Irena Degutienė
Appearance
Irena Degutienė | |
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Prime Minister of Lithuania Acting | |
In office 27 October 1999 – 3 November 1999 | |
President | Valdas Adamkus |
Preceded by | Rolandas Paksas |
Succeeded by | Andrius Kubilius |
In office 4 May 1999 – 18 May 1999 | |
President | Valdas Adamkus |
Preceded by | Gediminas Vagnorius |
Succeeded by | Rolandas Paksas |
Speaker of the Seimas | |
In office 17 September 2009 – 14 September 2012 | |
Preceded by | Arūnas Valinskas |
Succeeded by | Vydas Gedvilas |
First Deputy Speaker of the Seimas | |
In office 20 November 2008 – 16 September 2009 | |
Preceded by | Algis Čaplikas |
Succeeded by | Raimondas Šukys |
Minister for Social Security and Labour | |
In office 4 December 1996 – 27 October 2000 | |
Prime Minister | Gediminas Vagnorius |
Preceded by | Mindaugas Mikaila |
Succeeded by | Vilija Blinkevičiūtė |
Member of Seimas | |
In office 25 November 1996 – 13 November 2020 | |
Preceded by | Vytautas Kvietkauskas (Naujamiestis) |
Succeeded by | Žygimantas Pavilionis (Naujamiestis) |
Constituency | Party list (1996-2004) Naujamiestis (2004-16) Party list (2016-20) |
Personal details | |
Born | Šiauliai, Lithuanian SSR, Soviet Union | 1 June 1949
Political party | Homeland Union |
Spouse(s) | Gediminas Degutis |
Alma mater | Vilnius University |
Irena Degutienė (born 1 June 1949) is a Lithuanian politician. She is member of the conservative Homeland Union.
She was twice the acting Prime Minister of Lithuania, first from 4 May 1999 to 18 May 1999 and then from 27 October 1999 to 3 November 1999.
She has also been the Minister for Social Security and Labour from 1996 to 2000. In 1996, she was elected to Seimas and re-elected in 2000.
On 15 September 2009, Degutienė became Speaker of the Seimas, a position she held until 14 September 2012. She is the first woman to hold such position in Lithuania's history.[1]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ I.Degutienė išrinkta Seimo pirmininke . retrieved on 2009-09-17