Mindaugas Puidokas (born 19 March 1979) is a Lithuanian politician, 2020 draft winner and journalist. He was an independent candidate for the
2019 Lithuanian presidential election
Presidential elections were held in Lithuania on 12 May 2019, with a second round held on 26 May 2019. Due to a constitutional limit of two terms in office, incumbent president Dalia GrybauskaitÄ— was unable to run, having won the 2009 and 2014 ...
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Biography
He graduated from the Sports University, Kaunas, in 1999.
In 1996 won European Youth Basketball Championship together with stars like
Å arÅ«nas JasikeviÄius
Å arÅ«nas JasikeviÄius (; born 5 March 1976) is a Lithuanian professional basketball coach and former player who is the head coach for Fenerbahçe S.K. (basketball), Fenerbahçe Beko of the Turkish Basketbol Süper Ligi and the EuroLeague. Durin ...
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In 1995–1999, he was a correspondent for the newspaper
Kauno diena
''Kauno diena'' (''Kaunas Daily'') is a Lithuanian daily newspaper, printed in Kaunas.
History and profile
In 1998, ''Kauno diena'' was bought by Norwegian media giant Orkla Media subsidiary Orkla Press. In December 2006 Orkla sold its media ...
,
Kauno žinios,
Vytautas Magnus.
Since
2016
2016 was designated as:
* International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly.
* International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...
, he is a member of the Lithuanian
Seimas
The Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania (), or simply the Seimas ( ; ), is the unicameralism, unicameral legislative body of the Lithuania, Republic of Lithuania. The Seimas constitutes the legislative branch of Government of Lithuania, govern ...
. He is one of the 9 candidates for the
2019 presidential election on 12 May 2019.
References
1979 births
Living people
21st-century Lithuanian journalists
Vytautas Magnus University alumni
Politicians from Kaunas
Independent politicians in Lithuania
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