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Algirdas Monkevičius

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Algirdas Monkevičius
Personal details
Born (1956-03-29) 29 March 1956 (age 68)
Rietavas, Lithuania
Political partyNew Union (Social Liberals)
SpouseJovita Monkevičienė
ChildrenTadas, Algirdas, Audronė

Algirdas Monkevičius (born 29 March 1956) is a teacher and Lithuanian politician, who is the former Minister of Education and Science.

Biography

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In 1974 he finished Rietavas secondary school, and in 1979 Šiauliai Pedagogical Institute, Physics and mathematics faculty and started working as a teacher. Later Monkevičius continued his studies in Moscow.

Monkevičius has been a member of New Union (Social Liberals) since 2000, and with this party he was elected a member of Seimas in 2000–2004[1] and in 2004–2008, was Minister of Education in three Cabinets of Lithuania.

References

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  1. ^ (in Lithuanian) Elections 2000 – Algirdas Monkevičius Archived 2008-10-19 at the Wayback Machine. Seimas (Parliament) of Lithuania.
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Preceded by Minister of Education and Science
of Lithuania

2000–2004
Succeeded by
Preceded by Minister of Education and Science
of Lithuania

2008
Succeeded by
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