Aloyzas Sakalas
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Aloyzas Sakalas (born on July 6, 1931 in Anykščiai) is a Lithuanian politician and Member of the European Parliament with the Social Democratic Party of Lithuania, part of the Socialist Group and sits on the European Parliament's Committee on Legal Affairs.
He is a substitute for the Committee on Foreign Affairs and a member of the Delegation for relations with Belarus.
[edit] 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
[edit] 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: European Parliament election, 2004 (Lithuania)
[edit] External links
- European Parliament biography of Aloyzas Sakalas (incl. Speeches, Questions and Motions) (English)
- Declaration of financial interests (in Lithuanian;
PDF) (Lithuanian)