# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/leonidas-donskis
# Generated: 2026-08-14T04:21:05.976Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/leonidas-donskis"
name: "Leonidas Donskis"
slug: "leonidas-donskis"
description: "Leonidas Donskis  was a Lithuanian-Jewish philosopher, political theorist, historian of ideas, and social analyst. In addition to this, he was also a political commentator, professor of politics and head of \"VDU Academia Cum Laude\" at Vytautas Magnus University, Honorary Consul of Finland in Kaunas, and deputy chairman of the Lithuanian Jewish Community. He was also a member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 2009 to 2014."
tagline: "Lithuanian academic and politician (1962-2016)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/DONSKIS_Leonidas_MEP_-_7th_Parliamentary_term.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1962-08-13"
deathDate: "2016-09-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.6081
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B3_%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%B3"
    title: "ليونيداس دونسكيس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ليونيداس دونسكيس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonidas_Donskis"
    title: "Leonidas Donskis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonidas_Donskis"
    title: "Leonidas Donskis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonidas_Donskis"
    title: "Leonidas Donskis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AC%E3%82%AA%E3%83%8B%E3%83%80%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%89%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B9%E3%82%AD%E3%82%B9"
    title: "レオニダス・ドンスキス"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Leonidas Donskis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonidas_Donskis"
    title: "Leonidas Donskis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D1%81%2C_%D0%9B%D0%B5%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B0%D1%81"
    title: "Донскис, Леонидас"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump