Remigijus Šimašius

Remigijus Šimašius
Mayor of Vilnius
Incumbent
Assumed office 20 April 2015
Preceded by	Artūras Zuokas
Minister of Justice
In office 9 December 2008 – 13 December 2012
Prime Minister	Andrius Kubilius
Preceded by	Petras Baguška
Succeeded by	Juozas Bernatonis
Personal details
Born	(1974-01-12) 12 January 1974 Tauragė, Lithuanian SSR, Soviet Union
Political party	Liberal Movement

Remigijus Šimašius (born 12 January 1974 in Tauragė) is a Lithuanian jurist and politician, member of Seimas (2012-2015), Minister of Justice (2008-2012), Mayor of Vilnius since 2015. He's the current leader of the Liberal Movement of the Republic of Lithuania.

Education

In 1997 Šimašius graduated from the Faculty of Law at the Vilnius University, with a degree in law. In 2002 attained a PhD, after defending his doctoral dissertation on Legal pluralism at the Lithuanian University of Law (now Mykolas Romeris University).

From 2006 to 2008 he was the President of the Lithuanian Free Market Institute. From 9 December 2008 to 13 December 2012 he was the Minister of Justice of the 15th Government headed by Andrius Kubilius.