# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sarunas-birutis
# Generated: 2026-08-14T11:31:55.520Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sarunas-birutis"
name: "Šarūnas Birutis"
slug: "sarunas-birutis"
description: "Šarūnas Birutis is a Lithuanian politician. He was the Lithuanian minister of culture in the Gintautas Paluckas-led government since 2024. He earlier served as a member of the European Parliament from 2004 to 2009, and was part of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe."
tagline: "Lithuanian politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%C5%A0ar%C5%ABnas_Birutis_(MEPs_-_6th_Parliamentary_Term).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1961-09-20"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           39.74
  momentum:             1.810747663551401
  historical:           9.204068
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%83%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%81_%D0%91%D1%96%D1%80%D1%83%D1%82%D1%96%D1%81"
    title: "Шарунас Бірутіс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B3_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%B3"
    title: "ساروناس بيروتيس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%A0ar%C5%ABnas_Birutis"
    title: "Šarūnas Birutis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%A0ar%C5%ABnas_Birutis"
    title: "Šarūnas Birutis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%A0ar%C5%ABnas_Birutis"
    title: "Šarūnas Birutis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%A0ar%C5%ABnas_Birutis"
    title: "Šarūnas Birutis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%A0ar%C5%ABnas_Birutis"
    title: "Šarūnas Birutis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%A0ar%C5%ABnas_Birutis"
    title: "Šarūnas Birutis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%A0ar%C5%ABnas_Birutis"
    title: "Šarūnas Birutis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%A0ar%C5%ABnas_Birutis"
    title: "Šarūnas Birutis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B8%D1%80%D1%83%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%81%2C_%D0%A8%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%83%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%81"
    title: "Бирутис, Шарунас"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q391280"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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