Algirdas Šemeta

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 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 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]

References

^ Algirdas Šemeta introductory material at the European Commission website
^ at the European Commission websitecurriculum vitaeAlgirdas Šemeta
^ on the European Union WebsiteCurriculum VitaeAlgirdas Gediminas ŠEMETA
^ "Barroso gets new EU Commission team", BBC News, 25 November 2009; accessed 28 November 2009
^ "Barroso II: 13 EPP Commissioners receive key portfolios", European People's Party, 27 November 2009; accessed 28 November 2009

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 (2004–09)

Joaquín Almunia Catherine Ashton⁶ José Manuel Barroso¹ Jacques Barrot² Joe Borg Karel De Gucht⁹ Stavros Dimas Benita Ferrero-Waldner Ján Figeľ¹⁰ Franco Frattini^{2, 5} Mariann Fischer Boel Dalia Grybauskaitė⁷ Danuta Hübner⁸ Siim Kallas² László Kovács Neelie Kroes Meglena Kuneva³ Markos Kyprianou⁴ Peter Mandelson⁶ Charlie McCreevy Louis Michel⁹ Leonard Orban³ Andris Piebalgs Janez Potočnik Viviane Reding Olli Rehn Paweł Samecki⁸ Maroš Šefčovič¹⁰ Algirdas Šemeta⁷ Vladimír Špidla Antonio Tajani^{2, 5} Androulla Vassiliou⁴ Günter Verheugen² Margot Wallström²

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.

Barroso Commission II (2009–14)

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 Cioloş (2010–14)

Consumer Policy	Neven Mimica (2013–14)

1 = First Vice President. 2 = Vice President.

European People's Party (EPP)

European Parliament group: European People's Party

Parties

Member parties (EU)	ÖVP cdH CD&V GERB/ГЕРБ DSB/ДСБ DP/ДП SDS/СДС HDZ HSS DISY/ΔΗ.ΣΥ. KDU–ČSL TOP 09 K D IRL Kok./Saml. UMP CDU CSU ND/Ν.Δ. Fidesz KDNP FG FI NCD UdC UDEUR PpI V TS-LKD CSV PN CDA PO PSL CDS–PP PPD/PSD PD-L PNŢ-CD UDMR/RMDSz PMP PNL KDH MOST-HÍD SDKÚ-DS SMK-MKP NSi SDS SLS PP UDC KD M

Associated parties (non-EU)	VMRO - DPMNE/ВМРО - ДПМНЕ H URS CVP-PDC-PPD-PCD

Observer parties	PD HHK/ՀՀԿ OEK/ՕԵԿ Heritage/Ժառանգություն BNF/БНФ AHP/АГП HDZ BiH PDP SDA HDZ 1990 KD ENM/ენმ LDK SVP PLDM KrF PDCS VMSZ Batkivshchyna/Батьківщина NRU/НРУ UDAR/УДАР

Party Presidents

European Parliament
Group Presidents

European Commissioners

José Manuel Barroso (President)
Andris Piebalgs (Development)
Jyrki Katainen (Economic and Monetary Affairs and the Euro)
Michel Barnier (Internal Market and Services)
Algirdas Šemeta (Taxation and Customs Union, Audit and Anti-Fraud)
Tonio Borg (Health and Consumer Policy)
Jacek Dominik (Financial Programming and the Budget)
Kristalina Georgieva (International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Response)
Günther Oettinger (Energy)
Johannes Hahn (Regional Policy)
Connie Hedegaard (Climate Action)
Dacian Cioloș (Agriculture and Rural Development)
see Barroso II Commission

Heads of government
at the European Council

Nicos Anastasiades (Cyprus)
Alexander Stubb (Finland)
Angela Merkel (Germany)
Antonis Samaras (Greece)
Viktor Orbán (Hungary)
Enda Kenny (Ireland)
Laimdota Straujuma (Latvia)
Ewa Kopacz (Poland)
Pedro Passos Coelho (Portugal)
Traian Băsescu (Romania)
Mariano Rajoy (Spain)
see European Council

Eurofoundation: Centre for European Studies

Algirdas Šemeta

Algirdas Šemeta

References

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Vilnius University

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European People's Party

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