Remigijus Šimašius
Remigijus Šimašius (born January 12, 1974 in Tauragė ) is a Lithuanian liberal politician . He has been the mayor of Vilnius since 2015, and since 2016 national chairman of the liberal party Lietuvos Respublikos liberalų sąjūdis . From 2008 to 2012 he was Minister of Justice of Lithuania.
Life
After graduating from secondary school, Remigijus Šimašius graduated from the Law Faculty of Vilnius University with a degree in law . He then studied as a doctoral student at the LTU University in Vilnius and received his doctorate in law on September 17, 2002 on the subject of “legal pluralism ” (supervisor Prof. Viktoras Justickis ). Thereafter, Šimašius worked as a professor of legal theory at LTU University and later at the chair of legal theory and legal history at the Vilnius University Faculty of Law. Remigijus Šimašius was a legal expert and economist, and from May 9, 2006 to December 2008, President of the Lithuanian Free Market Institute .
politics
From 2001 to 2006, Šimašius was a member of the Vilnius City Council . On December 9, 2008 Remigijus Šimašius became the second youngest Minister of Justice in the history of Lithuania. He held this office until December 13, 2012. From November 2012 to April 2015, Šimašius was a member of the Seimas . On April 22, 2015, he became mayor of Vilnius Municipality after beating incumbent Artūras Zuokas from the Lietuvos laisvės sąjunga party in the elections . Šimašius was traded as a possible candidate for the 2019 presidential election in Lithuania . In 2019 local elections in Lithuania , he won a relative majority with the group of voters he founded .
From 1995 to 2005, Šimašius was a member of Lietuvos liberalų sąjunga (LLS), and from 1998 to 1999 a member of the LLS board. Now he is a member of the LLS successor party Lietuvos Respublikos liberalų sąjūdis . In June 2016 he was elected party chairman by their general assembly.
family
Šimašius is married to Agnė Matulaitė, a psychologist and psychotherapist specializing in body psychotherapy , in his second marriage . He has three children with her (daughters Una and Morta Teresė and son Anupras Patrikas).
Works
- Book “Nevyriausybinės organizacijos: reguliavimas Lietuvoje ir Vakarų patirtis”, 1999.
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Individual evidence
Andrius Kubilius ( Prime Minister ) | Vygaudas Ušackas ( Foreign Minister ) | Gintaras Steponavičius ( Minister of Education and Science ) | Arvydas Sekmokas ( Minister of Energy ) | Algirdas Šemeta (until July 8, 2009) Ingrida Šimonytė ( Minister of Finance ) | Algis Čaplikas (until March 10, 2010) Raimondas Šukys ( Minister of Health ) | Raimundas Palaitis (until March 21, 2012) Artūras Melianas ( Minister of the Interior ) | Remigijus Šimašius ( Minister of Justice ) | Remigijus Vilkaitis (until July 1, 2010) Arūnas Gelūnas ( Minister of Culture ) | Kazimieras Starkevičius ( Minister of Agriculture ) | Rimantas Jonas Dagys (until July 22, 2009) Donatas Jankauskas ( Minister of Social Affairs and Labor ) | Eligijus Masiulis ( Minister of Transport ) | Rasa Juknevičienė ( Minister of Defense ) | Gediminas Kazlauskas ( Environment Minister ) | Dainius Kreivys (until March 17, 2011) Rimantas Žylius ( Minister of Economic Affairs )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Šimašius, Remigijus |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Lithuanian politician, Mayor of Vilnius |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 12, 1974 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tauragė , Lithuanian SSR |