Algirdas Šemeta
Lithuanian economist and politician
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Algirdas Gediminas Šemeta (born 23 April 1962) is a Lithuanian economist and politician.
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Siim Kallas (Administrative Affairs, Audit and Anti-Fraud)
Algirdas Šemeta | |
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Šemeta in 2013 | |
| European Commissioner for Taxation and Customs Union, Audit and Anti-Fraud | |
| In office 9 February 2010 – 1 November 2014 | |
| President | José Manuel Barroso |
| Preceded by | László Kovács (Taxation and Customs Union) Siim Kallas (Administrative Affairs, Audit and Anti-Fraud) |
| Succeeded by | Pierre Moscovici ( Economic and Financial Affairs, Taxation and Customs) |
| European Commissioner for Financial Programming and the Budget | |
| In office 1 July 2009 – 9 February 2010 | |
| President | José Manuel Barroso |
| Preceded by | Dalia Grybauskaitė |
| Succeeded by | Janusz Lewandowski |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 23 April 1962 Vilnius, Lithuanian SSR, Soviet Union (now Lithuania) |
| Party | Homeland Union |
| Alma mater | Vilnius University |
Biography
A native of Vilnius, Algirdas Šemeta graduated in 1985 from Vilnius University's Faculty of Economic Cybernetics and Finance with a degree as economist-mathematician.[1] His previous position has been as Lithuania's Minister of Finance, which he fulfilled from December 2008 to June 2009, having already served in the post a decade earlier, from February 1997 to June 1999.[2] Šemeta has minimal business experience in the private sector, his career to date has been concentrated in public office as a civil servant.[3]
He was European Commissioner for Taxation and Customs Union, Audit and Anti-Fraud from July 2009 till November 2014.[4][5] Following his Commission nomination by center-right Prime Minister Andrius Kubilius, Šemeta has affiliated himself with the European People's Party (EPP).[6][7] Since December 2014 Šemeta is Business Ombudsman in Ukraine.[8]
