Valdas Benkunskas. Valdas Benkunskas (born 1 November 1984) is a Lithuanian politician. Mayor of Vilnius since 26 April, 2023. Biography In 2003 he graduated from the Vyd??nas Junior High School in ??ilut??, 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. In 2015???2017 and from 2019, he was the deputy mayor of the city of Vilnius. From 2020, he was a member of the European Committee of the Regions. In the March 2023 elections, he became the mayor of Vilnius. He remains a member of the Homeland Union party. References