Lithuanian nationality. Married with three children
 
Commissioner for Health and Food Safety - 2014-present
 
Vice-President of the World Health Assembly - 2014
 
Minister for Health - 2012-14
 
Deputy Speaker of the Lithuanian Parliament - 2001-04
 
Party leader of Lietuvos Socialdemokratų Partija (LSDP, Social Democratic Party of Lithuania) - 1999-2000
 
Member of the Lithuanian Parliament - 1992-04 and 2008-14
 
Signatory of the act of independence of Lithuania and co-author of the country's constitution - 1990-92
 
Founder of the LSDP – 1989
 
Medical doctor and surgeon in Kaunas, Ignalina and Vilnius - 1975-93
 
Master's degree in History, Vilnius University – 1984
 
Medical doctor's degree, Kaunas Institute of Medicine – 1975
 
Fuente: https://ec.europa.eu