Gitanas Nausėda
Gitanas Nausėda | |
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| 9th President of Lithuania | |
| Assumed office 12 July 2019 | |
| Prime Minister | Saulius Skvernelis |
| Preceded by | Dalia Grybauskaitė |
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| Born | 19 May 1964 Klaipėda, Lithuania |
| Political party | Independent |
| Spouse | Diana Nepaitė |
| Education | Vilnius University |
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Gitanas Nausėda (born 19 May 1964) is a Lithuanian politician and the current President of Lithuania.
Early life and education
From 1982 to 1987 he studied in Vilnius University, Faculty of Industrial Economics and from 1987 to 1989 in the Faculty of Economics.[2] From 1990 to 1992 he did a practice at the University of Mannheim in Germany under the DAAD scholarship. He defended his PhD thesis "Income Policy Under Inflation and Stagflation" in 1993.[3] Since 2009 he is an associate professor at Vilnius University Business School.[4]
Professional and political career
Having completed his studies, from 1992 to 1993 he worked for the Research Institute for Economics and Privatization. From 1993 to 1994 he worked for the Lithuanian Competition Council as a head of the Financial Markets Department. From 1994 to 2000 he worked at the Bank of Lithuania, initially in the department regulating the commercial banks and later as a director of the Monetary Policy Department. From 2000 to 2008 he was a chief economist and adviser to the chairman of AB Vilniaus Bankas. From 2008 to 2018 he was the financial analyst as well as chief adviser and later the chief economist for the SEB Bankas president.[5]
In 2004, he supported the election campaign of the former Lithuanian president Valdas Adamkus.
Presidency (2019-Present)
On 17 September 2018, Nausėda announced his candidacy for the 2019 Lithuanian presidential election, which he won in the second round on 26 May 2019.[6] He was officially inaugurated on 12 July.[7] On 16 July, 4 days after his inauguration, he visited Warsaw, Poland to meet with President Andrzej Duda in his first foreign visit as President.[8] During the visit, there were calls for him to establish a more personal relationship with the country.[9] He also rejected any attempt by European Union leaders to sanction Poland for its actions in relation to the Supreme Court of Poland and the rest of the country's judiciary.[10] Nauseda presented acting Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis's candidacy to continue his duties on 18 July.[11]
Private life
In 1990, he married Diana Nausėdienė. They have two daughters.[12] In addition to his native Lithuanian, Gitanas Nausėda speaks English, German and Russian.[13]
Honours
National honour
Lithuania: Grand Master and Grand Cross with Golden Chain of the Order of Vytautas the Great (12 July 2019)
References
- ^ "G.Nausėdos turtas – namas nevertas nė 700 tūkst. eurų, knygų kolekcijos deklaruoti nepavyko".
- ^ "Download Limit Exceeded". citeseerx.ist.psu.edu.
- ^ "LIETUVOS MOKSLO POTENCIALAS". www.mokslas.mii.lt.
- ^ "Gitanas Nausėda - Biografija". Nauseda 2019.
- ^ "Bloomberg - Are you a robot?". www.bloomberg.com.
{{cite web}}: Cite uses generic title (help) - ^ Lithuanian opposition party names favorites for presidential election Xinhua, 18 September 2018.
- ^ https://www.foreignbrief.com/daily-news/gitanas-nauseda-to-be-inaugurated-as-next-president-of-lithuania/
- ^ G.Nausėda Varšuvoje pamatė visišką sutarimą su Lenkija, ES sankcijoms kaimynei nepritartų, 15min.lt, 2019-07-16
- ^ https://bnn-news.com/nauseda-visiting-poland-urged-to-get-more-personal-than-grybauskaite-203054
- ^ https://beta.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/new-lithuanian-president-against-eu-sanctions-for-poland/2019/07/16/236c995e-a7d1-11e9-8733-48c87235f396_story.html?outputType=amp
- ^ http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-07/19/c_138238329.htm
- ^ D. Nausėdienė: Gitanas man pateikė viliojantį pasiūlymą, kurio negalėjau atsisakyti Delfi, October 31, 2015
- ^ G.Nausėdos kelias į ekonomiką aplaistytas ašaromis Delfi, February 24, 2010
