Radvilė Morkūnaitė-Mikulėnienė

Date and place of birth

2 January 1984, Kaunas

Education

2008: Vilnius Academy of Arts, Department of UNESCO Cultural Management and Cultural Policy, Master of Arts in Cultural Management

2006: Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre, Piano Performance, Bachelor of Arts

2002: Kaunas Juozas Naujalis Music Gymnasium

Employment

From 27 June 2024 to date: Appointed Minister for Education, Science and Sport

2008–2009: Adviser to  Minister for Foreign Affairs Vygaudas Ušackas

2005–2008: Assistant to Members of the Seimas (Parliament) of the Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats Group

Political career

Deputy Chairwoman of the Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats

2020–2024: Member of the 13th Seimas (Parliament)

    From 17 November 2020 to date: Deputy Speaker of the Seimas

    From 19 November 2020 to date: Chair of the European Affairs Committee

    From 4 July 2023 to date: Member of the Committee on Budget and Finance

    From 19 November 2020 to 3 July 2023: Member of the Education and Science Committee

2016–2020: Member of the 12th Seimas

    Member of the European Affairs Committee

    Member of the Education and Science Committee (2019– 2020)

    Member of the Environment Committee (2016–2019)

    Chair of the Freedom Prize Commission

    Member of the Disability Rights Commission (2017–2020)

    Member of the Freedom Strugges and Historical Memory Commission (2018–2019)

    Deputy Chair of the Freedom Strugges and Historical Memory Commission (2017–2018)

    Member of the Commission on the Rights and Affairs of Participants of Resistance to Occupation Regimes and Victims of the Occupation, Deputy Chair (2016–2017)

From 2015 to date: Deputy to Gabrielius Landsbergis, Chairman of the Homeland Union-Lithuanian Christian Democrats

2009–2014: Member of the European Parliament, Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety

2013–2015: Chairwoman of the Homeland Union –Lithuanian Christian Democrats Youth Community

From 2009 to date: Member of the Presidium of Homeland Union –Lithuanian Christian Democrats

2006–2007: President of the Young Conservatives League

From 2006 to date: Member of the Council of Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats

2003–2006: Member of the Board of the Young Conservatives League

From 2002 to date: Member of the Young Conservatives League

From 2001 to date: Member of Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats

Foreign languages

English 

Basic Russian, German, French, Italian

Hobbies

History, music, photography, cinema

Family

Married with two children