Viktoras Pranckietis

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| birth_place = Ruteliai, Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic

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| office1 = Speaker of the Seimas

| president1 = Dalia Grybauskaitė
Gitanas Nausėda

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| term_end1 = 12 November 2020

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| successor1 = Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen

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| term_start2 = 14 November 2016

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Viktoras Pranckietis (born 26 July 1958) is a Lithuanian agronomist and politician. He was the speaker of the Seimas.

Early life and education

Pranckietis was born in Ruteliai village, near Tytuvėnai, in Kelmė District Municipality. He graduated from high school in Tytuvėnai in 1973 and continued studying there at an agricultural technical school, afterwards briefly working at a local farm as an agronomist.{{cite web|title=Viktoras Pranckietis: ryžtingas ir atlapaširdis agronomas, tapęs Seimo pirmininku|url=http://www.15min.lt/naujiena/aktualu/lietuva/viktoras-pranckietis-ryztingas-ir-atlapasirdis-agronomas-tapes-seimo-pirmininku-56-712253 |language=lt |access-date=17 November 2016|date=15 November 2016}} Between 1977 and 1982, Pranckietis studied at the Lithuanian Academy of Agriculture (now Aleksandras Stulginskis University), earning a degree in scientific agronomy. In 1998, he earned a doctoral degree in biomedicine.{{cite web| url=http://www.lrs.lt/sip/portal.show?p_r=8801&p_k=1&p_a=5&p_asm_id=79141&pt=sn:3#sn |title=Viktoras Pranckietis |publisher=Lietuvos Respublikos Seimo kanceliarija |language=lt |access-date=17 November 2016}}

Pranckietis spent most of his career working at the Lithuanian Academy of Agriculture, starting as a research assistant, and later working as the dean of the faculty of agronomy. He has written numerous scientific papers, books and textbooks, specializing in gardening and acted as a consultant on the subject for numerous specialized TV shows in Lithuania.

Political career

Pranckietis is a former member of the Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union. Since 2014, he has served as the deputy chairman of the party.{{cite web|last1=Nekrošius|first1=Arvydas|title=LVŽS plečia komandą: R. Karbauskio pavaduotoju tapo ir sveikuolis Dainius Kepenis|date=14 October 2014|url=http://krastietis.lt/lvzs-plecia-komanda-r-karbauskio-pavaduotoju-tapo-ir-sveikuolis-dainius-kepenis/|publisher=krastietis.lt |language=lt |access-date=17 November 2016}} He first unsuccessfully ran for a seat in the Lithuanian parliament, the Seimas, in 2012, but was elected to the council of Kaunas District Municipality in 2015.{{cite web|last1=Karaliūnas|first1=Arūnas|title=Naujasis Seimo pirmininkas – agronomas, išgarsinęs margalapes aktinidijas|url=http://lietuvosdiena.lrytas.lt/aktualijos/naujasis-seimo-pirmininkas-agronomas-isgarsines-margalapes-aktinidijas.htm|publisher=Lietuvos rytas |language=lt |access-date=17 November 2016}} In the parliamentary elections in October 2016, Pranckietis was elected to the parliament in the single-member constituency of Raudondvaris. With Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union being the largest party in the parliament, Pranckietis was elected as the Speaker of the Seimas in November 2016.{{cite news|last1=Gudavičius|first1=Stasys|title=Seimo pirmininku išrinktas Viktoras Pranckietis|url=http://vz.lt/verslo-aplinka/politika/2016/11/14/seimo-pirmininku-isrinktas-viktoras-pranckietis|access-date=15 November 2016|publisher=Verslo žinios |language=lt|date=14 November 2016}}{{cite news|last1=Samoškaitė|first1=Eglė|title=Seimo pirmininku tapo R. Karbauskio kandidatas V. Pranckietis|url=http://www.delfi.lt/news/daily/lithuania/seimo-pirmininku-tapo-r-karbauskio-kandidatas-v-pranckietis.d?id=72858664|access-date=17 November 2016|publisher=Delfi.lt |language=lt |date=14 November 2016}} In 2018 and 2019, there were two attempts to have no confidence vote on Pranckietis' speakership, but none of them prevailed.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lrytas.lt/lietuvosdiena/aktualijos/2019/07/17/news/v-pranckieti-pasalinti-bandoma-ne-pirma-karta-tam-megino-pasipriesinti-keli-valstieciai-11132563/amp/|title = V. Pranckietį pašalinti bandoma ne pirmą kartą: Tam mėgino pasipriešinti keli valstiečiai}}

Honours

=Foreign honours=

{{flag|Italy}}: Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (14 January 2019){{cite web| url=https://www.quirinale.it/onorificenze/insigniti/357179/ |title=Pranckietis S.E. Viktoras |language=it |publisher=President of the Republic |access-date=24 April 2020}}
{{flag|Poland}}: Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland (1 July 2019){{cite web| author=ELTA| author-link=ELTA|url=http://l24.lt/lt/visuomene/item/308417-v-pranckieciui-bus-iteiktas-ordino-uz-nuopelnus-lenkijos-respublikai-didysis-kryzius |title=V. Pranckiečiui bus įteiktas ordino "Už nuopelnus Lenkijos Respublikai" Didysis kryžius |date=1 July 2019 |publisher=L24plius |language=lt |access-date=25 April 2020 }}

References

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Donatas Jankauskas (Kaunas rural district)}}

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Category:1958 births

Category:Living people

Category:Lithuanian agronomists

Category:People from Kelmė District Municipality

Category:Speakers of the Seimas

Category:Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union politicians

Category:Liberal Movement (Lithuania) politicians

Category:Vytautas Magnus University Agriculture Academy alumni