienė (Žaliakalnis) Vincė Vaidevutė Margevičienė (Centras) |
| Constituency | Centras – Žaliakalnis |
| Chairman of the Homeland Union | |
| Assumed office 25 April 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Andrius Kubilius |
| Member of the European Parliament | |
| In office 1 July 2014 – 12 May 2016 | |
| Succeeded by | Laima Liucija Andrikienė |
| Constituency | Lithuania |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 7 January 1982 Vilnius, Lithuania |
| Political party | Homeland Union |
| Spouse(s) | Austėja Landsbergienė |
Gabrielius Landsbergis (born 7 January 1982 in Vilnius) is a Lithuanian politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs in the 18th Government of the Republic of Lithuania led by the Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė. He is a Member of the Seimas for Centras – Žaliakalnis constituency,[1] and a former member of the European Parliament.[2] He was a member of Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats). Landsbergis was elected as the Chairman of the Homeland Union in 2015.
On 11 December 2020, he was appointed as the Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Šimonytė Cabinet.[3]
Biography[]
In 2003, Landsbergis graduated from the Faculty of History, Vilnius University and gained a bachelor's degree; in 2005, he graduated from Vilnius University Institute of International Relations and Political Science, gaining a master's degree in International Relations and Diplomacy. 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 Lithuanian embassy in the Kingdom of Belgium and to the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. Landsbergis returned to Lithuania in 2011 and worked in the Chancellery of the Government of Lithuania. Landsbergis speaks Lithuanian (native) and English.[4]
Member of the European Parliament (2014–2016)[]
On 8 January 2014, Landsbergis has been selected as leading candidate for the Homeland Union's list in 2014 European Parliament election.[5]
Landsbergis has been a Member of the European Parliament between 2014 and 2016. He was elected to the European Parliament as the member of the Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats.
Landsbergis served on the Committee on International Trade and on the Subcommittee on Security and Defence. In addition to his committee assignments, he is a member of the European Parliament Intergroup on Children's Rights.[6]
On 25 April 2015, Landsbergis was elected as the Chairman of the Homeland Union, defeating former speaker of the Seimas Irena Degutienė in the contest.[7]
When Landsbergis requested to meet with Russian MPs and officials in Moscow amid the Ukraine crisis, this was denied in early 2015.[8]
Member of Seimas (since 2016)[]
In November 2015, Landsbergis has been selected to stand in Žaliakalnis single-member constituency to the upcoming parliamentary election.[9] Due to redrawing of single-member constituencies' boundaries, Landsbergis was proposed to the newly established Centras–Žaliakalnis single-member constituency (Centras single-member constituency candidate Gintarė Skaistė joined multi-member list instead).[10]
By March 2016, Landsbergis resigned from the European Parliament. In 2016 parliamentary elections, Landsbergis was the only Homeland Union's candidate to win single-member constituency in Kaunas.[11] After these elections, Landsbergis proposed to held leadership election, which he had won.
Personal life[]
Landsbergis' father is Vytautas V. Landsbergis, a Lithuanian writer, and his mother is Giedrė Bukelytė. Gabrielius is the grandson of Vytautas Landsbergis, a prominent Lithuanian politician, who was one of the founders of Sajudis and the first Head of Parliament of Lithuania after its independence declaration from the Soviet Union.
He is married to Austėja Landsbergienė. The couple has four children.
Footnotes[]
- ^ "Members of the Seimas | Gabriel Landsbergis". www.lrs.lt. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
- ^ "8th parliamentary term | Gabrielius LANDSBERGIS | MEPs | European Parliament". www.europarl.europa.eu. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
- ^ "President approves makeup of Simonyte Cabinet". DELFI. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
- ^ "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.
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