Valdas Benkunskas

Valdas Benkunskas (born 1 November 1984) is a Lithuanian politician. Mayor of Vilnius since 26 April, 2023.

Valdas Benkunskas
Mayor of Vilnius
Incumbent
Assumed office 26 April 2023
Preceded by	Remigijus Šimašius
Deputy Chairperson of the Homeland Union
Incumbent
Assumed office 15 March 2015
Personal details
Born	(1984-11-01) 1 November 1984 (age 40) Klaipėda, Lithuanian SSR, Soviet Union (now Lithuania)
Political party	Homeland Union
Alma mater	Mykolas Romeris University

Biography

In 2003 he graduated from the Vydūnas Junior High School in Šilutė, and in 2009 he got a degree at the Faculty of Law at the Mykolas Romeris University. From 2008–2015 he was an assistant to Paulius Saudargas, a Member of the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania.

Since 2011, he was a member of the Vilnius city council.^[1][2] In 2015–2017 and from 2019, he was the deputy mayor of the city of Vilnius.^[3] From 2020, he was a member of the European Committee of the Regions.

In the March 2023 elections, he became the mayor of Vilnius.^[4] He remains a member of the Homeland Union party.

In November 2024, Benkunskas and his wife, opera soloist Vismantė, announced they are expecting a second child. The couple also have a daughter, Agota Ona.^[5]