Leonas Alesionka

Leonas Alesionka (born 6 January 1949) is a Lithuanian politician and former member of the Seimas.

Biography Alesionka was born to a working-class family in Švenčionys.

In 1972 Alesionka graduated from Faculty of Medicine within Vilnius University. Between 1973 and 1975 he worked as a doctor of Dermatology and Venereology in Ukmergė. Between 1975 and 1982 he worked as a doctor of Dermatology, Venereology and AIDS at Anykščiai district hospital.

In 2010, Alesionka, who had been working as a representative of the Government in Panevėžys County, won 1 million Litas (290 thousand Euros) in a national lottery. In 2012, Alesionka announced his departure from the Social Democratic Party and his intentions to run for a seat in the parliament representing the Republican Party. In the elections later that year, he received less than 7% of the votes in the Anykščiai-Kupiškis single-seat constituency.