Paulius Saudargas

Paulius Saudargas
MEP
Member of the European Parliament
Incumbent
Assumed office
16 July 2024
ConstituencyLithuania
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 byPosition established
Himself (Justiniškės)
Succeeded byLinas Kukuraitis
ConstituencyJustiniškės – Viršuliškės
In office
16 November 2008 – 13 November 2020
ConstituencyJustiniškės
Preceded byRimantas Remeika
Succeeded byPost abolished
Personal details
Born (1979-03-13) 13 March 1979 (age 45)
Kaunas, Lithuania
Political partyHomeland Union
SpouseMilda Saudargė
ParentAlgirdas Saudargas (father)
Alma materVilnius 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

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

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

  1. ^ a b "Paulius Saudargas". lrs.lt (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 17 November 2020.
  2. ^ "2016–2020 m. kadencijos Seimo narys – Paulius SAUDARGAS". lrs.lt (in Lithuanian).
  3. ^ "Kandidatai – vrk.lt". vrk.lt (in Lithuanian).
  4. ^ Lėka, Aušra (10 August 2021). "PARTIJŲ VIDINIAI KRITIKAI: IŠMESTI, BAUSTI AR DĖKOTI". Kauno diena (in Lithuanian).
Seimas
Preceded by Member of the Seimas for Justiniškės/Justiniškės and Viršuliškės
2008–present 		Succeeded by