Mantas Adomėnas
Mantas Adomėnas | |
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Member of the Seimas | |
In office 16 November 2012 – 13 November 2020 | |
Constituency | Multi–member |
In office 17 November 2008 – 16 November 2012 | |
Preceded by | Petras Auštrevičius |
Succeeded by | Arvydas Anušauskas |
Constituency | Senamiestis |
Vice Chairman of the Homeland Union | |
Assumed office 3 March 2017 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Vilnius, Lithuania | 1 October 1972
Political party | Homeland Union - Lithuanian Christian Democrats |
Spouse | Viktorija Adomėnienė |
Children | Sofija-Elžbieta Adomėnaitė |
Alma mater | Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge |
Profession | Classicist |
Military service | |
Allegiance | Lithuania |
Branch/service | National Defence Volunteer Forces |
Years of service | since 2015 |
Rank | Private |
Mantas Adomėnas (born 1 October 1972) is a Lithuanian classicist and politician. He was first elected to the Seimas in 2008[1] and served until 2020. He earned a Ph.D. degree in classics from the University of Cambridge.[1] His best known work[citation needed] is probably the article The Fluctuating Fortunes of Heraclitus in Plato.[2]
Adomėnas was designated as the Vice Chairman of the Homeland Union in 2017. He ran for a Seimas seat as an independent in 2020 and lost but was selected as deputy minister of foreign affairs in December 2020 by Gabrielius Landsbergis.[3]
Influence peddling, other allegations[edit]
While Vice Chairman of Homeland Union Adomėnas was stripped of party membership in 2018[4] after being found guilty by party governance organs of influence peddling for MG Baltic, a business conglomerate with perceived Russian connections, with the aim of facilitating “capture of the party” by the business group.
Misogyny accusations[edit]
During a parliamentary sitting in 2010 Adomėnas publicly called a fellow MP Birutė Vėsaitė “vištų višta” (literally, a hen's hen), inviting accusations of misogyny. He apologized 2 days later.[5]
Support for Taiwan, Hong Kong independence[edit]
Adomėnas is a supporter of Taiwan and Hong Kong independence movements.[6][7] He organized a rally with slightly over 100 participants on 23 August 2019, during the 2019–20 Hong Kong protests, in solidarity with a protest in Hong Kong named the "Baltic Way". During the rally, Adomėnas decried a group of about a dozen counter-protesters as having been "hired".[8] Since March 2021 Adomėnas has been member of Lithuania-Taiwan Forum, an NGO supporting Taiwan independence.[9] Gintaras Steponavičius, accused in the Liberal Party bribery case on behalf of MG Baltic, is also part of the initiative.
References[edit]
- ^ a b Mefford, Brian (21 October 2015). "Adomenas & Nojay to Serve as COD Election Co-Chairs". Committee for Open Democracy (www.committeeforopendemocracy.org/). Retrieved 1 February 2021.
- ^ Laks, Andre; Louguet, Claire (2002). Qu’est-ce que la philosophie pre´socratique?. Presses Universitaires du Septentrion. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
- ^ "Ryškėja Gabrieliaus Landsbergio komanda – viceministru pakviestas dirbti Mantas Adomėnas". delfi.lt. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
- ^ "Iš TS-LKD pašalintas Mantas Adomėnas trauksis iš frakcijos, bet ne iš Seimo". 15min.lt. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
- ^ "M.Adomėnas po 2 dienų atsiprašė B.Vėsaitės, kad pavadino ją višta". Delfi.lt. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
- ^ "Seime užregistruotas Taivaną palaikančios rezoliucijos projektas". bns.lt. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
- ^ "Grupė parlamentarų siūlo Lietuvoje suteikti prieglobstį Honkongo žmonėms". lrt.lt. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
- ^ Lum, Alvin (23 August 2019). "'They want freedom the same way we wanted it': Cheers and support in Lithuania as Hong Kong embraces the 'Baltic Way'". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 1 February 2021 – via Yahoo News.
- ^ "Lithuania politicians, professors form pro-Taiwan group". Focus Taiwan. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
- Members of the Seimas
- Politicians from Vilnius
- 1972 births
- Living people
- Lithuanian scholars of ancient Greek philosophy
- Alumni of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge
- Vilnius University alumni
- Members of the International Steering Committee of the Community of Democracies
- 21st-century Lithuanian politicians
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