Aloyzas Sakalas

Aloyzas Sakalas (born July 6, 1931 in Anykščiai) is a Lithuanian politician, signatory of the Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania, and Member of the European Parliament with the Social Democratic Party of Lithuania. Aloyzas Sakalas is also a part of the Socialist Group and sits on the European Parliament's Committee on Legal Affairs.

Contents

• Education
• Career
• References

Aloyzas Sakalas is a substitute for the Committee on Foreign Affairs and a member of the Delegation for relations with Belarus.

Education

1960: Degree in Engineering from the Kaunas Polytechnic Institute

1970: Doctorate

1972: Associate Professor

1977: Qualification as a Professor of Physics and Mathematics

1980: Professor at the University of Vilnius

Career

1960-1962: Engineer at the Institute for Electrographics

1982-1990: Lecturer of the Associate Professor and Professor at the University of Vilnius

1989-1991: Member of the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party (LDSP)

1991-1999: Chairman of the LSDP

since 1999: Honorary Chairman of the LSDP

1990-1992: Chairman of the Committee on the Verification of Credentials of the Parliament of the Republic of Lithuania

1992-1996: Deputy President of Parliament

1996-2004: Member of Parliament

2000-2004: Chairman of the Parliament's Committee on Legal Affairs

1993-2004: Chairman of the organisation 'Help Lithuanian Children'

Honours