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Aloyzas Sakalas (6 July 1931 – 18 July 2022) was a Lithuanian politician, signatory of the
Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania The Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania or Act of March 11 ( lt, Aktas dėl Lietuvos nepriklausomos valstybės atstatymo) was an independence declaration by Lithuania adopted on March 11, 1990, signed by all members of the S ...
, and
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with 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 ...
. Aloyzas Sakalas was also a part of the
Socialist Group The Socialists, Democrats and Greens Group (french: Groupe Socialiste, SOC) is a primarily social-democratic political grouping in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. It was known as the Socialist Group prior to August 2017. The g ...
and sat on the
European Parliament The European Parliament (EP) is one of the legislative bodies of the European Union and one of its seven institutions. Together with the Council of the European Union (known as the Council and informally as the Council of Ministers), it adopts ...
's Committee on Legal Affairs. Aloyzas Sakalas was a substitute for the Committee on Foreign Affairs and a member of the Delegation for relations with Belarus.


Education

* 1960:
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in
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from the
Kaunas Polytechnic Institute Kaunas University of Technology (abbreviated as KTU, ) is a public research university located in Kaunas, Lithuania. Established in 1922, KTU has been one of the top centers of Lithuanian science education. According to Lithuanian National Univ ...
* 1970: Doctorate * 1972: Associate Professor * 1977: Qualification as a Professor of Physics and Mathematics * 1980: Professor at the University of Vilnius


Career

* 1960–1962: Engineer at the Institute for Electrographics * 1982–1990: Lecturer of the Associate Professor and Professor at the University of Vilnius * 1989–1991: Member of the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party (LDSP) * 1991–1999: Chairman of the LSDP * since 1999: Honorary Chairman of the LSDP * 1990–1992: Chairman of the Committee on the Verification of Credentials of the Parliament of the Republic of Lithuania * 1992–1996: Deputy President of Parliament * 1996–2004: Member of Parliament * 2000–2004: Chairman of the Parliament's Committee on Legal Affairs * 1993–2004: Chairman of the organisation 'Help Lithuanian Children' * Honours


See also

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2004 European Parliament election in Lithuania The 2004 European Parliament election in Lithuania was the election of MEP representing Lithuania constituency for the 2004–2009 term of the European Parliament. It was part of the wider 2004 European election. The vote took place on 13 June 2 ...


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* * 1931 births 2022 deaths Lithuanian physicists Social Democratic Party of Lithuania MEPs MEPs for Lithuania 2004–2009 Vilnius University faculty Kaunas University of Technology alumni People from Anykščiai Members of the Seimas {{Lithuania-MEP-stub