Aloyzas Sakalas



Aloyzas Sakalas (6 July 1931 – 18 July 2022) was a Lithuanian politician, signatory of the Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania, and Member of the European Parliament with the Social Democratic Party of Lithuania. Aloyzas Sakalas was also a part of the Socialist Group and sat on the European Parliament's Committee on Legal Affairs.

Aloyzas Sakalas was a substitute for the Committee on Foreign Affairs and a member of the Delegation for relations with Belarus.

Education

 * 1960: Degree in Engineering from the Kaunas Polytechnic Institute
 * 1970: Doctorate
 * 1972: Associate Professor
 * 1977: Qualification as a Professor of Physics and Mathematics
 * 1980: Professor at the University of Vilnius

Career

 * 1960–1962: Engineer at the Institute for Electrographics
 * 1982–1990: Lecturer of the Associate Professor and Professor at the University of Vilnius
 * 1989–1991: Member of the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party (LDSP)
 * 1991–1999: Chairman of the LSDP
 * since 1999: Honorary Chairman of the LSDP
 * 1990–1992: Chairman of the Committee on the Verification of Credentials of the Parliament of the Republic of Lithuania
 * 1992–1996: Deputy President of Parliament
 * 1996–2004: Member of Parliament
 * 2000–2004: Chairman of the Parliament's Committee on Legal Affairs
 * 1993–2004: Chairman of the organisation 'Help Lithuanian Children'
 * Honours