Education
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.
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.
His previous position has been as Lithuania"s Finance Minister, which he fulfilled from December 2008 to June 2009, having already served in the post a decade earlier, from February 1997 to June 1999. Šemeta has minimal business experience in the private sector, his career to date has been concentrated in public office as a civil servant. He was European Commissioner for Taxation and Customs Union, Audit and Anti-Fraud from July 2009 till November 2014.
Following his Commission nomination by center-right Prime Minister Andrius Kubilius, Šemeta has affiliated himself with the European People"s Party (EPP).
Since December 2014 Šemeta is Business Ombudsman in Ukraine.