Valdemar Tomaševski
Valdemar Tomaševski was born in Vilnius on March 3rd, 1965, to a family of teachers-intellectuals. His late father Vladislav Tomaševski was a principal of Platiniškės High School in Vilnius district, and his mother Jadvyga Tomaševska has dedicated 52 years of her life to educational work. The candidate graduated from the Vilnius 11th Secondary School (known as A. Mickevičius Gymnasium now) while he started his education in the Lazdynai Secondary School. He was a gifted and active student. Following the secondary school graduation in 1983 Valdemar Tomaševski became a student of Vilnius Engineering Institute of Construction (known as Vilnius Gediminas Technical University now). After his first course, he has served the military service as a draftee in Murmansk Province in Russia in 1984-1986. He graduated from his studies in 1990 and received the degree of a mechanic engineer. At the end of eighties, still being a student, he was actively engaged in a national revival movement. He commented on relevant social issues in media, participated in public discussions and started his political career. Valdemar Tomaševski has been married to his wife Violeta for 30 years. They have two sons - Vladislav and Pavel.