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Šarūnas Birutis

Politician

Šarūnas Birutis is a politically exposed person. They are a person of interest by virtue of their position and the influence they may hold. They have not been found on international sanctions lists.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Šarūnas Birutis · Шарунас Бирутис · Шарунас Бірутіс · ساروناس بيروتيس · 沙魯納斯·比魯提斯				[sources]
Alias	Birutis, Šarūnas · Sarunas Birutis · Бирутис, Шарунас				[sources]
Weak alias	薩魯納斯·比魯蒂斯				[sources]
Birth date	1961-09-20				[sources]
Place of birth	Šiauliai · Šiauliai, Lithuania				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Lithuania				[sources]
Country	European Union · Lithuania				[sources]
Citizenship	Lithuania · Poland				[sources]
Classification	International organization (past) · National government (current)				[sources]
First name	Šarūnas				[sources]
Last name	Birutis				[sources]
Political association	Labour Party				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q391280				[sources]
Position	Member of the European Parliament (2004-2009) · Member of the Seimas (2012-2016) · Minister of Culture (2012-2016) · Seimas (member, 2012-2016)				[sources]
Education	Vilnius University · Šiauliai Gymnasium				[sources]
Source link	www.lrs.lt				[sources]
Last change	2026-01-18	Last processed	2026-01-18	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Lithuanian politician

— Wikidata non-official source, 2023-07-18

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Member of the European Parliament	2004-07-20	2009-07-13

Data sources

Lithuania Members of the Seimas142

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Lithuania · Seimas

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories383,999

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons316,582

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

MySociety's EveryPolitician Dataset of National Legislators40,660

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

External databases

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Wikidata333,668

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions526,214

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Source data IDs: us-cia-lithuania-sarunas-birutis-minister-of-culture · evpo-8c47725e-4a2b-494c-9446-6daa6c3f21a3 · lt-seimas-sarunas-birutis

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