| Algirdas Šemeta | |
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 Šemeta in 2011 | |
| European Commissioner for Taxation and Customs Union, Audit and Anti-Fraud | |
| 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 | |
| In office 1 July 2009 – 9 February 2010 | |
| President | José Manuel Barroso |
| Preceded by | Dalia Grybauskaitė |
| Succeeded by | Janusz Lewandowski |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1962-04-23) 23 April 1962 (age 62) 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. 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. Šemeta has minimal business experience in the private sector, his career to date has been concentrated in public office as a civil servant.
He was European Commissioner for Taxation and Customs Union, Audit and Anti-Fraud from July 2009 till November 2014. Following his Commission nomination by center-right Prime Minister Andrius Kubilius, Šemeta has affiliated himself with the European People's Party (EPP). Since December 2014 Šemeta is Business Ombudsman in Ukraine.
References
- Algirdas Šemeta curriculum vitae at the European Commission website
- "After Restoration of Independence". finmin.lrv.lt.
- 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; Retrieved 28 November 2009
- "Barroso II: 13 EPP Commissioners receive key portfolios", European People's Party, 27 November 2009; Retrieved 28 November 2009
- Former European Taxation Commissioner appointed Business Ombudsman for Ukraine's Anti-Corruption Initiative, Interfax-Ukraine (11 December 2014)
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded byDalia Grybauskaitė | Lithuanian European Commissioner 2009–2014 |
Succeeded byVytenis Andriukaitis |
| European Commissioner for Financial Programming and the Budget 2009–2010 |
Succeeded byJanusz Lewandowski | |
| Preceded byLászló Kovácsas European Commissioner for Taxation and Customs Union | European Commissioner for Taxation and Customs Union, Audit and Anti-Fraud 2010–2014 |
Succeeded byPierre Moscovicias European Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs, Taxation and Customs |
| Preceded bySiim Kallasas European Commissioner for Administrative Affairs, Audit and Anti-Fraud | ||
| Barroso Commission I (2004–2009) | |
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| 1 = President. 2 = Vice President. 3 = Served from 1 January 2007. 4 = Vassiliou replaced Kyprianou on 3 March 2008. 5 = Tajani replaced Frattini on 18 June 2008. 6 = Ashton replaced Mandelson on 3 October 2008. 7 = Šemeta replaced Grybauskaitė on 1 July 2009. 8 = Samecki replaced Hübner on 4 July 2009. 9 = De Gucht replaced Michel on 17 July 2009. 10 = Šefčovič replaced Figeľ on 1 October 2009. |
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