Eugenijus Gentvilas (born 14 March 1960 in
Telšiai
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Telšiai is one of the oldest cities in Lithua ...
) is a
Lithuanian politician, signatory of the
Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania and
Member of the European Parliament
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When the European Parliament (then known as the Common Assembly of the ECSC) first met in 1952, its ...
for the
Liberal and Centre Union
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It was a member of the Liberal International and the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats ...
(
Liberal Movement since 2006), sitting with the
Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe
He was mayor of
Klaipėda
Klaipėda (; ; german: Memel; pl, Kłajpeda; russian: Клайпеда; sgs, Klaipieda) is a city in Lithuania on the Baltic Sea coast. The capital of the eponymous county, it is the third largest city and the only major seaport in Lithuania ...
from 1997 to 2001. In mid-2001, Gentvilas briefly acted as
Prime Minister of Lithuania
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.
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1960 births
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Vilnius University alumni
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