Paksas Cabinet I

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Paksas Cabinet I
1999
Paksas March 2003 (cropped).jpg
Date formed1 June 1999 (1999-06-01)
Date dissolved11 November 1999 (1999-11-11)
People and organisations
Head of state Valdas Adamkus
Head of government Rolandas Paksas
Member parties Homeland Union, Lithuanian Christian Democratic Party
Status in legislature
Opposition parties Democratic Labour Party of Lithuania, Social Democratic Party of Lithuania [1]
Opposition leaderNone
History
Legislature term(s) Seventh Seimas
Predecessor Vagnorius Cabinet II
Successor Kubilius Cabinet I

The First Paksas Cabinet was the 9th cabinet of Lithuania since 1990. It consisted of the Prime Minister and 14 government ministers.

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History

Rolandas Paksas of the Homeland Union was appointed the Prime Minister by President Valdas Adamkus on 1 June 1999, after the resignation of the preceding Vagnorius Cabinet. The government received its mandate and started its work on 10 June 1999, after the Seimas gave assent to its program. [2]

The government served for less than five months before it was brought down by disagreements over privatization. The government resigned on 27 October 1999 but continued to serve in an acting capacity (with Irena Degutienė as the acting Prime Minister), until the new Homeland Union government headed by Andrius Kubilius started its work on 11 November 1999.

Rolandas Paksas would later lead another short-lived government between 2000 and 2001.

Cabinet

The following ministers served on the First Paksas Cabinet. [2] [3]

PositionNameFromTo
Prime Minister Rolandas Paksas 10 June 199927 October 1999
Ministry of Agriculture Edvardas Makelis 10 June 199911 November 1999
Ministry of Culture Arūnas Bėkšta 10 June 199911 November 1999
Ministry of Economy Eugenijus Maldeikis 10 June 199911 November 1999
Ministry of Education and Science Kornelijus Platelis 10 June 199911 November 1999
Ministry of Environment Danius Lygis 10 June 199911 November 1999
Ministry of Finance Jonas Lionginas 10 June 199911 November 1999
Ministry of Foreign Affairs Algirdas Saudargas 10 June 199911 November 1999
Ministry of Health Raimundas Alekna 10 June 199911 November 1999
Ministry of the Interior Česlovas Blažys 10 June 199911 November 1999
Ministry of Justice Gintaras Balčiūnas 10 June 199911 November 1999
Ministry of Defence Česlovas Vytautas Stankevičius 10 June 199911 November 1999
Ministry of Social Security and Labour Irena Degutienė 10 June 199911 November 1999
Ministry of Transport and Communications Rimantas Didžiokas 10 June 199911 November 1999
Ministry of Government Reforms and Municipalities Sigitas Kaktys 10 June 199911 November 1999

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References

  1. "1(1) Pirmasis (1) iškilmingas posėdis".
  2. 1 2 "Ankstesnės Vyriausybės. Po 1990 metų". Government of the Republic of Lithuania.
  3. Draugas, Nr. 87, 1999