Mantas Adomėnas
Mantas Adomėnas | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Seimas | |
| In office 16 November 2012 – 13 November 2020 | |
| Constituency | Multi–member |
| In office 17 November 2008 – 16 November 2012 | |
| Preceded by | Petras Auštrevičius |
| Succeeded by | Arvydas Anušauskas |
| Constituency | Senamiestis-Žvėrynas |
| Vice Chairman of the Homeland Union | |
| Assumed office 3 March 2017 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 October 1972 Vilnius, Lithuania |
| Political party | Homeland Union - Lithuanian Christian Democrats |
| Spouse | Viktorija Adomėnienė |
| Children | Sofija-Elžbieta Adomėnaitė |
| Alma mater | Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge |
| Profession | Classicist |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Lithuania |
| Branch/service | National Defence Volunteer Forces |
| Years of service | since 2015 |
| Rank | Private |
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Mantas Adomėnas (born 1 October 1972) is a Lithuanian classicist and politician. He was first elected to the Seimas in 2008 and served until 2020. He earned a Ph.D. degree in classics from the University of Cambridge. His best known work is probably the article The Fluctuating Fortunes of Heraclitus in Plato.
Adomėnas was designated as the Vice Chairman of the Homeland Union in 2017. He ran for a Seimas seat as an independent in 2020 and lost but was selected as deputy minister of foreign affairs in December 2020 by Gabrielius Landsbergis. He resigned in August 2023 following his arrest and a €800 fine for drunk driving.
He remains member of the European Council of Foreign Relations, a leftwing thinktank.
Adomėnas assumed position of secretary general of the Community of Democracies, a coalition of 30 member states, from 1 September 2024.