Simonas Gentvilas
18th Minister for Environment of Lithuania
Incumbent
Assumed office 11 December 2020
Prime Minister	Ingrida Šimonytė
Preceded by	Kęstutis Mažeika
Member of the Seimas
Incumbent
Assumed office 13 November 2020
Preceded by	Gintaras Vaičekauskas
Constituency	Pajūris
In office 14 November 2016 – 13 November 2020
Constituency	Multi-member
Personal details
Born	(1984-09-28) 28 September 1984 (age 39) Klaipėda, Lithuania
Political party	Liberal Movement
Spouse	Šarūnė Gentvilienė
Children	2
Education	University of Oslo University of Vienna

Simonas Gentvilas (born 28 September 1984) is a Lithuanian politician, a Member of the Seimas for Pajūris constituency and former Klaipėda City Councillor.

On 7 December 2020, he was approved to be the Minister of Environment in the Šimonytė Cabinet.^[1]

Biography

He is son of politician Eugenijus Gentvilas.

From the age of sixteen he studied abroad.^[2] Graduated from a gymnasium in Karlskrona, Sweden.

Studied at universities in Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Belgium, Austria and Spain. He graduated from the University of Oslo in 2007 with a Bachelor’s degree in Sociology. In 2010 graduated from the University of Vienna with a Master's degree in Urban Development.

From 2015 to 2016 taught at Klaipeda College of Social Sciences.

Political career

In 2011, he became an advisor to the Mayor of Klaipeda.

Since the autumn of 2015, he has been the Vice-Chairman Liberal Movement.

From 2015 to 2016, he was Klaipėda City Councillor, the Head of the Liberal Movement group and the chairman of the City Development and Strategic Planning Committee in the Klaipėda City Council. ^[3]

Since 2016, he has been a Member of the Seimas, and since 2020 he has been elected in the Pajūris constituency. ^[4]