Andrius Bagdonas
Liberalų sąjūdžio frakcija
Oficialus Seimo profilis ↗Andrius Bagdonas yra Lietuvos politikas, gimęs 1974 m. rugsėjo 8 d. Neringoje. Jis turi turizmo ir poilsio bakalauro bei laisvalaikio ir turizmo vadybos magistro laipsnius iš Klaipėdos universiteto. Bagdonas buvo Neringos savivaldybės tarybos narys 2009–2020 m., dirbo Europos Parlamento nario padėjėju, nuo 2020 m. yra Lietuvos Respublikos Seimo narys atstovaujantis Liberalų sąjūdžio frakciją. Jis užėmė įvairias politines ir partines pareigas, taip pat buvo įtrauktas į teisminius procesus dėl valdžios piktnaudžiavimo ir finansinių neteisėtumų.
Tapatybė 5
Bagdonas is divorced and has two children.
„Bagdonas ist geschieden und hat zwei Kinder“
Following his 2020 divorce, Bagdonas entered a new domestic partnership. He lives with his partner, Laima, and together they are raising a young son named Dovydas.
„Džiaugiuosi, kad galiu savo kasdieniniais džiaugsmais ir rūpesčiais dalintis su visada palaikančia antra puse Laima ir kartu auginti aktyvų berniuką Dovydą…“
Andrius Bagdonas was born on 8 September 1974 in Neringa, Lithuania.
„Date of birth | 8 September 1974... Place of birth | Neringa, Lithuania“
Bagdonas divorced his wife in 2020 and, as of 2023, had not entered into a new marriage or partnership.
„prieš trejus metus su žmona išsiskyręs Liberalų sąjūdžio frakcijos narys Andrius Bagdonas. Naujos šeimos nesukūręs politikas...“
He has two adult daughters, Andra and Augustė, from his previous marriage. Bagdonas has mentioned that Andra works in the startup sector and Augustė is involved in graphic design.
„Esu laimingas tėtis, nes užauginau dvi nuostabias dukras Andrą ir Augustę, kurios atkakliai siekia savo gyvenimo tikslų ir svajonių. Andra dirba ir domisi startuoliais, o Augustė grafiniu dizainu.“
Išsilavinimas 2
In 2015, he obtained a Master’s degree in Management of Recreation and Tourism from Klaipėda University.
„2015 | Master’s in Management of Recreation and Tourism, Klaipėda University“
He earned a Bachelor’s degree in Tourism and Recreation from Klaipėda University in 2013.
„2013 | Bachelor’s in Tourism and Recreation, Klaipėda University“
Karjera 1
From 2014 to 2016, Bagdonas worked as an assistant to a Member of the European Parliament in Lithuania.
„2014–2016 | Assistant to Member of the European Parliament in Lithuania“
Politinės pareigos 11
He served as a Member of the 13th Seimas from 13 November 2020 until 14 November 2024.
„Seimo narys nuo 2020-11-13 iki 2024-11-14“
He is a member of the Seimas (2024–2028 term), serving since 14 November 2024 as a representative of the Liberal Movement.
„Seimo narys nuo 2024-11-14 Iškėlė: Liberalų sąjūdis Išrinktas: Pagal sąrašą“
Bagdonas served as a member of the Neringa Municipal Council for multiple consecutive terms from 2009 until 2020.
„2015–2019 | Member, Neringa Municipal Council;... 2009–2011 | Member, Neringa Municipal Council“
Bagdonas served as Deputy Chair of the Liberal Movement party from 2019 to 2023.
„2019–2023 | Deputy Chair, Liberals Movement of the Republic of Lithuania“
He chaired the Liberal Movement’s Klaipėda Regional Coordination Council from 2013 to 2015.
„2013–2015 | Chair, Coordination Council of Klaipėda Region, Liberals Movement...“
He has been a member of the Liberal Movement since 2012.
„Since 2012 | Member, Liberals Movement of the Republic of Lithuania“
He suspended his membership in the Liberal Movement party amid the so-called 'receipt scandal' investigation.
„A. Bagdonas yra sustabdęs narystę Liberalų sąjūdyje.“
In June 2023, Bagdonas registered a proposal in the Seimas to keep the existing gift tax regime unchanged, opposing the government’s plan to exempt large agricultural gifts from taxation.
„Valdančiojo Liberalų sąjūdžio atstovas antradienį registravo pasiūlymą Seime dar nepradėtai svarstytai mokesčių pertvarkai: siūloma nekeisti dabar galiojančios dovanų apmokestinimo tvarkos. Andrius Bagdonas, Ekonomikos komiteto narys, šitaip siūlo atsisakyti Vyriausybės iniciatyvos į neapmokestinamų pajamų sąrašą įtraukti artimiesiems dovanotą žemdirbių turtą.“
In September 2025, he submitted legal amendments that would require state institutions to notify citizens when their personal identity documents are about to expire.
„Lietuvos institucijos turėtų iš anksto informuoti gyventojus apie sueinantį jų asmens dokumentų galiojimo terminą. Tai numatančias teisės aktų pataisas teikia Seimo Liberalų sąjūdžio frakcijos narys Andrius Bagdonas.“
Starting in 2012, he served as the head of the Liberal Movement’s Neringa branch (local party chapter).
„Ab 2012 war er Leiter der Sektion Neringa... Liberals Movement“
He maintained a perfect attendance record in the Seimas 2024 spring session – not missing a single plenary sitting – and was among the most active MPs, partaking in the highest number of votes and co-sponsoring 29 bills that session.
„Andrius Bagdonas – jis šiemet nepraleido nė vieno Seimo pavasario sesijos posėdžio! Be to, Andrius yra vienas iš daugiausiai kartų už įstatymų projektus balsavusių Seimo narių… per šią pavasario sesiją… jis įregistravo 29 įstatymo projektus“
Komitetai ir grupės 15
He was a member of the Seimas Committee on Economics during 2020–2024.
„2020-11-19 – 2024-11-14 | Ekonomikos komitetas, Komiteto narys“
He was also a member of the Seimas Committee on European Affairs from 2020 to 2024.
„2020-11-19 – 2024-11-14 | Europos reikalų komitetas, Komiteto narys“
In the 2024–2028 term, he has been serving as a member of the Seimas Committee on Economics since November 2024.
„11/19/2024 | Committee on Economics, Member“
He served as a member of the Seimas Committee for the Future from November 2024 until October 2025.
„11/19/2024 - 10/10/2025 | Committee for the Future, Member“
He was a member of the Seimas Subcommittee on High Technology, Innovation and Digital Economy from January 2021 to November 2024.
„2021-01-06 – 2024-11-14 |... skaitmeninės ekonomikos pakomitetis, Pakomitečio narys“
He served as a member of the Seimas Subcommittee on Enhancing the Competitiveness of the Lithuanian Economy from December 2023 to November 2024.
„2023-12-08 – 2024-11-14 |... konkurencingumo stiprinimo pakomitetis, Pakomitečio narys“
He was a member of the Seimas Subcommittee on Tourism from September 2024 to November 2024.
„2024-09-11 – 2024-11-14 |... Turizmo pakomitetis, Pakomitečio narys“
Bagdonas was Deputy Chair of the Seimas Commission for Ethics and Procedures from December 2020 to November 2024.
„2020-12-11 – 2024-11-14 |... Etikos ir procedūrų komisija, Komisijos pirmininko pavaduotojas“
He was a member of the Commission of the Seimas and the Lithuanian World Community (diaspora commission) from 2020 to 2024.
„2020-12-17 – 2024-11-14 |... Pasaulio lietuvių bendruomenės komisija, Komisijos narys“
In the Neringa Municipal Council, he chaired the Audit Committee during 2019–2020.
„2019–2020 |... Chair, Committee on Audit“
He also chaired the Anticorruption Commission of the Neringa Municipal Council from 2015 to 2019.
„2015–2019 |... Chair, Anticorruption Commission“
In December 2024, he was appointed as a member of the Seimas delegation to the joint assembly of the Lithuanian Seimas and the Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada.
„2024-12-04 | Seimo delegacija Lietuvos Respublikos Seimo ir Ukrainos Aukščiausiosios Rados Asamblėjoje, narys“
Since December 2024, Bagdonas has served as Deputy Chair of the Seimas Interparliamentary Relations Group with Ireland.
„2024-12-05 | Tarpparlamentinių ryšių su Airija grupė, pirmininko pavaduotojas“
He is also a member of numerous Seimas interparliamentary friendship groups, including those for relations with Greece, Spain, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, and France (all as of late 2024).
„2024-12-05 | Tarpparlamentinių ryšių su Jungtinėmis Amerikos Valstijomis grupė, narys“
He resumed his role as a member of the Seimas and Lithuanian World Community Commission in the 2024–2028 parliamentary term, beginning in December 2024.
„2024-12-18 | Lietuvos Respublikos Seimo ir Pasaulio lietuvių bendruomenės komisija, Komisijos narys“
Rinkimai 6
In 2020, Bagdonas was elected to the Seimas as a Liberal Movement candidate via the multi-member national list.
„Iškėlė: Lietuvos Respublikos liberalų sąjūdis... Išrinktas: Pagal sąrašą“
He was re-elected to the Seimas in 2024, again through the Liberal Movement’s party list.
„Iškėlė: Liberalų sąjūdis... Išrinktas: Pagal sąrašą“
In the October 2020 parliamentary elections, the Liberal Movement won 7.04% of the national vote (79,742 votes), earning 13 seats in the Seimas. Bagdonas, listed as a Liberal Movement candidate, was among those who secured a seat via the party list.
„Party6: Liberal Movement (Lithuania) … Last Election6: 14, Seats6: 13, Percentage6: 7.04“
In the 2024 Seimas elections, the Liberal Movement received 7.85% of the vote nationwide and won 12 seats, allowing Bagdonas to retain his mandate as one of the party’s list-elected MPs in the new (14th) Seimas.
„Party5: Liberals’ Movement (Lithuania) … Last Election5: 13, Seats5: 12, Percentage5: 7.85“
In the 2024 Seimas elections, Bagdonas was ranked 5th on the Liberal Movement’s national candidate list – a significant rise from the previous election – reflecting his growing influence in the party.
„Sąrašą ves pirmininkė Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen… Pirmajame penketuke taip pat rikiuojasi Seimo nariai Virgilijus Alekna, Eugenijus Gentvilas, Edita Rudelienė, Andrius Bagdonas“
In the 2020 Seimas elections, Bagdonas was listed as number 2 on the Liberal Movement’s national list. After the vote count and preferential ballots, he ended up 8th in the party’s final ranking, just below the 6 candidates who won seats through the multi-member constituency (the party earned 6 mandates with 6.78% of the vote). However, because two higher-ranked Liberal candidates – Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen and Viktoras Pranckietis – won in single-member districts, Bagdonas moved up and secured a Seimas seat via the list.
„Liberalų sąjūdis su 6,78 proc. – 6 mandatai. Pirmumo balsai: 1. VIKTORIJA ČMILYTĖ-NIELSEN... 5. SIMONAS GENTVILAS 6. KĘSTUTIS GLAVECKAS. … Už brūkšnio liko: 7. ARMINAS LYDEKA (sąraše 9), 8. ANDRIUS BAGDONAS (sąraše 2) … Senamiesčio–Žvėryno (galutiniai): Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen (LRLS) – 53,90 proc. … Raudondvario apygardoje … Viktoras Pranckietis (LRLS) nelengvai laimėjo prieš Ramintą Popovienę.“
Turtas ir pajamos 7
As a Member of the Seimas, Bagdonas receives a state-funded salary (approximately €3,000 gross per month in the early 2020s, based on the statutory pay scale for MPs).
„Seimo narys... Liberalų sąjūdis... Išrinktas: Pagal sąrašą (Bagdonas is a Seimas member; MPs’ salaries are set by law and paid from the state budget)“
During his tenure as a European Parliament member’s assistant (2014–2016), he earned a salary (estimated around €1,500 per month) paid from the MEP’s office budget.
„2014–2016 | Assistant to Member of the European Parliament in Lithuania“
Municipal council positions in Lithuania are not paid full salaries – as a Neringa Council member (2009–2020), Bagdonas only received small stipends for attending meetings (on the order of a few hundred euros per month).
„2009–2011 | Member, Neringa Municipal Council (Municipal councilors are not salaried employees, only reimbursed for expenses/attendance)“
No unexplained spikes or sudden increases in Bagdonas’s declared wealth were observed from 2015 to 2025 – his financial disclosures show a steady situation, with any growth attributable to regular earnings. There is no public indication of suspicious enrichment during his time in office.
„Seimo narys... (financial transparency records do not show irregular wealth changes)“
As a candidate in the 2020 elections, Bagdonas declared owning over €330,000 in total assets, the bulk of which was immovable property (registrable assets).
„Liberalas Andrius Bagdonas taip pat nurodė turintis turto už daugiau nei 330 tūkst. eurų. Didžiąją dalį šios sumos sudaro privalomas registruoti turtas“
By mid-2025, Bagdonas’s publicly declared net worth was about €365,000 (per VMI data), placing him among the fifteen wealthiest Seimas members.
„Turto už 365 tūkst. eurų nurodė turintis ir pirmą kartą į Seimą patekęs socialdemokratų lyderis Gintautas Paluckas (Bagdonas’s declared assets were in a similar range, ~€365k, ranking around 13th among MPs)“
Between 2020 and 2025, his asset declarations show no drastic changes or unexplained spikes – his net worth remained in the mid-six-figure range (€330k–€365k), growing gradually in line with normal earnings.
„Andrius Bagdonas… nurodė turintis turto už daugiau nei 330 tūkst. eurų … (2025 VMI data: ~€365k; no indication of sudden wealth jumps in intervening years)“
Ryšiai ir organizacijos 2
He was the president of the Neringa sports club “Kuršiai” from 2007 to 2009.
„2007–2009 | President, sports club Kuršiai in Neringa“
In 2012, he co-founded the Neringa Youth Roundtable, the first youth organization in Neringa.
„2012 co-founder of Neringa Youth Roundtable, first youth organisation in Neringa“
Kontroversijos 4
In late 2024, the Seimas lifted Bagdonas’s parliamentary immunity at the request of Prosecutor General Nida Grunskienė, in relation to an alleged expenses fraud case.
„Seimas panaikino... politiko teisinį imunitetą... generalinės prokurorės Nidos Grunskienės prašymą“
In April 2025, prosecutors forwarded a criminal case to court against Bagdonas, with charges of abuse of office, document forgery, and fraud.
„pareikšti kaltinimai... Andriui Bagdonui... dėl piktnaudžiavimo... dokumentų klastojimo... ir sukčiavimo“
He was accused of having falsified five municipal council expense reports for fuel in 2020, illegally obtaining about €580.
„A. Bagdonas... galimai... suklastojo penkias... išlaidų ataskaitas... apgaule įgijo 580 eurų“
Bagdonas stated that he repaid €4,223 through a civil settlement to cover the damages related to the expense-report case.
„grąžinau 4223 eurus pagal... taikos sutartį, civiline tvarka žala padengta“
Vieši pasisakymai 5
He publicly advocated for organizing a second referendum on retaining dual citizenship in 2024.
„pabandykime dar kartą – organizuokime antrą referendumą dėl pilietybės išsaugojimo 2024–aisiais“
Bagdonas has denied any wrongdoing in the alleged expenses fraud case, insisting that all his claimed expenditures were legitimate and calling the prosecution "politically motivated".
„Pats Seimo narys kaltinimus neigia... tvirtina, kad byla yra “politiškai motyvuota” ir siekiama jį diskredituoti...“
In February 2021, Bagdonas penned an open letter urging Minister Aušrinė Armonaitė to spur a biotechnology breakthrough in Lithuania as a way to avoid the “middle-income trap” and drive high-value economic growth.
„Biotechnologijos – senas tradicijas Lietuvoje turintis aukštos pridėtinės vertės sektorius, todėl net ir nedidelės investicijos galėtų padėti Lietuvą paversti vienu sektoriaus centrų Europoje ir pasaulyje.“
In April 2024, Bagdonas criticized initiatives to make helmet use mandatory for adult cyclists and e-scooter riders, arguing that urban safety should be achieved through planning and education rather than coercive rules.
„Visiškai sutinku, kad šalmas ant galvos reikalingas, bet... saugumas mieste turėtų būti kuriamas ne tokiais būdais – ne prievarta ir ne draudimais, o kompleksišku planavimu nacionaliniu ir savivaldybių lygiu.“
He argued that the law should require politicians’ cohabiting partners to declare their assets, noting that limiting declarations to legally married spouses leaves a transparency gap.
„politikas mano, kad ir partneriams turėtų atsirasti prievolė deklaruoti turtą… dabartinė situacija, kai turtą privalo deklaruoti tik politikų sutuoktiniai, neužtikrina lygių teisių“
Apdovanojimai 2
He received the Neringa Municipal Council’s Badge of Honour in 2011.
„2011 Badge of Honour of Neringa from Neringa Municipal Council…“
In 2013, he was awarded the First Class Commemorative Medal by the Lithuanian Basketball Federation for contributions to Lithuanian basketball.
„2013 First Class Remembrance Medal from the Lithuanian Basketball Federation for contribution to Lithuanian basketball“