Politics of Lithuania takes place in a framework of a unitary semi-presidential representative democratic republic,whereby the president of Lithuania is the head of state and the prime minister of Lithuania is the head of government,and of a multi-party system.
The Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union is a green-conservative and agrarian political party in Lithuania led by Ramūnas Karbauskis. The party is considered one of the main representatives of the left wing of Lithuanian politics. Lithuanian journalist Virgis Valentinavičius described the party as "the mixture of the extreme left in economic matters and the extreme right in some social issues,all spiced up with an anti-establishment rhetoric of radical change".
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is a Nigerian economist,who has been serving as the Director-General of the World Trade Organization since March 2021. She is the first woman and first African to lead the World Trade Organization as Director-General.
Algirdas Butkevičius is a Lithuanian politician and was Prime Minister of Lithuania,serving between 2012 and 2016. He also served as the Minister of Finance from 2004 to 2005 and the Minister of Transport and Communications from 2006 to 2008. He led the Social Democratic Party of Lithuania from 2009 to 2017.
The Lithuanian People's Party is a minor political party in Lithuania which describes itself as left-of-centre. It was founded in 2010 as a split from the Lithuanian Peasant Popular Union,and was led by the party's former chairman and the first prime minister of independent Lithuania,Kazimira Prunskienė. It has no representatives on the European,national or municipal level.
Butkevičius Cabinet was the 16th cabinet of Lithuania since 1990. It consisted of the Prime Minister,who was the Head of Government,and 14 government ministers from the Social Democratic Party of Lithuania,the Labour Party,the Order and Justice,and the Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania.
Mindaugas Sinkevičius is a Lithuanian manager and politician,Mayor of Jonava District Municipality,former Minister of Economy of Lithuania (2016–2017) and Vice-Mayor of Jonava (2008–2011).
Parliamentary elections were held in Lithuania on 9 and 23 October 2016 to elect the 141 members of the Seimas. 71 were elected in single-member constituencies using the two-round system,and the remaining 70 in a single nationwide constituency using proportional representation. The first round was held on 9 October and the second round on 23 October.
Saulius Skvernelis is a Lithuanian politician who served as prime minister of Lithuania between 2016 and 2020. He had previously served as police commissioner,and was Minister of the Interior from 2014 to 2016. Though he was an independent politician,he was backed by the Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union and was a member of its parliamentary group until 2022,as a result of which he became the first head of government in European history primarily backed by a green party.
Skvernelis Cabinet was the 17th cabinet of Lithuania since 1990. It consisted of the Prime Minister,who is the Head of Government,and 14 government ministers from the Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union,Social Democratic Labour Party of Lithuania,Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania –Christian Families Alliance.
Presidential elections were held in Lithuania on 12 May 2019,with a second round held on 26 May 2019. Due to a constitutional limit of two terms in office,incumbent president Dalia Grybauskaitėwas unable to run,having won the 2009 and 2014 elections.
Virginijus Sinkevičius is a Lithuanian politician who has been serving as European Commissioner for the Environment,Oceans and Fisheries in the European Commission led by Ursula von der Leyen since 2019. He previously was a Member of the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania and Minister of the Economy and Innovation of the Republic of Lithuania.
The COVID-19 pandemic in Lithuania was a part of the ongoing worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The virus was confirmed to have reached Lithuania in February 2020. On 18 March 2020,the first domestic case was confirmed,the first infected being an immediate family member of a known case. The first cases of community spread were found in the country on 19 March and the first related death occurred on 20 March 2020.
Raimundas Karoblis is a Lithuanian politician. He served as Minister of Defence in the Skvernelis Cabinet led by Saulius Skvernelis from 13 December 2016 to 11 December 2020.
Linas Kukuraitis is a Lithuanian politician. He served as Minister of Social Security and Labour in the Skvernelis Cabinet led by Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis from 13 December 2016 to 11 December 2020.
Liana Ruokytė-Jonsson is a Lithuanian politician. From 13 December 2016 to 21 December 2018,she served as Minister of Culture in the Skvernelis Cabinet led by Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis.
Kęstutis Navickas is a Lithuanian politician and environmentalist. Navickas served as the Minister of Environment in the Skvernelis Cabinet from 2016 until 2018.
Bronius Markauskas is a Lithuanian politician. He served as Minister of Agriculture in the cabinet of Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis from 13 December 2016 to 14 May 2018. Giedrius Surplys was appointed as his successor.
Žygimantas Vaičiūnas is a Lithuanian politician. He served as Minister of Energy in the cabinet of Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis from 13 December 2016 to 11 December 2020. Dainius Kreivys was appointed as his successor.
Jurgita Petrauskienė, born 1975 march 30th in Utena,is a Lithuanian politician. She served as the Minister of Education and Science in the cabinet of Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis from 13 December 2016 to 7 December 2018. Algirdas Monkevičius was appointed as her successor. She is currently married to her former classmate Evaldas Petrauskas. She also has two children,Jonas and Julija.
