Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen

Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen (née Čmilytė; born 6 August 1983) is a Lithuanian politician and chess player. She is the current Speaker of the Seimas since 13 November 2020. She is the third woman to hold this position.

Mrs. Speaker Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen MP
Speaker of the Seimas
Incumbent
Assumed office 13 November 2020
President	Gitanas Nausėda
Preceded by	Viktoras Pranckietis
Chairperson of the Liberal Movement
Incumbent
Assumed office 21 September 2019
Preceded by	Eugenijus Gentvilas
Leader of the Opposition
In office 23 March 2019 – 10 September 2019
Preceded by	Andrius Kubilius
Succeeded by	Julius Sabatauskas
Member of the Seimas
Incumbent
Assumed office 13 November 2020
Preceded by	Mykolas Majauskas
Constituency	Senamiestis-Žvėrynas
In office 21 April 2015 – 12 November 2020
Preceded by	Remigijus Šimašius
Constituency	Party list
Personal details
Born	Viktorija Čmilytė (1983-08-06) 6 August 1983 Šiauliai, Lithuanian SSR, USSR
Political party	Liberal Movement
Spouse(s)	Alexei Shirov (m. 2001; div. 2007) Peter Heine Nielsen (m. 2013)
Children	4
Education	University of Latvia (BA)

Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen
Title	Grandmaster (2010)
FIDE rating	2538 (December 2024)
Peak rating	2542 (June 2017)

She was awarded the title Grandmaster by FIDE in 2010. She was European women's champion in 2011, and is a two-time Lithuanian champion.

Čmilytė-Nielsen began her career in politics in 2015, when she was selected to replace Remigijus Šimašius in the Seimas for the Liberal Movement. She became Seimas opposition leader in 2019.