Reinoldijus Šarkinas (born 7 July 1946) was Chairman of the

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from 1996 to 2011. Šarkinas graduated studies at the Economics Faculty of

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in 1968. Between 1980 and 1982 he served as Financial Adviser to the Ministry of Education in

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and for several years was Deputy Minister of Finance, charged with budget management. Previously, he was

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from February 1995 to February 1996.

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