He joined the Lithuanian Centre Union in 1993 and was its chairman until 2000.[2] In 1996, he was elected to the Seimas and served until 2000.[2] From 2003 to 2007 he chaired the National Centre Party (NCP), since renamed the Lithuanian Centre Party (LCP) in 2005. He was a winner of the Stasys Šalkauskis prize.[2]