Vytautas Mitalas | |
---|---|
Deputy Speaker of the Seimas | |
In office 17 November 2020 –14 November 2024 | |
Member of Seimas | |
In office 13 November 2020 –14 November 2024 | |
Constituency | Multi-member |
Chairperson of the Freedom Party | |
Assumed office 5 November 2024 | |
Preceded by | AušrinėArmonaitė |
Personal details | |
Born | Vilnius,Lithuania | 16 June 1989
Political party | Freedom Party (2019–present) Liberal Movement (2011–2019) |
Spouse | EglėJasiūnaitė |
Alma mater | Vilnius University |
Vytautas Mitalas (born 16 June 1989 in Vilnius) is a lithuanian politician,since November 2024 acting leader of Freedom Party (Lithuania),from 2020 to 2024 former Deputy Speaker of the Seimas and Member of the Seimas,from 2019 to 2020 Vice Mayor of Vilnius.
He graduated with honors from Vilnius Žemyna Gymnasium.
He obtained a bachelor's degree in political science and later a master's degree in public policy analysis from the Institute of International Relations and Political Science of Vilnius University. During his studies,since 2008,he has been involved in the activities of political and non-governmental organizations.
Mitalas was the chairman of the Vilnius Liberal Youth Organization,a national member of the Youth Affairs Council,and a member of the board of the Vilnius Union of Youth Organizations "Round Table".
In 2015,he was elected to the Vilnius City Municipal Council,where he became the chairman of the Committee on Culture,Education and Sports. [1]
He worked in the secretariat of the Liberal Movement [2] and as an expert of the Lithuanian Free Market Institute.
From 2019 to 2020 He was the vice mayor of Vilnius and was responsible for schools,economy and transport,urban development and social issues. [3]
From 2020 to 2024 he was Member of the Seimas. [4]
Artūras Zuokas is a Lithuanian journalist,businessman and politician who served as the mayor of the capital of Lithuania,Vilnius,from 2000 to 2007 and again from 2011 to 2015,and as member of Lithuania's unicameral parliament,Seimas,from 2008 to 2009. He was the leader of the Liberal and Centre Union,then YES - Homeland Revival and Perspective and the Lithuanian Freedom Union,and has been the chairman of Freedom and Justice since 3 February 2024.
Eugenijus Gentvilas is a Lithuanian politician,signatory of the Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania and Member of the European Parliament for the Liberal and Centre Union,sitting with the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe. He was mayor of Klaipėda from 1997 to 2001. In mid-2001,Gentvilas briefly acted as Prime Minister of Lithuania.
Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania –Christian Families Alliance or EAPL–CFA is a political party in Lithuania. It positions itself as Christian-democratic. It has 3 seats in the Seimas,1 seat in the European Parliament and 57 seats in municipal councils after the 2023 local election.
Liberals' Movement is a conservative-liberal political party in Lithuania.
Audrius Butkevičius is a Lithuanian politician,a signatory of the Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania,former minister of defense (1991-93),and member of the Seimas (1996-2000). He does not belong to any party.
Gintaras Steponavičius is a Lithuanian former Liberal politician,retiring from politics in 2020. He was member of the Seimas and Senior Deputy Chair of the Lithuanian Liberal Movement Party. Steponavičius was the Minister of Education and Science in Kubilius Cabinet.
Vilnius Gediminas Technical University is a public university located in Vilnius,Lithuania. There are 10 faculties including Antanas Gustaitis Aviation Institute,Architecture,Business Management,Civil Engineering,Creative Industries,Electronics,Environmental Engineering,Fundamental Sciences,Mechanics,Transport Engineering. Scientific research and experimental development is performed by 13 institutes,3 research centres and 23 research laboratories.
The Freedom Party is a political party in Lithuania,founded on 1 June 2019 by former Liberal Movement member AušrinėArmonaitė. She was leader from 2019 bis 2024. Acting leader since November 2024 is Vytautas Mitalas.
AušrinėArmonaitė is a Lithuanian politician who served as the chairperson of the Freedom Party from 2019 to 2024. Previously a member of the Liberal Movement and a vice chairperson from 2017 until 2018,Armonaitėwas first elected to the Seimas in the 2016 parliamentary election. In 2018,she resigned from the Liberal Movement and later joined the social liberal and progressive Freedom Party. She led the party into the 2020 parliamentary election,where the party won 11 seats and became represented in the Seimas for the first time.
Monika Navickienė is a Lithuanian politician,a Member of the Seimas for Naujoji Vilnia constituency. She previous was an Executive Secretary of Homeland Union - Lithuanian Christian Democrats from 2013 to 2016. Designate as the Vice Chairwoman of the Homeland Union in 2017.
Jurgita Šiugždinienė is a Lithuanian politician,a Member of the Seimas for Šilainiai constituency and former Kaunas City Councillor.
Mykolas Majauskas is a Lithuanian public person,a former Chair of Finance Committee and member of the Seimas,a former Vilnius city councillor and former Lithuania Government Official. He has resigned from the Parliament Finance committee after refusing to vote for tax increases and therefore was expelled from Homeland Union in November 2022. Mykolas has been approved by the Central Bank of Lithuania as a board member of one of the leading real estate fund management companies and elected as President of Crypto Economy Organisation.
Andrius Mazuronis is an engineer,politician,a Deputy Speaker of the Seimas and Member of the Seimas since 2008.
Paulius Saudargas is a physicist,Deputy Speaker of the Seimas,Member of the Seimas for the Justiniškės constituency since 2008 and holds a PhD in biophysics.
Simonas Kairys is a Lithuanian politician,former Deputy Mayor of Kaunas and Kaunas City Councillor.
Kasparas Adomaitis is a Lithuanian politician and Member of the Seimas since 2020.
Jonas Jarutis is a Lithuanian politician,who from 2020 serves as Deputy Speaker of Seimas of Republic of Lithuania.
Parliamentary elections were held in Lithuania on 13 and 27 October 2024 to elect the 141 members of the Seimas. Parliament members were elected in 71 single-member constituencies using the two-round system,and the remaining 70 in a single nationwide constituency using proportional representation. The first round was held on 13 October and the second round on 27 October.
Tomas Vytautas Raskevičius is a Lithuanian liberal politician,Member of the Seimas,and LGBT+ rights activist. Raskevičius holds degrees in political science and law. He is the 2nd openly homosexual member of the Seimas after the late Rokas Žilinskas.
Vytautas Radžvilas is a Lithuanian philosopher,activist and politician. He was a member of the initiative group of Sąjūdis in 1988 and established the Liberal Union of Lithuania as an alternative to the Sąjūdis in 1990. In 2020,he founded the far-right National Alliance and was elected its chairman.
{{cite web}}
: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)