Stasys Jakeliūnas

Stasys Jakeliūnas (born 2 October 1958) is a Lithuanian politician currently serving as a Member of the European Parliament (EP) for the populist Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union.[1]

Stasys Jakeliūnas
MEP
Member of European Parliament
Assumed office
2 July 2019
ConstituencyLithuania
Personal details
Born (1958-10-02) October 2, 1958
Karaganda
NationalityLithuanian
Political partyLithuanian Farmers and Greens Union

Jakeliūnas' election process aroused accusations of electoral fraud. He was elected when Šarūnas Marčiulionis, a former basketball player with no political experience, won the EP seat for the party but resigned immediately after and ceased his seat in favor of Jakeliūnas; it transpired Marčiulionis never intended to his seat to start with.[2]

Jakeliūnas has previously spent one term as MP at the Lithuanian Seimas, having been elected in 2016.

References
  1. "Home | Stasys Jakeliūnas | MEPs | European Parliament". europarl.europa.eu. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
  2. "Marčiulioniui atsisakius mandato EP, politologas ir opozicijos lyderė prakalbo apie apgavystę". Lrt.lt. 28 May 2019.


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