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 ( 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 amendmen ...

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 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 Sąjūdis (, "Movement"), initially known as the Reform Movement of Lithuania ( lt, Lietuvos Persitvarkymo Sąjūdis), is the political organisation which led the struggle for Lithuanian independence in the late 1980s and early 1990s. It was es ...

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 ( lt, Ministras Pirmininkas; "Minister-Chairman") is the head of the government of Lithuania. The prime minister is Lithuania's head of government and is appointed by the president with the assent of the Lithuania ...

. 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 ( lt, Tėvynės sąjunga Lietuvos krikščionys demokratai, TS–LKD), also known colloquially simply as the Conservatives, is a centre-right political party in Lithuania. It has 18,000 mem ...

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