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Viktor Uspaskich (in 1959 in Urdoma , Arkhangelsk Oblast , Soviet Union ) is a Lithuania n entrepreneur and politician. He arrived in Lithuania (then the Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic ) in 1985 and worked as a Welder in the gas industry. He left shortly after for Finland , before returning in 1987, divorcing his Russian wife and marrying a Lithuanian woman. He formed his own company Efektas in 1990, and took citizenship of the newly-formed Republic of Lithuania in 1991. His business empire now includes the importation of natural gas from Gazprom , in addition to successful enterprises in the food production and animal fodder industries. Between 1997 and 2003 he was chairman of the Association of Lithuanian Employers, and in 2000 was selected as a non-party member of the ''Naujoji sąjunga'' (New Union) social liberal party in the '' Seimas '' (parliament). His own political ambitions led him to form the '' Darbo Partija '' (Labour Party) in 2003. The DP scored highly during the 2004 European Parliamentary Elections , gaining 30.2% of the popular vote and returning 5 MEPs . That same year, he became Minister of Economic Affairs in Lithuania's coalition government. |
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