Born March 1, 1956 in Vilnius, Lithuania.
1975-1976: Lithuanian SSR National Philharmonic, staff inspector.
1983: graduated from Leningrad State University (Zhdanov University), degree in political economy. While a student, assistant at Rot Front confectionery manufacturer.
1983: executive secretary at Lithuanian SSR Academy of Sciences.
1983-1990: teacher of political economy at Department of Political Economy, Vilnius Higher Party School.
1988: received Ph.D degree at the Academy of Social Sciences of the USSR Communist Party's Central Committee.
1990-1991: academic secretary at Lithuanian Institute for Economics.
1991-1993: European Department at the Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations of the Republic of Lithuania, director.
1993-1994: Lithuanian Foreign Ministry, Economic Department, director.
1994-1995: Minister Plenipotentiary at the Lithuanian Mission to the EU.
1996-1999: Minister Plenipotentiary at the Lithuanian Embassy to the U.S.
1999-2000: Deputy Finance Minister.
2000-2001: Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs for Economy.
2001-2004: Finance Minister.
2004: appointed EU commissioner in charge of financial programming and budget
May 17, 2009: elected President of Lithuania.
Marital status: single.
Speaks Russian, English, Polish and French.