Jekaterina Rojaka
Demokratų frakcija „Vardan Lietuvos“
Oficialus Seimo profilis ↗Jekaterina Rojaka yra Lietuvos politinė veikėja, ekonomistė, Seimo narė nuo 2024 metų. Ji turi bakalauro ir magistro laipsnius ekonomikoje iš Vilniaus universiteto. Dirbo Lietuvos banke, vėliau 15 metų DnB Nord (vėliau Luminor) banke. Turėjo įvairias akademines ir verslo plėtros pareigas, taip pat patarėjos ir viceministrės pozicijas Ekonomikos ministerijoje. Nuo 2024 m. yra demokratų frakcijos „Vardan Lietuvos“ narė Seime, aktyvi keliuose komitetuose ir interparlamentinių ryšių grupėse.
Jekaterina Rojaka was born on 29 June 1978 in Vilnius, Lithuania.
She is in a domestic partnership and has three children.
Her long-term partner (referred to as her husband in interviews) is an IT professional by career — originally trained in economics but working as a high-level information technology specialist.
She earned a Master’s degree in Economics from Vilnius University in 2002.
She earned a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from Vilnius University in 2000.
She was Head of Business Development and Strategy at Creditinfo Lietuva, a private company, from 2021 to 2024.
She was an Honorary Associate Professor at the Vilnius University Business School from 2019 to 2024.
She served as a Partner and Associate Professor at Vilnius Gediminas Technical University (Vilnius Tech) from 2018 to 2021.
In March 2018, she announced her departure from Luminor bank (formerly DnB Nord) after 15 years of work there.
She maintained an independent economic consulting practice (as a sole proprietor) from 2013 to 2024, alongside her other roles.
She was a Senior Analyst in the Economic Research Division of DnB NORD Bank from 2006 to 2009.
From 2006 to 2009, she also lectured at the Vilnius University Faculty of Economics as a lecturer.
From 2004 to 2006, she worked as an economist at the World Bank.
She worked at DnB Nord (later Luminor) bank for 15 years, serving as Chief Economist and head of its Economic Research Department.
From 2003 to 2004, she worked as an analyst in the Economic Research Division of NORD/LB Lietuva bank.
From 2000 to 2003, she worked as an economist in the Bank of Lithuania’s Monetary Policy Department.
She began her career in 2000 by working for six months without pay at the Bank of Lithuania, after which she was offered a job there.
Jekaterina Rojaka has been a member of the Seimas (Parliament of Lithuania) since 14 November 2024, in the 2024–2028 term, having been elected via the Democrats “For Lithuania” party list.
On 16 July 2024, she was sworn in as a Member of the Seimas, replacing MP Aurelijus Veryga who had left after being elected to the European Parliament.
Upon entering the Seimas in 2024, she joined the Political Group of Democrats “For Lithuania” (Demokratų frakcija „Vardan Lietuvos“) and sits with that parliamentary faction.
Although she entered the Seimas as a replacement MP from the LVŽS (Farmers and Greens Union) electoral list, Rojaka was not actually a member of that party. Upon taking her seat in mid-2024, she immediately joined the Democrats “For Lithuania” parliamentary group instead of the LVŽS faction. LVŽS leader Ramūnas Karbauskis noted that since Rojaka was never an LVŽS party member, she had “nothing to lose” by choosing to sit with Saulius Skvernelis’s new Democrats faction.
She was appointed Vice-Minister at the Ministry of the Economy and Innovation of Lithuania in January 2019, a role she held until 2020.
She served as an Adviser to the Minister of Economy of Lithuania in 2018–2019, focusing on macroeconomic analysis.
Since 13 November 2025, she has been the Deputy Chair of the Seimas Committee for the Future.
She was a member of the Seimas Committee for the Future from 19 November 2024 until 12 November 2025.
She chaired the Seimas Commission for Suicide and Violence Prevention from 5 December 2024 to 12 November 2025.
She serves as a member of the Seimas Committee on Economics, a position she has held since 19 November 2024.
After being sworn in as a parliamentarian in July 2024, Jekaterina Rojaka was assigned to serve on the Seimas Audit Committee for the remainder of the 2020–2024 parliamentary term.
In the single-member Naujininkų–Rasų constituency during the 2024 parliamentary elections, Jekaterina Rojaka received only about 5.8% of the vote in the first round, finishing well behind the leading candidates and failing to advance to the runoff.
In the 2024 parliamentary elections, Rojaka ran in the Naujininkų–Rasų single-member constituency but did not win that seat; she entered the Seimas via the Democratic Union “For Lithuania” party list.
In the 2024 elections, Jekaterina Rojaka was placed third on the Democratic Union "For Lithuania" party list (after Saulius Skvernelis and Lukas Savickas), virtually ensuring her election via the multi-member national vote. She also ran in the single-member Naujininkų–Rasų constituency but did not advance to the second round there (that seat was narrowly won by Artūras Zuokas of the "Laisvė ir teisingumas" party).
She was elected to the Seimas on the Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LVŽS) party list in the 2020 parliamentary elections.
From November 2024, the base monthly salary for a rank-and-file Seimas member in Lithuania nearly doubled, reaching roughly €4,000 "into hand" (net, about €6,300 gross) per month.
As of the 2024 parliamentary elections, Rojaka’s asset disclosure showed no real estate holdings and total assets around €260,500, with annual income of about €91,200 (most likely from her employment in 2023). These figures are consistent with her long career in banking and public service, and her disclosures do not indicate any sudden, unexplained changes in wealth over the past several years.
According to her 2024 election asset declaration, she did not own any real estate property, declaring total assets of approximately €260,488 (consisting of savings and other valuables) and no significant liabilities.
In 2019, the base monthly salary for a rank-and-file Seimas member was about €3,414 gross (approximately €2,747 net).
As a Vice-Minister in the Ministry of Economy and Innovation (2019–2020), her position’s salary would have been on the order of €4,500–€4,800 gross per month (estimated), given that vice-ministers in 2019 earned roughly €4,791 gross monthly on average.
She was a member of the Council of the Institute for Democracy until 16 July 2024.
She served on the Board of the European Business Network (as Deputy Director) and was the European Banking Federation’s Chief Economist for Lithuania during 2015–2016.
She has been the Head of the Seimas Group for Inter-Parliamentary Relations with Canada since 17 December 2024.
She has been the Deputy Chair of the Seimas Inter-Parliamentary Relations Group with the Swiss Confederation since 12 December 2024.
She has been the Deputy Chair of the Seimas Inter-Parliamentary Relations Group with the State of Israel since 10 December 2024.
She declared an annual income of €91,209 and owned assets worth €260,488 (as of the 2024 election).
In the current (2024–2028) Seimas term, she serves as the Deputy Chair of the parliamentary group for relations with the OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development).
She is also the Deputy Chair of the Seimas group for relations with international financial institutions (an ad hoc parliamentary group formed in 2024).
She is fluent in English, Russian, and German.