Aloyzas Sakalas

Aloyzas Sakalas (first from the right) on 11 March 1990, after the promulgation of the Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania

Aloyzas Sakalas (6 July 1931 – 18 July 2022) was a Lithuanian politician, signatory of the Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania, and Member of the European Parliament with the Social Democratic Party of Lithuania. Aloyzas Sakalas was also a part of the Socialist Group and sat on the European Parliament's Committee on Legal Affairs.

Aloyzas Sakalas was a substitute for the Committee on Foreign Affairs and a member of the Delegation for relations with Belarus.

Education

• 1960: Degree in Engineering from the Kaunas Polytechnic Institute
• 1970: Doctorate
• 1972: Associate Professor
• 1977: Qualification as a Professor of Physics and Mathematics
• 1980: Professor at the University of Vilnius

Career

• 1960–1962: Engineer at the Institute for Electrographics
• 1982–1990: Lecturer of the Associate Professor and Professor at the University of Vilnius
• 1989–1991: Member of the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party (LDSP)
• 1991–1999: Chairman of the LSDP
• since 1999: Honorary Chairman of the LSDP
• 1990–1992: Chairman of the Committee on the Verification of Credentials of the Parliament of the Republic of Lithuania
• 1992–1996: Deputy President of Parliament
• 1996–2004: Member of Parliament
• 2000–2004: Chairman of the Parliament's Committee on Legal Affairs
• 1993–2004: Chairman of the organisation 'Help Lithuanian Children'
• Honours

See also

• 2004 European Parliament election in Lithuania

External links

• Personal profile of Aloyzas Sakalas in the European Parliament's database of members
• Declaration (PDF) of financial interests (in Lithuanian)