Algirdas SAUDARGAS

Background

SAUDARGAS, Algirdas was born on April 17, 1948 in Kaunas, Lithuania. Parents: Ignas Saudargas and Ona Saudargiene (née Mejeryte).

Education

Kaunas Medical Academy, diploma, Biophysics, 1972. Spoken languages: Lithuanian. English, Russian, Polish.

Career

He was the first foreign minister of post-Soviet Lithuania. He was foreign minister from March 24, 1990 to December 12, 1992 and again from December 4, 1996 to October 30, 2000. In 1992,, together with 9 other Baltic Ministers of Foreign Affairs and an European Union commissioner, founded the Council of the Baltic Sea States (CBSS) and the EuroFaculty.

He was elected to the European Parliament in 2009.

Religion

Roman Catholic

Interests

• Folk-art; international relations.

Connections

Spouse Laima Saudargiene (née Bulovaite), 1969. Children: Egle, Paulius.

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Laima Saudargiene (née Bulovaite)