Vytautas Sinica (born 4 February 1990) is a Lithuanian political scientist, writer and far-right[1] politician. A founding member and vice-chairman of the National Alliance party, he was elected to the Seimas in the 2024 Lithuanian parliamentary election, becoming the party's first Member of the Seimas.
Vytautas Sinica | |
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| Member of the Seimas | |
| Assumed office 14 November 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Radvilė Morkūnaitė-Mikulėnienė |
| Constituency | Pilaitė–Karoliniškės |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 4 February 1990 Vilnius, Lithuania |
| Political party | National Alliance (2020-current) |
| Spouse | Eimantė Daukšaitė |
| Alma mater | Vilnius University |
Biography
editSinica graduated from Vilnius University with a bachelor's degree in political science in 2013, a master's degree in comparative politics in 2015, and a doctor's degree in philosophy in 2022.[2] He has authored over 100 articles on political science and philosophy and contributed to several projects on studies of Lithuanian and European politics.[3] In 2015, he founded the non-profit publishing company "Centre for Statehood Studies" (Lithuanian: Valstybingumo studijų centras), which specializes in nationalist and political science literature.[4]
From 2013, he was employed as a parliamentary assistant for Homeland Union member of the Seimas Agnė Bilotaitė. In 2016, he was fired after publishing an article criticizing the party's new leader Gabrielius Landsbergis.[5] Later, he was employed as an assistant for Eugenijus Jovaiša, an independent in the parliamentary group of the Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union.[6]
Since 2020, he has been the chairman of the nationalist youth organization Pro Patria.[2]
Political career
editAlongside Vytautas Radžvilas and Rimantas Jonas Dagys, Sinica was an initiator of the initiative to establish a christian democratic party in 2019.[7] Arvydas Juozaitis, philosopher and candidate in the 2019 Lithuanian presidential election, was also considered as a possible member of the party. However, after Dagys chose to establish the Christian Union and Juozaitis joined the Pensioners' Party, Sinica and Radžvilas established the National Alliance in 2020.[8] Radžvilas became the party's chairman and Sinica the party's vice-chairman.[9]
Sinica was elected as one of the party's three councillors in the Vilnius municipal council during the 2023 Lithuanian municipal elections.[10] In the 2024 Lithuanian parliamentary election, he stood as the party's candidate in the Pilaitė–Karoliniškės constituency in Vilnius as well as the leader of the party's electoral list. Though the party received less than five percent of the vote, he advanced to the second round in his constituency alongside Homeland Union candidate Radvilė Morkūnaitė-Mikulėnienė, as the National Alliance's only candidate in the second round of the elections. Sinica won with 51.46 percent of the vote.[11]
References
edit- ^ "Lithuanian far-right party receives 'thank you' letter from Hungary's Orbán". LRT (in Lithuanian). 15 July 2021.
- ^ a b "Vytautas SINICA". Central Election Commission of Lithuania (in Lithuanian). 2024.
- ^ "Steigėjas - Vytautas Sinica". Valstybingumo studijų centras (in Lithuanian).
- ^ "Trumpa istorija". Valstybingumo studijų centras (in Lithuanian).
- ^ Samoškaitė, Eglė (27 October 2016). "A. Bilotaitė už straipsnį atleidžia iš darbo politologą V. Sinicą". Delfi (in Lithuanian).
- ^ Gaučaitė-Znutienė, Modesta (29 August 2019). "Inicijuojamas naujos krikdeminės politinės partijos kūrimas: nebėra, ko laukti". LRT (in Lithuanian).
Seimo narys Rimantas Jonas Dagys, profesorius Vytautas Radžvilas, politologas, parlamentaro Eugenijaus Jovaišos padėjėjas Seime V. Sinica.
- ^ Gaučaitė-Znutienė, Modesta (29 August 2019). "Inicijuojamas naujos krikdeminės politinės partijos kūrimas: nebėra, ko laukti". LRT (in Lithuanian).
- ^ Pankūnas, Gytis (19 February 2020). "Naujų dešiniųjų kūrimasis primena serialą: susivieniję netrukus išsiskirstė, dabar kaltina vienas kitą intrigomis". LRT (in Lithuanian).
- ^ "Vadovybė". Nacionalinis susivienijimas.
- ^ "Vilniaus miesto (Nr.57) savivaldybės taryba". Central Election Commission of Lithuania (in Lithuanian). 2023.
- ^ "Pilaitės–Karoliniškių (Nr.8) apygarda". Central Election Commission of Lithuania (in Lithuanian). 2024.