Valdas Benkunskas | |
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| Mayor of Vilnius | |
| Assumed office 26 April 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Remigijus Šimašius |
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| Born | 1 November 1984 Klaipėda,Lithuanian SSR,Soviet Union |
| Political party | Homeland Union |
| Alma mater | Mykolas Romeris University |
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In 2003 he graduated from the Vydūnas Junior High School in Šilutė,and in 2009 he got a degree at the Faculty of Law at the Mykolas Romeris University. From 2008–2015 he was an assistant to Paulius Saudargas,a Member of the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania.
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In the March 2023 elections,he became the mayor of Vilnius. [4] He remains a member of the Homeland Union party.
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