| Algirdas Šemeta | |
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| European Commissioner for Taxation and Customs Union, Audit and Anti-Fraud | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 9 February 2010 |
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| President | José Manuel Barroso |
| Preceded by | László Kovács (Taxation and Customs Union) Siim Kallas (Administrative Affairs, Audit and Anti-Fraud) |
| European Commissioner for Financial Programming and the Budget | |
| In office 1 July 2009 – 9 February 2010 |
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| President | José Manuel Barroso |
| Preceded by | Dalia Grybauskaitė |
| Succeeded by | Janusz Lewandowski |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 23 April 1962 Vilnius, Soviet Union (now Lithuania) |
| Political party | Homeland Union-Christian Democrats |
| Alma mater | Vilnius University |
| Profession | Economist |
Algirdas Gediminas Šemeta (born 23 April 1962) is a Lithuanian economist and the European Commissioner for Taxation and Customs Union, Audit and Anti-Fraud.[1] He has held this post since July 2009.
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.[2] His previous position has been as Lithuania's Finance Minister, which he fulfilled from December 2008 to June 2009, having already served in the post a decade earlier, from February 1997 to June 1999. Šemeta has minimal business experience in the private sector, his career to date has been concentrated in public office as a civil servant[3].
Following his Commission nomination by center-right Prime Minister Andrius Kubilius, Šemeta has affiliated himself with the European People's Party (EPP).[4][5]
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by Dalia Grybauskaitė |
Lithuanian European Commissioner 2009–present |
Incumbent |
| European Commissioner for Financial Programming and the Budget 2009–2010 |
Succeeded by Janusz Lewandowski |
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| Preceded by László Kovács as European Commissioner for Taxation and Customs Union |
European Commissioner for Taxation and Customs Union, Audit and Anti-Fraud 2010–present |
Incumbent |
| Preceded by Siim Kallas as European Commissioner for Administrative Affairs, Audit and Anti-Fraud |
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