Paulius Saudargas
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Paulius Saudargas | |
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| Member of the European Parliament | |
| Assumed office 16 July 2024 | |
| Constituency | Lithuania |
| Deputy Speaker of the Seimas | |
| In office 17 November 2020 – 15 July 2024 | |
| Member of Seimas | |
| In office 13 November 2020 – 15 July 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Position established Himself (Justiniškės) |
| Succeeded by | Linas Kukuraitis |
| Constituency | Justiniškės – Viršuliškės |
| In office 16 November 2008 – 13 November 2020 | |
| Constituency | Justiniškės |
| Preceded by | Rimantas Remeika |
| Succeeded by | Post abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 13 March 1979 Kaunas, Lithuania |
| Political party | Homeland Union |
| Spouse | Milda Saudargė |
| Parent | Algirdas Saudargas (father) |
| Alma mater | Vilnius University |
Paulius Saudargas (born 13 March 1979 in Kaunas) is a physicist and Deputy Speaker of the Seimas (legislature). He has been a Member of the Seimas for the Justiniškės constituency since 2008.[1]
Biography
[edit]In 2001 graduated from the Faculty of Physics of Vilnius University, obtained a bachelor's degree in physics and a qualification of a physics teacher. In 2003 he obtained a master's degree in biophysics at Vilnius University, and in 2007 a PhD in biophysics, specialising in photoelectric, electroacoustic and spectroscopic studies of bacteriorhodopsin.[2]
Political life
[edit]From 2004 to 2005, he was a member of the board of the Young Christian Democrats. Between 2005 and 2007, Saudargas was a member of the board of the Lithuanian Council of Youth Organizations (LiJOT) and the Chairman of the Ethics Committee.
He is a member of the Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats, and was deputy executive secretary from 2007 to 2008.[3]
Since 2008 Saudargas is a Member of the Seimas, elected in Justiniškės constituency.[1]
Alongside Laurynas Kasčiūnas, Audronius Ažubalis and Vilija Aleknaitė-Abramikienė, Saudargas is considered to be a member of the party's Christian Democratic wing, which opposes the party's line on same-sex partnerships and other social questions.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Paulius Saudargas". lrs.lt (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 17 November 2020.
- ^ "2016–2020 m. kadencijos Seimo narys – Paulius SAUDARGAS". lrs.lt (in Lithuanian).
- ^ "Kandidatai – vrk.lt". vrk.lt (in Lithuanian).
- ^ Lėka, Aušra (10 August 2021). "PARTIJŲ VIDINIAI KRITIKAI: IŠMESTI, BAUSTI AR DĖKOTI". Kauno diena (in Lithuanian).
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