Algirdas Monkevičius (born 29 March 1956) is a teacher and

Lithuania Lithuania, officially the Republic of Lithuania, is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea, bordered by Latvia to the north, Belarus to the east and south, P ...

n politician, who is the former Minister of Education and Science.

Biography

In 1974 he finished Rietavas secondary school, and in 1979 Šiauliai Pedagogical Institute,

Physics Physics is the scientific study of matter, its Elementary particle, fundamental constituents, its motion and behavior through space and time, and the related entities of energy and force. "Physical science is that department of knowledge whi ...

and mathematics faculty and started working as a teacher. Later Monkevičius continued his studies in

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. Monkevičius has been a member of

New Union (Social Liberals) The New Union (Social Liberals) (, NS) was a social-liberal political party in Lithuania. The NS was a member of the European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party (ELDR) and an observer of the Liberal International. It was founded in 1998 and is le ...

since 2000, and with this party he was elected a member of

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in 2000–2004Elections 2000 – Algirdas Monkevičius
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(Parliament) of Lithuania. and in 2004–2008, was Minister of Education in three Cabinets of Lithuania.

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Members of the Seimas – Algirdas Monkevičius

(Parliament) of Lithuania. Lithuanian schoolteachers Ministers of education and science of Lithuania Living people 1956 births Recipients of the Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana, 2nd Class People from Rietavas Members of the Seimas 21st-century Lithuanian politicians New Union (Social Liberals) politicians Šiauliai Pedagogical Institute alumni {{Lithuania-politician-stub