Algirdas Šemeta

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
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.^[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

^ 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"^{[permanent dead link]}, 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
Preceded by Dalia Grybauskaitė	Lithuanian European Commissioner 2009–2014	Succeeded by Vytenis Andriukaitis
Preceded by Dalia Grybauskaitė	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

Barroso Commission I (2004–2009)

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.

v t e Barroso Commission II (2009–2014)
Foreign Affairs and Security Policy	Catherine Ashton¹ (2010–14)
Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship	Viviane Reding² (2010–2014) Martine Reicherts (2014)
Competition	Joaquín Almunia² (2010–14)
Transport	Siim Kallas² (2010–14)
Digital Agenda	Neelie Kroes² (2010–14)
Industry and Entrepreneurship	Antonio Tajani² (2010–14) Ferdinando Nelli Feroci (2014)
Inter-Institutional Relations and Administration	Maroš Šefčovič² (2010–14)
Economic and Monetary Affairs and the Euro	Olli Rehn² (2010–14) Jyrki Katainen² (2014)
Environment	Janez Potočnik (2010–14)
Development	Andris Piebalgs (2010–14)
Internal Market and Services	Michel Barnier² (2010–14)
Education, Culture, Multilingualism and Youth	Androulla Vassiliou (2010–14)
Taxation and Customs Union, Audit and Anti-Fraud	Algirdas Šemeta (2010–14)
Trade	Karel De Gucht (2010–14)
Health	John Dalli (2010-12) Tonio Borg (2012–14)
Research, Innovation and Science	Máire Geoghegan-Quinn (2010–14)
Financial Programming and the Budget	Janusz Lewandowski (2010–14) Jacek Dominik (2014)
Maritime Affairs and Fisheries	Maria Damanaki (2010–14)
International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid and Crisis	Kristalina Georgieva (2010–14)
Energy	Günther Oettinger² (2010–14)
Regional Policy	Johannes Hahn (2010–14)
Climate Action	Connie Hedegaard (2010–14)
Enlargement and European Neighbourhood Policy	Štefan Füle (2010–14)
Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion	László Andor (2010–14)
Home Affairs	Cecilia Malmström (2010–14)
Agriculture and Rural Development	Dacian Cioloș (2010–14)
Consumer Policy	Neven Mimica (2013–14)
1 = First Vice President. 2 = Vice President.

v t e European Commissioners from Lithuania
Dalia Grybauskaitė Algirdas Šemeta Vytenis Andriukaitis Virginijus Sinkevičius

European People's Party

Parliamentary group

National parties

Member parties (EU)	ÖVP LE CD&V GERB/ГЕРБ DSB/ДСБ BCM SDS/СДС HDZ DISY/ΔΗ.ΣΥ. KDU–ČSL TOP 09 KD C Isamaa KD Kok./Saml. LR CDU CSU ND/Ν.Δ. KDNP FG FI AP UdC PpI SVP PATT V TS-LKD CSV PN CDA PO PSL CDS-PP PPD-PSD PNL PMP UDMR/RMDSz KDH D Ali Slovensko NSi SDS SLS PP KD M
Associated parties (non-EU)	PD XD VMRO - DPMNE/ВМРО - ДПМНЕ H SNS/СНС VMSZ/SVM DM-LC-AdC
Observer parties	HHK/ՀՀԿ Heritage/Ժառանգություն BCD/БХД AHP/АГП За Свабоду HDZ BiH PDP SDA HDZ 1990 ENM/ენმ EG/ევსა LDK PLDM PAS PPDA BS KrF PDCS Batkivshchyna/Батьківщина YeS UDAR/УДАР Об'єднання «Самопоміч»/Ob'yednannya «Samopomich»