Dainius Žalimas

Dainius Žalimas (born 22 May 1973) is a Lithuanian lawyer, jurist and politician who served as the chairman of the Constitutional Court of Lithuania from 2014 to 2021.

[1] As advisor to Minister of National Defence Gediminas Kirkilas, he contributed to drafting the legal base required after Lithuania's accession to NATO.

[3] He was put forward as a candidate to the Constitutional Court by Speaker Irena Degutienė, representing the Homeland Union, on 10 December 2010.

[5] On 10 July 2014, proposed by President Dalia Grybauskaitė and approved by the Seimas, Žalimas was appointed as the chairman of the Constitutional Court.

Danėlienė was proposed as a candidate to the Constitutional Court to replace Žalimas in late 2020, with his support, but her candidacy was voted down by the Seimas.

Žalimas in a conference in Tartu in 2020