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 Grybauskaitė was unable to run, having won the 2009 and 2014 e ...

Biography

He graduated from the Sports University, Kaunas, in 1999. In 1996 won European Youth Basketball Championship together with stars like Sarunas Jasikevicius. 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 st ...

Kauno žinios Kaunas (; ; also see #Etymology, other names) is the second-largest city in Lithuania after Vilnius and an important centre of Lithuanian economic, academic, and cultural life. Kaunas was the largest city and the centre of a county in the Duch ...

Vytautas Magnus Vytautas (c. 135027 October 1430), also known as Vytautas the Great ( Lithuanian: ', be, Вітаўт, ''Vitaŭt'', pl, Witold Kiejstutowicz, ''Witold Aleksander'' or ''Witold Wielki'' Ruthenian: ''Vitovt'', Latin: ''Alexander Vitoldus'', O ...

. Since 2016, he is a member of the Lithuanian

Seimas The Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania ( lt, Lietuvos Respublikos Seimas), or simply the Seimas (), is the unicameral parliament of Lithuania. The Seimas constitutes the legislative branch of government in Lithuania, enacting laws and amendme ...

. He is one of the 9 candidates for the 2019 presidential election on 12 May 2019.

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1979 births Living people Lithuanian journalists Vytautas Magnus University alumni Politicians from Kaunas Independent politicians in Lithuania {{Lithuania-politician-stub