14 Notable alumni of
Vilnius Gediminas Technical University
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Vilnius Gediminas Technical University is 2098th in the world, 691st in Europe, and 5th in Lithuania by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 14 notable alumni from Vilnius Gediminas Technical University sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Saulius Skvernelis
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- police officerpolitician
- Biography
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Saulius Skvernelis is a Lithuanian politician who served as prime minister of Lithuania between 2016 and 2020. He had previously served as police commissioner, and was Minister of the Interior from 2014 to 2016. Though he was an independent politician, he was backed by the Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union and was a member of its parliamentary group until 2022, as a result of which he became the first head of government in European history primarily backed by a green party (a green conservative party).
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Rolandas Paksas
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- politician
- Biography
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Rolandas Paksas is a Lithuanian politician who served as the sixth president of Lithuania from 2003 until his impeachment in April 2004. He previously served two terms as the prime minister of Lithuania in 1999, and again from 2000 to 2001, and as Mayor of Vilnius from 1997 to 1999 and again from 2000 to 2001. He led Order and Justice from 2004 to 2016 and was a Member of the European Parliament from 2009 to 2019.
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Algirdas Butkevičius
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- economistpolitician
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Algirdas Butkevičius is a Lithuanian politician and was Prime Minister of Lithuania, serving between 2012 and 2016. He also served as the Minister of Finance from 2004 to 2005 and the Minister of Transport and Communications from 2006 to 2008. He led the Social Democratic Party of Lithuania from 2009 to 2017.
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Andrius Mamontovas
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- guitaristsongwriteractorcomposerstage actor
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Andrius Mamontovas is a Lithuanian rock musician. He is also a songwriter, actor, performer and record producer. He was one of the co-founders of the Lithuanian rock band Foje and the initiator of the LT United project.
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Gediminas Žiemelis
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- businessperson
- Biography
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Gediminas Ziemelis is the richest Lithuanian businessman, entrepreneur and business consultant, selected twice among the top 40 most talented young industry leaders by Aviation Week & Space Technology. He is currently the chairman of the board at Avia Solutions Group and former chairman of the board at Vertas Management AB (former ZIA Valda).
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Visvaldas Matijošaitis
- Enrolled in Vilnius Gediminas Technical University
- Studied in 1975-1980
- Occupations
- politicianentrepreneur
- Biography
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Visvaldas Matijošaitis is a Lithuanian politician, mayor of Kaunas, leader, founder, and chairman of Vieningas Kaunas, chairman for Mentor Lietuva Asociacija, president at Žalgirio Fondas Asociacija, and president for Lithuanian Cycling Federation. He founded Vičiūnų grupė in Vičiūnai.
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Gediminas Vagnorius
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- economistpolitician
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Gediminas Vagnorius is a Lithuanian politician and signatory of the Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania. He served as the Prime Minister of Lithuania, heading the government between 1991 and 1992, and again from 1996 until 1999.
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Živilė Pinskuvienė
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- politician
- Biography
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Živilė Pinskuvienė is a Lithuanian politician, who was the leader of the Labour Party from 2016 to 2017.
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Bernd Weikl
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- opera singerconcert singerauthoropera director
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Bernd Weikl is an Austrian operatic baritone, particularly known for his performances in the stage works by Richard Wagner. He also has written books and directed operas.
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Waldemar Tomaszewski
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- politicianengineer
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Waldemar Tomaszewski is a Polish-Lithuanian politician who is also an activist for the Polish minority in Lithuania and Member of the European Parliament (MEP). Leader of the Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania (LLRA), Tomaszewski has been an MEP since 2009. He sits in the European Conservatives and Reformists group, of which he is a Member of the Bureau on the group executive.
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Viktoras Muntianas
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- politician
- Biography
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Viktoras Muntianas is a Lithuanian politician of Moldovan descent and former Speaker of the Seimas. 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 municipality chairman. Later he started a career in business, becoming manager of Ūkio bankas filial in Kėdainiai in 1994. After two years he became vice-president of Vikonda concern.
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Andrius Mazuronis
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- politician
- Biography
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Andrius Mazuronis is an engineer, a Deputy Speaker of the Seimas and Member of the Seimas since 2008.
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Algimanta Pabedinskienė
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- politicianuniversity teacher
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Algimanta Pabedinskienė is a Lithuanian politician who served as Ministry of Social Security and Labour from 12 December 2012 to 13 December 2016. Born in Latvia, Pabedinskienė moved to Lithuania at a young age, graduating from high school in Marijampolė, then graduating from Vilnius Gediminas Technical University with a degree in civil engineering. After graduating, she began her own construction business, and through the 1990s created a workshop of women's accessories as well. In 2005, she returned to school and graduated from Kaunas University of Technology with a degree in business administration, and served both as a lecturer at Marijampole College and as an administrator in the Kaunas Chamber of Commerce after graduating.
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Saulius Pečeliūnas
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- politician
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Saulius Pečeliūnas was a Lithuanian politician. In 1990 he was among those who signed the Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania. Pečeliūnas died on 2 December 2023, at the age of 67.
