Jurgis Razma (born 14 March 1958) is a physicist, First Deputy Speaker of the Seimas,

Member of the 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 ...

since 1996.

Biography

In 1965 he started attending primary school in Plungė district. In 1976, graduated from Plungė 4th Secondary School. In 1981 graduated from

Vilnius State University Vilnius University (Lithuanian language, Lithuanian: ''Vilniaus universitetas'') is a Public university, public research university, which is the first and largest university in Lithuania, as well as one of the oldest and most prominent higher e ...

Faculty of Physics and majored in physics. From 1981 to 1991 he was a senior engineer at the Faculty of Physics of Vilnius University.

Political life

When

Sąjūdis The Sąjūdis (, ), initially known as the Reform Movement of Lithuania (), is a political organisation which led the struggle for Lithuanian independence in the late 1980s and early 1990s. It was established on 3 June 1988 as the first oppositi ...

was formed in 1988, he became involved in its activities. From 1991 to 1992, he was an advisor to the

Prime Minister of Lithuania The prime minister of Lithuania (, , colloquially also referred to as the premier ) is the head of government of Lithuania. The prime minister is appointed by the President of Lithuania, president with the assent of the Lithuanian parliament, th ...

. Between 1992 and 1993 worked as Assistant to

Tautvydas Lideikis. Also he was an Executive Secretary of the Sąjūdis since 1993 until 1995. He was Member of the Vilnius City Municipality Council and Board from 1995 to 1996. Since 1996 is a

. He is Member of the

Homeland Union The Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats (, TS–LKD), also colloquially known as the Conservatives (), is a centre-right political party in Lithuania. It has 18,000 members and 28 of 141 seats in the Seimas. Its current leader ...

since the establishment of the party in 1993, also Member of the Presidium and Council of

. From 13 November 2020 he is First Deputy Speaker of the Seimas.

References

Sources

* http://www.vrk.lt/rinkimai/400_lt/KandidatuSarasai/RinkimuOrganizacija3433.html * https://www.lrs.lt/sip/portal.show?p_r=35299&p_k=2&p_a=498&p_asm_id=7242 {{DEFAULTSORT:Razma, Jurgis 1958 births Living people Homeland Union politicians Members of the Seimas 21st-century Lithuanian politicians