Simonas Kairys

Simonas Kairys (born 19 April 1984) is a Lithuanian politician, former Deputy Mayor of Kaunas City and Kaunas City Councillor.

Simonas Kairys
16th Minister for Culture of Lithuania
Assumed office
11 December 2020
Prime MinisterIngrida Šimonytė
Preceded byMindaugas Kvietkauskas
Deputy Mayor of Kaunas City
In office
2015–2019
Kaunas City Councillor
In office
2011–2019
Personal details
Born (1984-04-19) 19 April 1984
Telšiai, Lithuania
Political partyLiberal Movement
SpouseDeimantė Kairienė
Alma materVytautas Magnus University
Mykolas Romeris University

On 7 December 2020, he was approved to be the as Minister of Culture in the Šimonytė Cabinet.[1]

Biography

He was born and raised in Telšiai, where he graduated from high school in 2003. In 2007 graduated from Vytautas Magnus University with a Bachelor's degree in Political Sciences. In 2011, he obtained a Master's degree in Law at Mykolas Romeris University.

Political career

Since 2008 is a Member of Liberal Movement.

Between 2007 and 2011 he worked as an Assistant of the Deputy Mayor of Kaunas, project manager of the Institute of Liberal Thought.

From 2011 to 2019 he was elected a member of Kaunas City Councillor.[2]

Since 2015 until 2019 Kairys worked as the Deputy Mayor of Kaunas.[3]

From 2019 he is Advisor of the Mayor of Kaunas.[4]

References
  1. "President approves makeup of Simonyte Cabinet". DELFI. Retrieved 2020-12-07.
  2. http://www.vrk.lt/rinkimai/409_lt/Kandidatai/Kandidatas59222/Kandidato59222Anketa.html 2011 m. Lietuvos savivaldybių tarybų rinkimai
  3. "Rezultatai - vrk.lt". www.vrk.lt.
  4. Masiokaitė, Austėja. "Į tarybą neperrinktas Kauno vicemeras S.Kairys taps V.Matijošaičio patarėju". 15min.lt.

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