Virgilijus Čepaitis

Positions held

• 1958–1988 – free-lance translator;
• 1988–1989 – the chief-editor of the film company "ARS";
• 1989–1990 – the executive secretary of the Sąjūdis Movement;
• 1990–1992 – Member of Parliament and Chairman of the Committee for Civil Rights and Ethnic Minorities;
• Chairman of the Sąjūdis faction, the member of the Lithuanian delegation in the negotiations with Russia in 1990–1991. Head of the Lithuanian delegation in the non-official negotiations with the Soviet Union in Hague, organised by De Burght consultations, 1991;
• 1993–1996 – the chief-editor of the publishing company "Litera";
• 1996–2001 – the director of the publishing company "Tvermė".
• Since 2001 – the owner of the publishing company "Librum"

  Social and political positions

• Since 1968 – member of the Lithuanian Writers' Union;
• 1988 – member of the Initiative Group of the Lithuanian Reform Movement ;
• 1988–1990 – member of the Sąjūdis' Seimas Council;
• 1989–1994 – Chairman of the Lithuania-Poland Association;
• 1990–1992 – Chairman of the Independence Party;
• 1990–1992 – Chairman of Stasys Šalkauskis Cultural Foundation;
• Since 2003 – member of Lithuanian Translators Union.
• Since 1993 – member of the Association of Signatories of the Independence Act

  Literary works

Awards

• The Medal of Lithuanian Independence
• The Award of Commemoration of Lithuania's Membership of NATO