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Mantas Adomėnas

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Mantas Adomėnas
Member of the Seimas
In office
16 November 2012 – 13 November 2020
ConstituencyMulti–member
In office
17 November 2008 – 16 November 2012
Preceded byPetras Auštrevičius
Succeeded byArvydas Anušauskas
ConstituencySenamiestis
Vice Chairman of the Homeland Union
Assumed office
3 March 2017
Personal details
Born (1972-10-01) 1 October 1972 (age 51)
Vilnius, Lithuania
Political partyHomeland Union - Lithuanian Christian Democrats
SpouseViktorija Adomėnienė
ChildrenSofija-Elžbieta Adomėnaitė
Alma materGonville and Caius College, Cambridge
ProfessionClassicist
Military service
Allegiance Lithuania
Branch/service National Defence Volunteer Forces
Years of servicesince 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]

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Laks, Andre; Louguet, Claire (2002). Qu’est-ce que la philosophie pre´socratique?. Presses Universitaires du Septentrion. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
  3. ^ "Ryškėja Gabrieliaus Landsbergio komanda – viceministru pakviestas dirbti Mantas Adomėnas". delfi.lt. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
  4. ^ "Iš TS-LKD pašalintas Mantas Adomėnas trauksis iš frakcijos, bet ne iš Seimo". 15min.lt. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
  5. ^ "M.Adomėnas po 2 dienų atsiprašė B.Vėsaitės, kad pavadino ją višta". Delfi.lt. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
  6. ^ "Seime užregistruotas Taivaną palaikančios rezoliucijos projektas". bns.lt. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
  7. ^ "Grupė parlamentarų siūlo Lietuvoje suteikti prieglobstį Honkongo žmonėms". lrt.lt. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ "Lithuania politicians, professors form pro-Taiwan group". Focus Taiwan. Retrieved 30 March 2021.


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