Marija Aušrinė Pavilionienė
Marija Aušrinė Pavilionienė | |
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| Member of the Seimas | |
| In office 7 July 2009 – 14 November 2016 | |
| Preceded by | Vilija Blinkevičiūtė |
| In office 15 November 2004 – 17 November 2008 | |
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| Born | Marija Aušrinė 6 April 1944 Kaunas, Lithuania |
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| Children | 2 (Šarūnas, Žygimantas) |
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| Alma mater | Vilnius University |
Marija Aušrinė Pavilionienė (née Aušrinė; born 6 April 1944) is a Lithuanian philologist, professor, human rights activist, feminist writer and politician. She was a member of Seimas from 2009 to 2016 as a member of the Social Democratic Party, having previously been a member from 2004 to 2008 representing the Liberal Democratic Party.
Marija Aušrinė was born in Kaunas to a family of actors, including Vladas Fedotas-Sipavičius and Jadvyga Ramanauskaitė. She graduated from the 23rd Vilnius School. In 1967 she graduated from Vilnius State University, continuing her studies in American literature problems. In 1977 she maintained a thesis for a PhD degree in philology in Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv.
Her husband Rolandas Pavilionis was a Member of the European Parliament and had been a dean of Vilnius University from 1990 to 2000. The two had two sons, one of whom is an ambassador to the United States.