Born on 13 March 1933 in Akmenaičiai, Kuršėnai district.
In 1952 he graduated from Kuršėnai Secondary School, in 1957 - from the Faculty of Mechanics of Kaunas Polytechnic Institute (now Kaunas University of Technology). He worked as a technologist at the Vilnius Drill Factory, chief designer at the Vilnius Grinding Machine Factory, and head of the Vilnius branch of the Metal Cutting Machine Research Institute. In 1966 he completed his post-graduate studies at Vilnius University, and in 1967 he defended his doctorate in technical sciences. In 1969-1970 he was the president of the Young Scientists' Club "Po Zodiaku" (Under the Zodiacs) in Vilnius. From 1983 to 1992 he worked as the head of the Department of Machine Building at the Lithuanian Institute for the Qualification Training of People's Economy. He has published over 30 scientific articles in the press and holds 12 invention certificates.