Algirdas Šemeta
| Algirdas Šemeta | |
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| European Commissioner for Taxation and Customs Union, Audit and Anti-Fraud | |
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In office 9 February 2010 – 1 November 2014 | |
| President | José Manuel Barroso |
| Preceded by |
László Kovács (Taxation and Customs Union) Siim Kallas (Administrative Affairs, Audit and Anti-Fraud) |
| Succeeded by | Pierre Moscovici ( Economic and Financial Affairs, Taxation and Customs) |
| European Commissioner for Financial Programming and the Budget | |
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In office 1 July 2009 – 9 February 2010 | |
| President | José Manuel Barroso |
| Preceded by | Dalia Grybauskaitė |
| Succeeded by | Janusz Lewandowski |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
23 April 1962 Vilnius, Soviet Union (now Lithuania) |
| Political party | Homeland Union |
| Alma mater | Vilnius University |
Algirdas Gediminas Šemeta (born 23 April 1962) is a Lithuanian economist and politician.
Biography
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.[1] 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.[2]
He was European Commissioner for Taxation and Customs Union, Audit and Anti-Fraud from July 2009 till November 2014.[3][4] Following his Commission nomination by center-right Prime Minister Andrius Kubilius, Šemeta has affiliated himself with the European People's Party (EPP).[5][6] Since December 2014 Šemeta is Business Ombudsman in Ukraine.[7]
References
- ↑ Algirdas Šemeta curriculum vitae at the European Commission website
- ↑ Algirdas Gediminas ŠEMETA Curriculum Vitae on the European Union Website
- ↑ Algirdas Šemeta introductory material at the European Commission website
- ↑ Former European Taxation Commissioner appointed Business Ombudsman for Ukraine's Anti-Corruption Initiative, Interfax-Ukraine (11 December 2014)
- ↑ "Barroso gets new EU Commission team", BBC News, 25 November 2009; accessed 28 November 2009
- ↑ "Barroso II: 13 EPP Commissioners receive key portfolios", European People's Party, 27 November 2009; accessed 28 November 2009
- ↑ Former European Taxation Commissioner appointed Business Ombudsman for Ukraine's Anti-Corruption Initiative, Interfax-Ukraine (11 December 2014)
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| Preceded by Dalia Grybauskaitė |
Lithuanian European Commissioner 2009–2014 |
Succeeded by Vytenis Andriukaitis |
| European Commissioner for Financial Programming and the Budget 2009–2010 |
Succeeded by Janusz Lewandowski | |
| Preceded by László Kovács as European Commissioner for Taxation and Customs Union |
European Commissioner for Taxation and Customs Union, Audit and Anti-Fraud 2010–2014 |
Succeeded by Pierre Moscovici as European Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs, Taxation and Customs |
| Preceded by Siim Kallas as European Commissioner for Administrative Affairs, Audit and Anti-Fraud | ||
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