1. Leonidas Donskis was the member of the European Parliament from 2009 to 2014.
16 Facts About Leonidas Donskis
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In 2004, Donskis has been awarded by the European Commission the title of the ambassador for tolerance and diversity in Lithuania.
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Leonidas Donskis died on 21 September 2016, in Vilnius Airport of an apparent heart attack.
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Leonidas Donskis was born in Klaipeda in Lithuanian Jewish family.
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Leonidas Donskis graduated from Lithuanian State Conservatoire, majoring in philology and theater, and then pursued his graduate studies in philosophy at the University of Vilnius, Lithuania.
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Leonidas Donskis has been involved in various public philosophical and political debates at the Institute of Art and Ideas.
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Until 7 June 2009, Leonidas Donskis acted as professor of political science at Vytautas Magnus University in Kaunas, Lithuania.
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From September 2014 Leonidas Donskis acted as vice-president for research at ISM University of Management and Economics.
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Leonidas Donskis was a member of the editorial board of the magazine New Eastern Europe.
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Leonidas Donskis was invited to campaign for the European Parliament by the Lithuanian Liberal Movement Party in 2009.
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Leonidas Donskis was the number one candidate on the list of the party.
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At the European Parliament Leonidas Donskis worked as a part of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe group, which is the third largest political group in the Parliament.
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Leonidas Donskis was a member of the Development Committee and member of the Subcommittee on Human Rights and a substitute member at the committee of Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs.
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Leonidas Donskis was the full member of the EU and Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee delegation, as well as, the delegation of the Parliamentary Assembly of the EURONEST.
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Leonidas Donskis was a substitute member of the EU relations with Israel, Moldova and the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly delegations.
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Leonidas Donskis has been published widely in international refereed journals, and is the author or editor of more than fifty books, some of them in English, including:.