Brazauskas Cabinet I

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Brazauskas Cabinet I
2001–2004
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Date formed12 July 2001 (2001-07-12)
Date dissolved14 December 2004 (2004-12-14)
People and organisations
Head of state Valdas Adamkus (2001–2003)
Rolandas Paksas (2003–2004)
Valdas Adamkus (2004)
Head of government Algirdas Brazauskas
Member parties Social Democratic Party of Lithuania, New Union (Social Liberals) [1]
Status in legislature
Opposition parties Liberal Union of Lithuania, Homeland Union, United parliamentary group (Lithuanian Centre Union, Modern Christian-Democratic Union) (2001–2003) [2] [3]
Liberal and Centre Union, Homeland Union (2003–2004) [4]
Opposition leaderRolandas Paksas (2001) [5]
Gintaras Steponavičius (2001–2002) [6] [7]
History
Legislature term(s) Eighth Seimas
Predecessor Paksas Cabinet II
Successor Brazauskas Cabinet II

The First Brazauskas Cabinet was the 12th cabinet of Lithuania since 1990. It consisted of the Prime Minister and 13 government ministers.

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History

Algirdas Brazauskas, the leader of the Social Democratic Party of Lithuania, was appointed the Prime Minister by President Valdas Adamkus on 4 July 2001, after the resignation of the previous government of Rolandas Paksas. The 12th cabinet received its mandate and started its work on 12 July 2001, after the Seimas gave assent to its program. [8]

The government served until the end of the term of the Eighth Seimas and returned its mandate on 15 November 2004, after the elections in October. The government continued to serve in an acting capacity until the new government (also headed by Brazauskas) started its work on 14 December 2004.

Cabinet

The following ministers served on the First Brazauskas Cabinet. [8]

PositionNamePartyFromTo
Prime Minister Algirdas Brazauskas Social Democratic Party of Lithuania 12 July 200114 December 2004
Ministry of Agriculture Kęstutis Kristinaitis Independent 12 July 200121 September 2001 [9]
Jeronimas Kraujelis New Union (Social Liberals) 3 October 200114 December 2004
Ministry of Culture Roma Dovydėnienė Social Democratic Party of Lithuania 12 July 200114 December 2004
Ministry of Economy Petras Čėsna Social Democratic Party of Lithuania 12 July 200114 December 2004
Ministry of Education and Science Algirdas Monkevičius New Union (Social Liberals) 12 July 200114 December 2004
Ministry of Environment Arūnas Kundrotas Social Democratic Party of Lithuania 12 July 200114 December 2004
Ministry of Finance Dalia Grybauskaitė Independent 12 July 200130 April 2004 [10]
Algirdas Butkevičius Social Democratic Party of Lithuania 4 May 200414 December 2004
Ministry of Foreign Affairs Antanas Valionis New Union (Social Liberals) 12 July 200114 December 2004
Ministry of Health Konstantinas Dobrovolskis New Union (Social Liberals) 12 July 20016 March 2003 [11]
Juozas Olekas Social Democratic Party of Lithuania 10 March 200314 December 2004
Ministry of the Interior Juozas Bernatonis Social Democratic Party of Lithuania 12 July 200128 April 2003 [12]
Virgilijus Vladislovas Bulovas 13 May 200314 December 2004
Ministry of Justice Vytautas Markevičius Independent 12 July 200114 December 2004
Ministry of Defence Linas Linkevičius Social Democratic Party of Lithuania 12 July 200114 December 2004
Ministry of Social Security and Labour Vilija Blinkevičiūtė New Union (Social Liberals) 12 July 200114 December 2004
Ministry of Transport and Communications Zigmantas Balčytis Social Democratic Party of Lithuania 12 July 200114 December 2004

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