Mindaugas Puidokas

Mindaugas Puidokas
Member of the Seimas
In office
13 November 2020 – 2024
ConstituencyMulti-member
In office
14 November 2016 – 12 November 2020
Preceded byRytas Kupčinskas
Succeeded byVytautas Juozapaitis
ConstituencyAleksotas - Vilijampolė
Personal details
Born (1979-03-19) 19 March 1979
PartyLithuanian Christian Democracy Party (2024-present)
Other political
affiliations
Farmers and Greens Union (2016-2019)
Labour Party (2019-2022)
EducationVytautas Magnus University

Mindaugas Puidokas (born 19 March 1979) is a Lithuanian politician, 2020 draft winner and journalist. He was an independent candidate for the 2019 Lithuanian presidential election.


Biography

He graduated from the Sports University, Kaunas, in 1999.

In 1996 won European Youth Basketball Championship together with stars like Šarūnas Jasikevičius.

In 1995–1999, he was a correspondent for the newspapers Kauno diena, Kauno žinios, Vytautas Magnus.

Since 2016, he is a member of the Lithuanian Seimas. He is one of the 9 candidates for the 2019 presidential election on 12 May 2019.[1][2]

References

  1. ^ Mindaugas Puidokas Lietuvos Respublikos Seime
  2. ^ "Mindaugas Puidokas pašalintas iš "valstiečių" frakcijos - KOMENTARAI". 15min.lt. Retrieved 12 May 2019.