Gintaras Steponavičius

Gintaras Steponavičius (born 23 July 1967 in Klaipėda) is a Lithuanian former Liberal politician, retiring from politics in 2020. He was member of the Seimas and Senior Deputy Chair of the Lithuanian Liberal Movement Party. Steponavičius was the Minister of Education and Science in Kubilius Cabinet. He studied in 1990 in The Hague, Netherlands and in 1991 at the University of Copenhagen in Denmark. In 1992 he attended the European Institute of the University of Birmingham in the UK, and later the Academy of European Law in Florence, Italy, and the Royal University of Groningen in the Netherlands. and was separately suspected of money laundering through his charity organization "Laisvės studijų centras" ("Centre for Freedom Studies") as well as another personal charity.

Lithuania-Taiwan Forum Since March 2021 Steponavičius has been chairing Lithuania-Taiwan Forum, an NGO supporting Taiwan independence. Mantas Adomėnas, a conservative politician accused of influence peddling on behalf of the same conglomerate, is also part of the initiative.

Personal life Steponavičius is married to Vaidė, his third wife, and has a son (Mykolas) from his first marriage and a daughter (Urtė) from his second marriage.