VytautasLandsbergis

General Data

 * Born on 18 October 1932, Kaunas
 * Country: Lithuania
 * Political Group: Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) (PPE) Party: Tėvynės sąjunga - Lietuvos krikščionys demokratai

 Bâtiment Altiero Spinelli 03F243 60, rue Wiertz, 1047 Bruxelles Tel.: [callto://+3222845550 +32 2 28 45 550]/[callto://+3222847550 +32 2 28 47 550] Fax: +32 2 28 49 550 Bâtiment Louise Weiss T09080 1, avenue du Président Robert Schuman - CS 91024, 67070 Strasbourg Cedex Tel.: [callto://+33388175550 +33 3 88 175 550]/[callto://+33388177550 +33 3 88 177 550] Fax: +33 3 88 179 550
 * Parlement européen
 * Parlement européen


 * Email: [mailto:vytautas.landsbergis@europarl.europa.eu vytautas.landsbergis(at)europarl.europa.eu]
 * Page on European Parliament website: www.europarl.europa.eu/members/expert/alphaOrder/view.do?language=EN&id=23746
 * Site web: www.landsbergis.lt

Functions in European Parliament

 * Delegation to the EU-Armenia, EU-Azerbaijan and EU-Georgia Parliamentary Cooperation Committees (Vice-Chair)
 * Committee on Foreign Affairs (Member)
 * Subcommittee on Security and Defence (Member)
 * Delegation for relations with the NATO Parliamentary Assembly (Member)
 * Delegation to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly (Member)
 * Committee on Legal Affairs (Substitute)
 * Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (Substitute)

Curriculum Vitae

 * Lithuanian State Conservatory (Academy of Music) (1955)
 * Doctor of musicology (1969)
 * Professor (1978)
 * Qualification as Doctor of Arts (1994)
 * Music teacher (since 1952)
 * Politician, state official, parliamentarian (since 1990)
 * Chair of the Council of Lietuvos Sąjūdis (Lithuanian Movement) (1988-1990)
 * Chair of Tėvynės Sąjunga (Lietuvos konservatorių partija) (Fatherland Union (Conservative Party of Lithuania)) (1993-2003)
 * Member of the presidency of Tėvynės Sąjunga (from 2008: Tėvynės Sąjungos − Lietuvos krikščionys demokratai (Homeland Union - Lithuanian Christian Democrats)), Chair of the party policy committee (since 2003)
 * Member of the council of the European Democrat Union (EDU) (2001)
 * Member of the Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats (until 2009) and member of the group's bureau (since 2004)
 * Chair of the Supreme Council (Reconstituent Seimas (Parliament)) of the Republic of Lithuania (1990-1992)
 * Member of the Seimas (Parliament) of the Republic of Lithuania, Leader of the Opposition (1992-1996)
 * Chair of the Seimas (1996-2000)
 * Member of the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania (2000-2004)
 * Head of State (1990-1992)
 * Observer at the European Parliament (2003-2004)
 * Member of the European Parliament (since 2004)
 * Member of the Congress of People's Deputies of the USSR (1989-1990)
 * One of the leaders of the Council of the Baltic States (1990-1992)
 * Member of the Baltic Assembly (1992-1996, 2000-2004)
 * Member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (1993-1996, 2000-2002)
 * Founder of the Lithuanian-Polish Parliamentary Assembly (with the Chair of the Polish Parliament) (1997)
 * Member of musical organisations (since 1963)
 * Member of Lietuvos Sąjūdis (since June 1988)
 * Chair of the M. K. Čiurlionis Society (since 1987)
 * Honours: Norwegian People's Peace Prize (1991)
 * Award of the French Fondation du Futur (1991)
 * Riflemen's Star of the Union of Lithuanian Riflemen (1991)
 * Hermann Ehlers Prize (Germany, 1992)
 * Ninth International Ramon Llull Prize of the Catalonian Culture Congress Foundation (1994)
 * Companion of the order of the German Order of Riflemen of St Sebastian Order (1995)
 * Legion of Honour, second class (France, 1997)
 * Vibo Valentia Testimony prize (Italy, 1998)
 * Order of Grand Duke Vytautas, first class (Lithuania, 1998)
 * Royal Norwegian Order of Merit (Grand Cross) (1998)
 * Grand Cross of the Republic of Poland (1999)
 * UNESCO medal (1999)
 * Order of Merit (Grand Cross) of the Order of Malta (1999)
 * Grand Cross Medal of Honour (Greece, 1999)
 * Truman-Reagan Freedom Award of the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation (1999)
 * Order of La Pléiade of La Francophonie (France, 2000)
 * Order of the Three Stars, second class (Latvia, 2001)
 * Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana, first class (Estonia, 2002)
 * Order of Vytautas the Great and Constitutional Medal of the Parliament of the German Land of Saxony (2003)
 * Robert Schuman Medal (2005)
 * Charles IV Europe Medal (2007)

Votes

 * 22/09/2010 - Rapport Gallo on enforcement of intellectual property rights in the internal market 12.5/100
 * 06/05/2009 - Directives reforming the EU's regulatory framework for electronic communications networks and services (telecoms package), 2nd reading 11.8/100
 * 26/03/2009 - Rapport Lambrinidis on strengthening security and fundamental freedoms on the Internet 50.0/100
 * 24/09/2008 - Directives reforming the EU's regulatory framework for electronic communications networks and services (telecoms package), 1st reading 41.9/100
 * 10/04/2008 - Rapport Bono on cultural industries in Europe 33.3/100
 * 12/10/2006 - Resolutions on European Patent Litigation Agreement (EPLA) 5.6/100

Positions
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25/05/2010 Written Declaration 12/2010 (ACTA)
Has signed written declaration 12/2010 on the lack of a transparent process for the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) and potentially objectionable content.