About Remigijus Šimašius
Remigijus Šimašius (born 12 January 1974) is a Lithuanian lawyer and politician, member of Seimas (2012–2015), Minister of Justice (2008–2012), Mayor of Vilnius from 2015 to 2023. == Education == In 1997 Šimašius graduated from the Faculty of Law at the Vilnius University, with a degree in law. In 2002 he attained a PhD, after defending his doctoral dissertation on Legal pluralism at the Lithuanian University of Law (now Mykolas Romeris University). From 2006 to 2008 he was the President of the Lithuanian Free Market Institute. From 9 December 2008 to 13 December 2012 he was the Minister of Justice of the 15th Government headed by Andrius Kubilius. == Chairman of Liberal movement == === Background === In May 2016, in the midst of a Liberal Movement bribery scandal, Eligijus Masiulis resigned as chairman and Antanas Guoga took over as the interim chairman. Guoga immediately suggested that bribery was widespread within the party and the party needed to become more transparent, which resulted in an initiative to remove Guoga. Guoga resigned two days after becoming interim chairman. === Election and resignation === In June 2016, Remigijus Šimašius was elected chairman. Since Šimašius took over, around 20 members left the party.
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