When Virginijus Sinkevičius was born in Vilnius in November 1990, Lithuania had just regained its independence. 27 years later, he went on to become Lithuania’s Minister of the Economy. He is his country’s first minister born after the fall of the Iron Curtain. On December 1, 2019, he became the youngest EU commissioner to date. Since then, Sinkevičius has headed the Environment, Maritime Affairs, and Fisheries portfolio at the Brussels-based agency.