Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen
Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen | |
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Čmilytė-Nielsen in 2023 | |
| Speaker of the Seimas | |
| In office 13 November 2020 – 14 November 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Viktoras Pranckietis |
| Succeeded by | Saulius Skvernelis |
| Leader of the Liberal Movement | |
| Assumed office 21 September 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Eugenijus Gentvilas |
| Leader of the Opposition | |
| In office 23 March 2019 – 10 September 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Andrius Kubilius |
| Succeeded by | Julius Sabatauskas |
| Member of the Seimas | |
| Assumed office 13 November 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Mykolas Majauskas |
| Constituency | Senamiestis-Žvėrynas |
| In office 21 April 2015 – 12 November 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Remigijus Šimašius |
| Constituency | Multi-member |
| Deputy Speaker of the Seimas | |
| Assumed office 14 November 2024 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Viktorija Čmilytė 6 August 1983 |
| Party | Liberal Movement |
| Spouses | |
| Children | 4 |
| Alma mater | University of Latvia (BA) |
| Chess career | |
| Title | Grandmaster (2010) |
| FIDE rating | 2538 (March 2026) |
| Peak rating | 2542 (June 2017) |
Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen (née Čmilytė; born 6 August 1983) is a Lithuanian politician and chess Grandmaster who served as the speaker of the Seimas between 2020 and 2024. Awarded the title Grandmaster by FIDE in 2010, she was European women's champion in 2011, and is a two-time Lithuanian champion.
Čmilytė-Nielsen began her career in politics in 2015, when she was selected to replace Remigijus Šimašius in the Seimas for the Liberal Movement, and later was reelected in the 2016 parliamentary election. She began to gradually rise in the ranks of the Liberal Movement, becoming the Seimas opposition leader in 2019, and being elected chairperson of the Liberal Movement later that year. She led the party into the 2020 parliamentary election, where they won 13 seats.