Viktoras Muntianas (born 11 November 1951 in

Marijampolė Marijampolė (; also known by several other names) is a cultural and industrial city and the capital of the Marijampolė County in the south of Lithuania, bordering Poland and Russian Kaliningrad Oblast, and Lake Vištytis. The population of Mar ...

Lithuanian SSR The Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic (Lithuanian SSR; lt, Lietuvos Tarybų Socialistinė Respublika; russian: Литовская Советская Социалистическая Республика, Litovskaya Sovetskaya Sotsialistiche ...

) is a Lithuanian politician of Moldovan descent and former Speaker of the

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. In 1968 he graduated from the high school in Marijampolė. In 1973 he enrolled in the Vilnius Civil Engineering Institute, completing his studies in 1978. Between 1986 and 1990 he was first deputy of

Kėdainiai Kėdainiai () is one of the oldest cities in Lithuania. It is located north of Kaunas on the banks of the Nevėžis River. First mentioned in the 1372 Livonian Chronicle of Hermann de Wartberge, its population is 23,667. Its old town dates to ...

municipality chairman. Later he started a career in business, becoming manager of Ūkio bankas filial in

in 1994. After two years he became vice-president of Vikonda concern. Soon afterwards Muntianas renewed his political career. On 1997 he became

mayor In many countries, a mayor is the highest-ranking official in a municipal government such as that of a city or a town. Worldwide, there is a wide variance in local laws and customs regarding the powers and responsibilities of a mayor as well ...

of Kėdainiai; in 2004 he was elected to the

. Muntianas was Speaker of the Seimas from 2006 until resigning on 1 April 2008.

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Biography of Viktoras Muntianas

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Kauno diena. 1951 births Living people People from Marijampolė Lithuanian people of Moldovan descent Speakers of the Seimas Vilnius Gediminas Technical University alumni Communist Party of Lithuania politicians Lithuanian Peasants Party politicians New Union (Social Liberals) politicians Labour Party (Lithuania) politicians Civic Democratic Party (Lithuania) politicians 21st-century Lithuanian politicians {{Lithuania-politician-stub