Curriculum Vitae

Vice-Minister  responsible for the energy agenda of Lithuania’s Presidency of the Council of the European Union, international relations, as well as strengthening consumer interests and increasing energy efficiency.

Prior to her appointment, K. Štelmokaitė spent over two decades working within institutions of the European Union: she served as the representative of the Association of Municipalities of Lithuania in Brussels and as a member of a European Commissioner’s team with a portfolio that included energy legislation. Most recently, she worked as an energy policy advisor for the Greens/EFA Group in the European Parliament, operating within the influential Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE). In these roles, she negotiated key EU legislation that currently shape the energy policy, including the historic decision to ban Russian gas from the EU market. She led the European Parliament’s technical negotiations and represented the technical team during the final inter-institutional negotiations. Her recent work also includes drafting the European Parliament’s opinion on the funding programme for the Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant for 2028–2034.

K. Štelmokaitė holds a master's degree in International Politics from the University of Kent (United Kingdom) and a master's degree in Communication from Vilnius University.