Lukas Savickas was born on 12 April 1990 in Vilnius, Lithuania.
He speaks English and German.
Savickas is married to Daiva and has two daughters, Adelė and Smiltė.
Savickas’s spouse Daiva and their family’s assets are included in his public declarations. There is no public information indicating that his wife has separate notable wealth or business interests, and no conflicts of interest related to family finances have been reported.
In 2012, he graduated from Maastricht University (Netherlands) with studies in European public affairs.
In 2011, Savickas studied politics and international relations at the University of York in the United Kingdom.
In 2020, he was appointed as the First Deputy Chancellor of the Government of Lithuania (Government Chancellery).
From 2016 to 2020, Lukas Savickas was an advisor to the Prime Minister of Lithuania on economic and strategic change management issues.
In 2016, he served as the Head of Policy and Public Affairs at the Investors’ Forum, an association of investors in Lithuania.
From 2012 to 2016, Savickas worked at the public agency "Investuok Lietuvoje" (Invest Lithuania) as a project manager in the "Kurk Lietuvai" (Create for Lithuania) program, focusing on improving the investment environment.
On 14 October 2025, Lukas Savickas was elected Deputy Chair of the Political Group of Democrats "For Lithuania" in the Seimas (the parliamentary faction of his party).
He served as the Minister of Economy and Innovation until 2025, after which he returned to his duties in the Seimas (having become a former minister by October 2025).
On 12 December 2024, Lukas Savickas took office as the Minister of the Economy and Innovation of Lithuania, succeeding Aušrinė Armonaitė.
On 4 December 2024, he became a member of the Seimas delegation to the joint Parliamentary Assembly of the Lithuanian Seimas and the Polish Sejm and Senate (Lithuania–Poland Parliamentary Assembly).
He became a member of the 14th Seimas (2024–2028) on 14 November 2024, representing the Democratic Union "Vardan Lietuvos" (For Lithuania) via its party list.
In January 2024, Savickas participated in the Winter Session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) as a member of Lithuania’s Seimas delegation.
In January 2022, Lukas Savickas became a Deputy Chairman (vice-chair) of the newly established Democratic Union "Vardan Lietuvos" party, and also serves on its board and council.
Since April 2022, he has been the Chairman of the Vilnius city branch of the Democratic Union "Vardan Lietuvos" party.
In September 2021, Savickas and nine other LVŽS members left that party’s parliamentary group to form a new 13-member Democrats "For Lithuania" parliamentary faction in the Seimas.
Savickas was a member of the 13th Seimas (2020–2024), serving from 13 November 2020 to 14 November 2024, having been elected via the Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LVŽS) party list.
Savickas was a member of the Vilnius City Municipal Council from 2019 until 2020.
While on the Vilnius City Council, he served as the head (elder) of the LVŽS faction and was a member of the Council’s Economics and Finance Committee and the Control Committee.
After returning to parliamentary work in late 2025, he became a member of the Seimas Committee on Economics from 26 September 2025 onward.
Since 4 December 2024, Savickas has been a member of the Seimas Commission for Awarding the Aleksandras Stulginskis Star (a parliamentary commission).
In the 14th Seimas, he was a member of the Human Rights Committee from 19 November 2024 until 25 September 2025.
During the 13th Seimas (2020–2024), Savickas was a member of the Seimas Committee on Economics and a member of the European Affairs Committee.
In the same term, he served as Deputy Chair of the Seimas Committee for the Future (Ateities komitetas) and as Chairman of the Tourism Subcommittee.
He was also Deputy Chair of the Energy and Sustainable Development Commission in the Seimas during the 2020–2024 term.
In the 2024 parliamentary elections, Savickas was re-elected to the Seimas via the Democratic Union "Vardan Lietuvos" (For Lithuania) party list. He was one of the party’s top-listed candidates and did not run in a single-member district, securing his seat through the multi-member (nationwide list) vote.
In the October 2024 Seimas elections, Savickas was again elected via the nationwide party list. He ran under the Democratic Union "For Lithuania" and was placed among the top candidates on the list; the party won seats in the multi-member constituency, allowing Savickas to return to parliament without contesting a single-member district.
In the October 2024 Seimas elections, Savickas was again elected via the nationwide party list. He ran under the Democratic Union "For Lithuania" and was placed among the top candidates on the list; the party won seats in the multi-member constituency, allowing Savickas to return to parliament without contesting a single-member district.
Earlier, in March 2023, Savickas was the Democrats "For Lithuania" candidate for Mayor of Vilnius. He did not advance to the second round of the mayoral election – the run-off was contested by Valdas Benkunskas (TS-LKD) and Artūras Zuokas, while Savickas finished behind the top contenders.
In the 2020 parliamentary elections, the LVŽS party list (on which Savickas ran) won 16 seats in the multi-member constituency. Savickas secured one of those seats – he was ranked 15th in the final list after voters’ preference votes were counted, just ahead of the last elected candidate.
In the 2020 parliamentary elections, the LVŽS party list (on which Savickas ran) won 16 seats in the multi-member constituency. Savickas secured one of those seats – he was ranked 15th in the final list after voters’ preference votes were counted, just ahead of the last elected candidate.
As Minister of the Economy and Innovation (2024–2025), Savickas’s official remuneration was higher than an MP’s salary. In 2024, for example, the Interior Minister revealed her monthly net pay was about €2,800, implying similar levels for ministers (around €5,000 net after the 2024 salary reform, estimated).
As a Seimas member, Savickas receives a state salary that increased significantly in late 2024 – a rank-and-file MP’s take-home pay roughly doubled from just over €2,000 to nearly €4,000 per month after a pay raise.
Savickas has disclosed only moderate assets in his official declarations. He is not among the wealthiest Lithuanian politicians – for instance, in 2022 only six MPs made the country’s top-200 richest list, and Savickas was not one of them. His declared wealth has shown no sudden unexplained jumps in recent years.
Savickas’s official asset and income declarations over the years have not revealed any extraordinary wealth. His declared assets (including real estate, savings, etc.) have generally been in line with the average for Lithuanian parliamentarians. For example, ahead of the 2020 elections, the average candidate declared around €166k of assets, and Savickas’s own declaration was in that typical range. He has reported no significant liabilities or unusually large income sources, and no sudden jumps in wealth have been noted in public records.
In 2025, as Lithuania’s Economy Minister, Savickas was chosen to serve as a Vice-President of the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) General Assembly.
In 2021, he served as a member of the National Progress Council (Valstybės pažangos taryba) under the Government of Lithuania.
Savickas has participated in the World Economic Forum’s Global Shapers community (class of 2012) and other civic initiatives.
He is one of the co-founders and a former president of the Young Professionals Program Alumni Association (JPP alumni association).
He was selected as a participant in the Atlantic Council’s Millennium Fellowship leadership development program.
In September 2020, during an investigation into the procurement of rapid COVID-19 tests, Savickas (then First Deputy Chancellor of the Government) was questioned by the Financial Crime Investigation Service (FNTT) and given the status of a special witness.
In early 2020, Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis nominated Lukas Savickas for the post of Economy and Innovation Minister, but President Gitanas Nausėda rejected his candidacy.
A 2020 investigative report by LRT raised questions about Savickas’s involvement in a government IT procurement. In 2019, the Government Chancellery (where Savickas was a key advisor) awarded a €302,500 contract to a newly established firm "DevOcean LT" for an IT project management system – this firm had ties to consultants who advised on the project, and it won despite offering the highest price. The winning bid’s evaluation was largely decided by experts from the Strategic Change Group overseen by Savickas. Savickas denied manipulating the process, but the timing and circumstances (dubbed “strange coincidences” by LRT) drew scrutiny.
A 2020 investigative report by LRT raised questions about Savickas’s involvement in a government IT procurement. In 2019, the Government Chancellery (where Savickas was a key advisor) awarded a €302,500 contract to a newly established firm "DevOcean LT" for an IT project management system – this firm had ties to consultants who advised on the project, and it won despite offering the highest price. The winning bid’s evaluation was largely decided by experts from the Strategic Change Group overseen by Savickas. Savickas denied manipulating the process, but the timing and circumstances (dubbed “strange coincidences” by LRT) drew scrutiny.
Savickas’s immediate family is his wife Daiva and their two young daughters. His spouse’s financial information is included in his asset declarations, but she is not known to have any independent high-income positions or businesses. There have been no reports of conflicts of interest or separate notable wealth tied to his family members.
By mid-2022, Savickas had submitted over ten declarations of lobbying influence, making him one of the most active Lithuanian politicians in disclosing contacts with lobbyists.