Rokas Masiulis (born 6 August 1969) is a senior manager and a Lithuanian politician. He is former Minister of Transport and Communications of Lithuania and Minister of Energy of Lithuania. He is the

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of Litgrid.

Early life and studies

Born in

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, Rokas Masiulis holds a degree in International Relations and Political Science as well as master's degree in Economics from

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Career

He spent 15 years working in private sectoring, including companies such as Arthur Andersen LLP and

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. Before joining the government, Masiulis was CEO and later also as a member of the Board of Directors at the state-controlled oil terminal operator Klaipėdos Nafta. During his term as CEO of Klaipėdos Nafta, Masiulis was in charge of the implementation of LNG terminal project. LNG terminal has started its operation in December 2014. The import facility FSRU ''Independence'' was essential in breaking the monopoly of Russia's

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over gas supplies to Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia. Masiulis was also CEO of Lithuania's natural gas trading company LITGAS and Director of Business Development as well as Finance of LEO LT, an electricity holding company.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Masiulis, Rokas Ministers of transport and communications of Lithuania Ministers of energy of Lithuania 1969 births Living people Vilnius University alumni