Romualdas Vaitkus

Romualdas Vaitkus (born 22 April 1966) is a Lithuanian politician and photographer. He was elected as a member of the 34th Tauragė Constituency for the Seimas during the Thirteenth Seimas election, serving from 2020 to 2024. Today, he runs various international art groups, has received an award for his research, and serves as an ambassador for a party called Green Tauragė .

Early life and education Vaitkus was born in Tauragė, the capital of Tauragė County, in Lithuania. He attended , graduating in 1984.

From 1984 to 1991, he studied at the Vytautas Magnus University Agriculture Academy. He received a position as an engineer at a hydroelectric powerplant.

Creative work The Lithuanian Photographers Association is an organization for coordinating photography projects across the country. Vaitkus has been a member of the Lithuanian Photographers Association since 1999. He's received several staff and group invitations internationally for exhibitions.

Vaitkus has also established and runs the Tauragė Photography Club since 2005, with one of his members, simply known as Kadras, organising exhibitions for foreign attendees. He won the "Tauragė County Honor Award" in 2007 for art research.

Member of the Seimas On 13 November 2020, he became a member of the Liberals' Movement (LB) and was elected to the Seimas to participate in the Thirteenth Seimas in a single-member constituency during the second round election. He won the 34th Tauragė Constituency.

His party, which consisted of thirteen members, weren't in agreement on some policies. Of these, including Vaitkus: , , Viktoras Pranckietis, and , worked to decriminalize small quantities of certain narcotics, enforce mandatory vaccinations for doctors and social workers, and oppose same-sex marriage.

He left the party on 14 November 2020.

Green Tauragė Green Tauragė is an environmentalist party run by Vaitkus.

Political views Vaitkus opposes same-sex marriage.