Aloyzas Sakalas

Aloyzas Sakalas (6 July 1931 – 18 July 2022) was a Lithuanian politician, signatory of the Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania, and Member of the European Parliament with the Social Democratic Party of Lithuania. Aloyzas Sakalas was also a part of the Socialist Group and sat on the European Parliament's Committee on Legal Affairs.

Aloyzas Sakalas was a substitute for the Committee on Foreign Affairs and a member of the Delegation for relations with Belarus. He had three children.

Education 1960: Degree in radio engineering from the Kaunas Polytechnic Institute 1969: Doctorate from Vilnius State University 1972: Associate Professor 1977: Qualification as a professor of Physics and Mathematics 1980: Professor at the University of Vilnius

Career 1960–1962: Engineer at the Institute for Electrographics 1982–1990: Lecturer of the Associate Professor and Professor at the University of Vilnius 1989–1991: Member of the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party (LDSP) 1991–1999: Chairman of the LSDP since 1999: Honorary Chairman of the LSDP 1990–1992: Chairman of the Committee on the Verification of Credentials of the Parliament of the Republic of Lithuania 1992–1996: Deputy President of Parliament 1996–2004: Member of Parliament 2000–2004: Chairman of the Parliament's Committee on Legal Affairs 1996–2004: Chairman of the organisation 'Help Lithuanian Children'