Algirdas Šemeta

Algirdas Gediminas Šemeta (born 23 April 1962) is a Lithuanian economist and politician.

Algirdas Šemeta
European Commissioner for Taxation and Customs Union, Audit and Anti-Fraud
In office
9 February 2010  1 November 2014
PresidentJosé Manuel Barroso
Preceded byLászló Kovács (Taxation and Customs Union)
Siim Kallas (Administrative Affairs, Audit and Anti-Fraud)
Succeeded byPierre Moscovici ( Economic and Financial Affairs, Taxation and Customs)
European Commissioner for Financial Programming and the Budget
In office
1 July 2009  9 February 2010
PresidentJosé Manuel Barroso
Preceded byDalia Grybauskaitė
Succeeded byJanusz Lewandowski
Personal details
Born (1962-04-23) 23 April 1962
Vilnius, Soviet Union
(now Lithuania)
Political partyHomeland Union
Alma materVilnius University

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 Minister of Finance, which he fulfilled from December 2008 to June 2009, having already served in the post a decade earlier, from February 1997 to June 1999.[2] Šemeta has minimal business experience in the private sector, his career to date has been concentrated in public office as a civil servant.[3]

He was European Commissioner for Taxation and Customs Union, Audit and Anti-Fraud from July 2009 till November 2014.[4][5] Following his Commission nomination by center-right Prime Minister Andrius Kubilius, Šemeta has affiliated himself with the European People's Party (EPP).[6][7] Since December 2014 Šemeta is Business Ombudsman in Ukraine.[8]

References

Political offices
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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