Algirdas Šemeta

Algirdas Gediminas Šemeta (born 23 April 1962) is a Lithuanian economist and politician.

Algirdas Šemeta
European Commissioner for Taxation and Customs Union, Audit and Anti-Fraud
In office
9 February 2010 – 1 November 2014
PresidentJosé Manuel Barroso
Preceded byLászló Kovács (Taxation and Customs Union)
Siim Kallas (Administrative Affairs, Audit and Anti-Fraud)
Succeeded byPierre Moscovici ( Economic and Financial Affairs, Taxation and Customs)
European Commissioner for Financial Programming and the Budget
In office
1 July 2009 – 9 February 2010
PresidentJosé Manuel Barroso
Preceded byDalia Grybauskaitė
Succeeded byJanusz Lewandowski
Personal details
Born (1962-04-23) 23 April 1962
Vilnius, Soviet Union
(now Lithuania)
Political partyHomeland Union
Alma materVilnius 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]

References
  1. Algirdas Šemeta curriculum vitae at the European Commission website
  2. "After Restoration of Independence". finmin.lrv.lt.
  3. Algirdas Gediminas ŠEMETA Curriculum Vitae on the European Union Website
  4. Algirdas Šemeta introductory material at the European Commission website
  5. Former European Taxation Commissioner appointed Business Ombudsman for Ukraine's Anti-Corruption Initiative, Interfax-Ukraine (11 December 2014)
  6. "Barroso gets new EU Commission team", BBC News, 25 November 2009; Retrieved 28 November 2009
  7. "Barroso II: 13 EPP Commissioners receive key portfolios", European People's Party, 27 November 2009; Retrieved 28 November 2009
  8. Former European Taxation Commissioner appointed Business Ombudsman for Ukraine's Anti-Corruption Initiative, Interfax-Ukraine (11 December 2014)


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