Date of birth	23 August 1953
Place of birth	Vilnius, Lithuania

Education
1971–1976	Vilnius State University (currently Vilnius University), Faculty of Law, Diploma of Lawyer
1971	Graduation from Šiauliai Secondary School No 2

Work experience
2011–2012	Lawyer, lawyer’s office A. Paulauskas ir partneriai
1997–2000	Practice at the Bar
1995–1997	Deputy Prosecutor General of the Republic of Lithuania
1990–1995	Prosecutor General of the Republic of Lithuania
1987–1990	Deputy Prosecutor General of the Republic of Lithuania
1982–1987	Prosecutor, Varėna District
1979–1982	Deputy Prosecutor, Prosecutor’s Office, Kaišiadorys District
1976–1979	Investigator, Prosecutor’s Office, Kaišiadorys District

Political career
	Member of the Labour Party

Since 2012	Chair, Committee on National Security and Defence
	Member, Constitutional Commission
	Member, Anticorruption Commission
	Member, Labour Party Political Group
Since 2011	Member of the Labour Party
2008	Minister of the Environment
2004–2008	Member, Committee on Budget and Finance
15 November 2004–11 April 2006	Speaker of the Seimas
6 March 2004–12 July 2004	Acting President of the Republic of Lithuania
2002	Candidate for the post of the President of the Republic of Lithuania
2001	Chairman, Organising Committee, Spring Session of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly
2000–2004	Speaker of the Seimas
1998–2011	Chairman, New Union (Social Liberals)
1997	Candidate for the post of the President of the Republic of Lithuania

Miscellaneous

Hobbies: reading, basketball, football, canoeing

Foreign languages: Russian, English

Family

Married with four children