Mindaugas Sinkevičius (born 20 June 1984, in Jonava) is a Lithuanian manager and politician,

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of Jonava District Municipality (2011–2016 and since 2019), former Minister of Economy of Lithuania (2016–2017) and

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of Jonava (2008–2011).

Biography

Sinkevičius graduated from Jonava Senamiestis Gymnasium in 2003. He graduated from Vilnius University,

Mykolas Romeris University Mykolas Romeris University ( lt, Mykolo Romerio universitetas) is an international university located with campuses in Vilnius and Kaunas, Lithuania. MRU cooperates closely with over 350 universities, public and private institutions, takes part ...

and the

ISM University of Management and Economics ISM University of Management and Economics is an institution of undergraduate, graduate and post-graduate education in business, management and economics. The university serves as a centre of market analysis, executive training and academi ...

, defending his doctoral dissertation “ Alcohol Consumption in the Context of Conflicting Societal and Personal Factors“ on 11 September 2015, at ISM. Sinkevičius was active in social engagements and public organizations. A member of the

Social Democratic Party of Lithuania The Social Democratic Party of Lithuania ( lt, Lietuvos socialdemokratų partija, LSDP) is a centre-left and social democratic political party in Lithuania. Founded as an underground Marxist organization in 1896, it is the oldest extant party i ...

, he was elected to the municipal council of Jonava District Municipality ( lt, Jonavos rajono savivaldybė) in 2007. In 2008, he became a vice-president of the Lithuanian Youth Council (LiJOT). In April 2011, at the age of 26, he was elected as the mayor of Jonava District Municipality by the municipal council. In 2015, Sinkevičius was reelected as the mayor in the first direct mayoral elections with 71.2 % of the vote.Lithuanian Municipal Elections 2015
At the end of 2016, he was appointed as the Minister of Economy on Skvernelis Cabinet, the 17th cabinet of the Republic of Lithuania. In 2017, he resigned from office at the Ministry of Economy of Lithuania. From December 2017 to April 2019 was he Director of Uždaroji akcinė bendrovė „Jonavos vandenys“. In 2019, Sinkevičius was reelected as the mayor in the direct mayoral elections with 57.36 % of the vote.

Family

Mindaugas Sinkevičius is a son of

Rimantas Sinkevičius Rimantas Sinkevičius (born 3 April 1952) is a Lithuanian politician, Minister of Economy and Innovation (2020), former Minister of Transport and Communications of Lithuania. Biography In 1970 graduated from Kavarskas high school and entered ...

, a member of the

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and the Minister of Transport in the preceding

Butkevičius Cabinet Butkevičius Cabinet was the 16th cabinet of Lithuania since 1990. It consisted of the Prime Minister, who was the Head of Government, and 14 government ministers from the Social Democratic Party of Lithuania, the Labour Party (Lithuania), Labour ...

. His mother Ligita is a chief specialist at the Environmental Protection Agency under the Ministry of Environment. His sister Rūta is an assistant to a Vilnius district court judge. Mindaugas Sinkevičius is married (since May 2017). His wife is Aistė Sinkevičienė (* 1989, ''Plūkaitė''), an interior designer from

Kaunas Kaunas (; ; also see 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 Duchy of Trakai ...

. Sinkevičius lives with his family in his hometown Jonava.

Publications

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sinkevicius, Mindaugas 1984 births Living people Mayors of places in Lithuania Politicians from Jonava Vice-Mayors of Jonava Social Democratic Party of Lithuania politicians Ministers of Economy of Lithuania Vilnius University alumni Mykolas Romeris University alumni