Mantas Adomėnas
Mantas Adomėnas | |
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Member of the Seimas | |
In office 16 November 2012 – 13 November 2020 | |
Constituency | Multi–member |
In office 17 November 2008 – 16 November 2012 | |
Preceded by | Petras Auštrevičius |
Succeeded by | Arvydas Anušauskas |
Constituency | Senamiestis |
Vice Chairman of the Homeland Union | |
Assumed office 3 March 2017 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Vilnius, Lithuania | 1 October 1972
Political party | Homeland Union - Lithuanian Christian Democrats |
Spouse(s) | Viktorija |
Children | daughter |
Alma mater | Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge |
Profession | Classicist |
Military service | |
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Years of service | since 2015 |
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Mantas Adomėnas (born 1 October 1972) is a Lithuanian classicist and politician. He was first elected to the Seimas in 2008[1] and served until 2020. He earned a Ph.D. degree in classics from the University of Cambridge.[1] His best known work[citation needed] is probably the article The Fluctuating Fortunes of Heraclitus in Plato.[2]
Adomėnas was designated as the Vice Chairman of the Homeland Union in 2017. He ran for a Seimas seat as an independent in 2020 and lost but was selected as deputy minister of foreign affairs in December 2020 by Gabrielius Landsbergis.[3]
Influence peddling, other allegations[]
While Vice Chairman of Homeland Union Adomėnas was stripped of party membership in 2018[4] after being found guilty by party governance organs of influence peddling for MG Baltic, a business conglomerate with perceived Russian connections, with the aim of facilitating “capture of the party” by the business group.
It has also been alleged, and admitted by Adomėnas, that his wife had organized crime connections in her youth in Kaunas while running an antiques business there.[5]
Support for Taiwan, Hong Kong independence[]
Adomėnas is a supporter of Taiwan and Hong Kong independence movements.[6][7] He organized a rally with slightly over 100 participants on 23 August 2019, during the 2019–20 Hong Kong protests, in solidarity with a protest in Hong Kong named the "Baltic Way". During the rally, Adomėnas decried a group of about a dozen counter-protesters as having been "hired".[8] Since March 2021 Adomėnas has been member of Lithuania-Taiwan Forum, an NGO supporting Taiwan independence.[9] Gintaras Steponavičius, accused in the Liberal Party bribery case on behalf of MG Baltic, is also part of the initiative.
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Mefford, Brian (21 October 2015). "Adomenas & Nojay to Serve as COD Election Co-Chairs". Committee for Open Democracy (www.committeeforopendemocracy.org/). Retrieved 1 February 2021.
- ^ Curd, Patricia; Graham, Daniel W. (27 October 2008). The Oxford handbook of presocratic philosophy. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-514687-5. Retrieved 11 July 2012.
- ^ "Ryškėja Gabrieliaus Landsbergio komanda – viceministru pakviestas dirbti Mantas Adomėnas". delfi.lt. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
- ^ "Iš TS-LKD pašalintas Mantas Adomėnas trauksis iš frakcijos, bet ne iš Seimo". 15min.lt. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
- ^ "Seimo nario šeimoje – gaujos šešėlis". lrytas.lt. Retrieved 13 December 2020.
- ^ "Seime užregistruotas Taivaną palaikančios rezoliucijos projektas". bns.lt. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
- ^ "Grupė parlamentarų siūlo Lietuvoje suteikti prieglobstį Honkongo žmonėms". lrt.lt. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
- ^ Lum, Alvin (23 August 2019). "'They want freedom the same way we wanted it': Cheers and support in Lithuania as Hong Kong embraces the 'Baltic Way'". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 1 February 2021 – via Yahoo News.
- ^ "Lithuania politicians, professors form pro-Taiwan group". Focus Taiwan. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
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- Lithuanian scholars of ancient Greek philosophy
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