Kęstutis Lapinskas (29 January 1937) is an expert of

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and former President of

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, who replaced

Egidijus Kūris Egidijus Kūris (born 1961 in Vilnius, Lithuania) is a Lithuanian judge, professor and PhD in law. He is the former President of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Lithuania and currently serving as a representative justice for Lithuani ...

at this position. Kęstutis Lapinskas is one of the signatory of the

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, former President of the

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Biography

Kęstutis Lapinskas was born in

Šakiai Šakiai () is a city in the Marijampolė County, Lithuania. It is located west of Kaunas. History It is presumed that Šakiai first expanded from ''Šakaičai'' village, which was first mentioned in 1599. In 1719 Šakaičiai was renamed to Šaki ...

district back in 1937. After initial education he moved to

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there he finished Faculty of Law at

Vilnius University Vilnius University ( Lithuanian: ''Vilniaus universitetas'') is a public research university, which is the first and largest university in Lithuania, as well as one of the oldest and most prominent higher education institutions in Central and Ea ...

, in 1960. After almost six years finished M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University and defended his thesis. Worked in various positions in Vilnius University, including associate professor and later, Head of the Department of Public Law of the Faculty of Law. On March 11, 1990, sign the

, soon afterwards he was appointed into work group drafting

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. Between 1993 and 1999 served as Justice of

, in 2000 took position as President of the

, after two years he was appointed to justice of the Constitutional Court for second term. In 2008, Kęstutis Lapinskas was named as President of Constitutional Court, replacing Egidijus Kūris.

References

Justices of the Constitutional Court
. Retrieved on 2008-04-03 1937 births Living people People from Šakiai District Municipality Presidents of the Constitutional Court of Lithuania Lithuanian scholars of constitutional law Vilnius University alumni Commanders of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland Recipients of the Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas {{Lithuania-law-bio-stub