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Paulius Saudargas

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Paulius Saudargas
Member of the European Parliament
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
ConstituencyJustiniškėsViršuliškės
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, Deputy Speaker of the Seimas, Member of the Seimas for the Justiniškės constituency since 2008 and holds a PhD in biophysics.[1]

Biography

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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]

From 1999 to 2000, he was a senior specialist in the Second Department of Operational Services under the Ministry of National Defense of Lithuania. In 2003, he worked as an engineer in the Laboratory of Electrical Quantities of the Institute of Semiconductor Physics. Between 2002 and 2007 (intermittently) he was an engineer in the Laboratory of Molecular Derivatives Physics of the Institute of Physics. Field of work – research of light-sensitive proteins by spectroscopic, photoelectric and electroacoustic methods.

Political life

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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

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  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