Algirdas Šemeta

European Commission

Algirdas Šemeta is a Lithuanian economist and Member of the European Commission since July 2009. Initially, he served as Commissioner for Financial Programming and Budget, and from 2010, his portfolio covered Taxation, Customs, Audit, Anti-Fraud and Statistics (since 2012). Prior to joining the European Commission, he was Minister of Finance on two occasions, Director General of Statistics Lithuania, and. Secretary of the Lithuanian government. In 2012, International Tax Review named Algirdas Šemeta as the second most influential person in the world in international taxation.