Ingrida Šimonytė
Ingrida Šimonytė (born 15 November 1974) is a Lithuanian politician and economist. She has been the Prime Minister of Lithuania since 25 November 2020.[1] She is the second woman to hold the office. She has been a member of the Seimas for the Antakalnis constituency since 2016.
Ingrida Šimonytė | |
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14th Prime Minister of Lithuania | |
Assumed office 25 November 2020 | |
President | Gitanas Nausėda |
Preceded by | Saulius Skvernelis |
Minister of Finance | |
In office 7 July 2009 – 13 December 2012 | |
President | Valdas Adamkus Dalia Grybauskaitė |
Prime Minister | Andrius Kubilius |
Preceded by | Algirdas Šemeta |
Succeeded by | Rimantas Šadžius |
Member of the Seimas | |
Assumed office 14 November 2016 | |
Preceded by | Andrius Kubilius |
Constituency | Antakalnis |
Personal details | |
Born | Vilnius, Lithuanian SSR, Soviet Union | 15 November 1974
Political party | Independent |
Other political affiliations | Homeland Union |
Education | Vilnius University (BA, MA) |
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She was minister of finance in the second Kubilius cabinet from 2009 until 2012. She was a candidate in the 2019 presidential election.[2]
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Šimonytė at the 2010 Baltic Development Forum in Vilnius.
Šimonytė and Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal visited the Luhansk Oblast on 11 February 2022.
Šimonytė meets with US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin in February 2022
Ingrida Šimonytė during meeting of prime ministers of Lublin Triangle in Kyiv, 2022
References
- ↑ "Lithuania's liberal and conservative parties sign coalition agreement". LRT. 9 November 2020.
- ↑ Landsbergis, Gabrielius (26 October 2020). "Trijų partijų vadovai paskelbė bendrą deklaraciją". TS-LKD (in lietuvių). Retrieved 2020-10-29.