Simonas Gentvilas

Simonas Gentvilas (born 28 September 1984) is a Lithuanian politician, a Member of the Seimas for Pajūris constituency and former Klaipėda City Councillor.

Simonas Gentvilas

MP
18th Minister for Environment of Lithuania
Assumed office
11 December 2020
Prime MinisterIngrida Šimonytė
Preceded byKęstutis Mažeika
Member of the Seimas
Assumed office
13 November 2020
Preceded byGintaras Vaičekauskas
ConstituencyPajūris
In office
14 November 2016 – 13 November 2020
ConstituencyMulti-member
Personal details
Born (1984-09-28) 28 September 1984
Klaipėda, Lithuania
Political partyLiberal Movement
Spouse(s)Šarūnė Gentvilienė
Children2
EducationUniversity of Oslo
University of Vienna

On 7 December 2020, he was approved to be the Minister of Environment in the Šimonytė Cabinet.[1]

Biography

He is son of politician Eugenijus Gentvilas.

From the age of sixteen he studied abroad. [2] Graduated from a gymnasium in Karlskrona, Sweden.

Studied at universities in Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Belgium, Austria and Spain. He graduated from the University of Oslo in 2007 with a Bachelor’s degree in Sociology. In 2010 graduated from the University of Vienna with a Master's degree in Urban Development.

From 2015 to 2016 taught at Klaipeda College of Social Sciences.

Political career

In 2011, he became an advisor to the Mayor of Klaipeda.

Since the autumn of 2015, he has been the Vice-Chairman Liberal Movement.

From 2015 to 2016, he was Klaipėda City Councillor, the Head of the Liberal Movement group and the chairman of the City Development and Strategic Planning Committee in the Klaipėda City Council. [3]

Since 2016, he has been a Member of the Seimas, and since 2020 he has been elected in the Pajūris constituency. [4]

References
  1. "President approves makeup of Simonyte Cabinet". DELFI. Retrieved 2020-12-07.
  2. "S.Gentvilas užsienyje mokosi nuo šešiolikos metų | KaunoDiena.lt". kauno.diena.lt (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 2020-11-18.
  3. "Simonas Gentvilas | Klaipėdos Liberalai" (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 2020-11-18.
  4. "Simonas Gentvilas". www.lrs.lt. Retrieved 2020-11-18.
Seimas
Preceded by
Gintaras Vaičekauskas		 Member of the Seimas for Pajūris
2020–present		 Incumbent
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