Gabrielius Landsbergis
Gabrielius Landsbergis (born 7 January 1982) is a Lithuanian politician and academic serving as the current Lithuanian minister of Foreign Affairs since 2020 in the Šimonytė Cabinet.[1] A member of the Seimas for the Žaliakalnis constituency,[2] and a former member of the European Parliament with the Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats). He has been the Chairman of the Homeland Union since 2015.
Gabrielius Landsbergis
Early life and education[edit]
Gabrielus Landsbergis was born in Vilnius on 7 January 1982. He is the grandson of the leader of Lithuania after gaining independence from the Soviet Union, Vytautas Landsbergis and the son of Vytautas V. Landsbergis.[3] Vytautas Landsbergis was the founder of the Lithuanian independence movement and organisation “Sąjūdis”.
In 2003, Landsbergis graduated from the Faculty of History, Vilnius University and gained a bachelor's degree; in 2005, he graduated from Vilnius University Institute of International Relations and Political Science, gaining a master's degree in International Relations and Diplomacy.
Personal life[edit]
Landsbergis' father is Vytautas V. Landsbergis, a Lithuanian writer, and his mother is Giedrė Bukelytė. Gabrielius is the grandson of Vytautas Landsbergis, a prominent Lithuanian politician who was one of the founders of Sąjudis and the Chairman of the Reconstituent Seimas of Lithuania after its independence declaration from the Soviet Union.
He is married to Austėja Landsbergienė (née Čijauskaitė). The couple has four children.
