birth_place party office primeminister birth_date term_start article_title name
Šiauliai , lithuania labour party minister of culture algirdas butkevičius 20 september 1961 13 december 2012 Šarūnas birutis
 Šarūnas birutis
Šarūnas birutis

Šarūnas birutis -lrb- born september 20 , 1961 in Šiauliai -rrb- is a lithuanian politician .
he was a member of the european parliament for the labour party from 2004 to 2009 .
in the parliament he joined the alliance of liberals and democrats for europe .
he received bachelor 's degree in economics from vilnius university in 1984 and master 's degree in law from mykolas romeris university in 2003 .
after lithuania 's independence in 1990 , birutis worked establishing and developing tourist industry .
in 1999 he joined the ministry of the economy as adviser for small and middle businesses .
he was a member of the team , negotiating lithuania 's membership in the european union .
in 2004 , he was elected to the european parliament , where he joined the committee on industry , research and energy and committee on internal market and consumer protection .
birutis ran again in 2009 , but labour party gained only one seat which went to viktor uspaskich , leader and founder of the party .
