Martynas Gedvilas

Martynas Gedvilas was born on 16 September 1989 in Telšiai, Lithuania.

In 2012, he graduated from Klaipėda Business College (Klaipėdos verslo aukštoji mokykla) with a specialization in law.

In 2023–2024, he worked as a production operator at the oil refinery AB Orlen Lietuva.

During his employment as a production operator at AB Orlen Lietuva in 2023–2024, his earnings would have been relatively modest; the refinery’s median monthly salary was about €2,515 gross as of mid-2022 (used here as an estimated figure for his pay).

From 2020 to 2022, he served as the director of UAB “Medveža”.

In 2018, Martynas Gedvilas established a private limited company called “Martyno sportas” (brand name papildinis.lt), focused on sports and wellness products, and has served as its director (the company’s share capital is €2,500).

From 2018 to 2020, he was the director (vadovas) of UAB “Sportesa”.

From 2016 to 2019, Gedvilas worked as a trainer at MB “Sporto vitaminas”.

In 2016–2017, he served as the head of the Telšiai sports club “Smešas”.

From 2012 to 2016 he was the production manager at UAB “Medveža”.

Martynas Gedvilas became a Member of the Seimas on 14 November 2024 (for the 2024–2028 parliamentary term).

Since 2024, he has been a board member of the political party Nemuno Aušra.

In 2024, he joined the Nemuno Aušra political party.

From 2020 to 2023, Gedvilas served on the council of the Freedom and Justice party (Laisvė ir teisingumas) and was the chairman of its Telšiai branch.

He was a member of the Telšiai District Municipal Council from 2019 to 2021.

From 2014 to 2020, he was a board member of the Order and Justice party (Tvarka ir teisingumas) and deputy head of its Telšiai branch.

Gedvilas has been involved in politics for about a decade, closely aligned with politician Remigijus Žemaitaitis. He joined the Order and Justice party (Tvarka ir teisingumas) early in his career under Rolandas Paksas’s leadership, and later followed Žemaitaitis into the newly formed Freedom and Justice party in 2020.

On 9 May 2025, Gedvilas became the Deputy Chair of the Seimas European Affairs Committee.

Since 13 May 2025, he has served as a member of the Parliamentary Oversight Commission for Criminal Intelligence.

On 28 March 2025, he joined the Seimas provisional group of friends of the Lithuanian Armed Forces and the Riflemen’s Union (Lietuvos kariuomenės ir Lietuvos šaulių sąjungos draugų grupė).

On 20 March 2025, he became a member of the provisional group for cooperation with the Lithuanian Youth Organizations Council (Lietuvos jaunimo organizacijų taryba).

Since 30 June 2025, he has been a member of the Seimas provisional group on family policy (Laikinoji šeimos politikos grupė).

In May 2025, Gedvilas was appointed to replace Dainoras Bradauskas on the Seimas Parliamentary Commission for Oversight of Criminal Intelligence. Bradauskas, a fellow “Nemuno Aušra” member, was removed after the State Security Department (VSD) recommended denying him clearance to handle classified information, prompting Gedvilas’s installation in his place.

He is a member of the Seimas National Security and Defence Committee (since 19 November 2024).

Since 4 December 2024, he has been a member of the Seimas Youth and Sports Affairs Commission.

Since December 2024, he has been a member of multiple inter-parliamentary “friendship” groups in the Seimas, including those for relations with Japan, Greece, Italy, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Poland, and the United States.

He serves as Deputy Head of the Seimas Provisional “Žemaičių” (Samogitians) Group, a position he assumed on 5 December 2024.

He is a member of the Seimas provisional group “Prieš masinę imigraciją” (Against Mass Immigration), which was established on 19 December 2024.

He is a member of the Seimas delegation to the joint Assembly of the Seimas of Lithuania and the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine (since 5 December 2024).

Since 13 December 2024, Gedvilas has served as a deputy member of Lithuania’s delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (Europos Tarybos Parlamentinė Asamblėja).

He served as a member of the Seimas European Affairs Committee from 19 November 2024 until 8 May 2025.

Gedvilas was ranked 21st on the “Nemuno Aušra” party’s list in the 2024 parliamentary elections, but rose to 12th place after preferential votes.

The Nemuno Aušra party won 15 seats in the 2024 Seimas elections, which secured Gedvilas a mandate via the party list.

In the 2024 Seimas election, Martynas Gedvilas ran in the Telšiai single-member constituency and finished fifth with 14.30% of the vote (2,287 votes).

In the 2020 parliamentary elections, Gedvilas ran as a candidate with the Freedom and Justice party (Laisvė ir teisingumas), but the party won only about 2.06% of the national vote – securing just one single-seat mandate – so he did not enter the Seimas in 2020.

In his 2024 asset declaration, Gedvilas (together with his wife) reported total family assets worth about €241,400, largely in real estate – a nearly sevenfold increase in their real estate investments over the previous four years.

In his asset declaration for 2024, Gedvilas reported owning apartments valued at €60,000, other buildings (garden house, garage, etc.) worth €7,000, land plots worth €137,000, vehicles totaling €17,000, and other valuables (art, jewelry) worth €400. He also listed €15,000 in bank savings, and his wife declared €5,000 in cash; no liabilities were indicated.

Between 2020 and 2024, Gedvilas’s real estate holdings grew at an unusually rapid pace: for example, the declared value of his land assets jumped from €20,000 in 2020 to €137,000 in 2024 (nearly a sevenfold increase), and his cash savings rose from €3,000 to €15,000 (a fivefold jump). Local media described this surge in wealth as “stebėtinai sparčiai” (surprisingly fast), noting the lack of any obvious extraordinary income to explain it.

In the 2020 declaration (four years earlier), his declared assets were much smaller: land plots valued at €20,000, apartments at €40,000, other structures at €2,500, vehicles at €21,000, and only €3,000 in savings. Notably, his spouse had declared no assets in 2020.

He served as a volunteer soldier in the National Defence Volunteer Forces and participates in blood donation programs.

He used to give lectures to students about healthy living, positive thinking, physical activity, and healthy nutrition.

He has also taken on community leadership roles in residential property management: Gedvilas is listed as the chairman (pirmininkas) of two homeowners’ associations in Klaipėda – one called “Židinys” at Liepojos g. 22 and another “Lanka” at Liepojos g. 24 (indicating he is the elected head of these apartment building communities).

After being elected in 2024, Gedvilas stated: “Lithuania needs young active people who go to the Seimas not to sit, but to act.”

He described himself as a patriot and noted that he had been a volunteer soldier in the National Defence Volunteer Forces for 10 years, saying he would defend Lithuania with arms if necessary.

He humorously noted that some voters (especially older women) told him, “we will definitely vote for that handsome one,” acknowledging that a candidate’s good looks can sway voters. However, Gedvilas emphasized that he intends to justify voters’ trust through sincere work rather than relying on appearance.

As of mid-2025, Gedvilas had not declared any meetings with registered lobbyists; the Transparency International “ManoSeimas” portal shows zero lobbying contacts reported for him during his time in the Seimas.

He confirmed that, as far as he knows, he is not related to any other Seimas members with the surname Gedvilas.

Martynas Gedvilas is married and has two children.

Martynas Gedvilas’s wife is named Deimantė, and their two sons are Vakaris and Ąžuolas.