Prime Minister of Lithuania

The prime minister of Lithuania (Lithuanian: Ministras Pirmininkascode: lt is deprecated , literally translated as Minister-Chairman) is the head of the Government of Lithuania. The prime minister is Lithuania's head of government and is appointed by the President.

Prime Minister of Lithuania Lietuvos Respublikos Ministras Pirmininkas
Coat of arms of Lithuania
Incumbent Inga Ruginienė since 25 September 2025
Government of Lithuania
Style	Mister/Madam Prime Minister (informal) His/Her Excellency (diplomatic)
Type	Head of government Executive branch
Appointer	President with the assent of the Seimas
Term length	4 years No term limit
Formation	11 November 1918 (1918-11-11)
First holder	Augustinas Voldemaras
Abolished	1940–1991
Deputy	Minister of Finance
Salary	€6,000 per month
Website	Official website

List

Political parties and affiliations:       Sąjūdis       LDDP <span style="border:1px solid #AAAAAA; background-color:; color:;">      TS / TS-LKD <span style="border:1px solid #AAAAAA; background-color:; color:;">      LLS       LSDP       LVŽS

No.	Portrait	Name (born–died)	Term of office			Political party		Government coalition	Seimas
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1		Kazimira Danutė Prunskienė (born 1943)	17 March 1990	10 January 1991	299 days		Independent (endorsed by Sąjūdis)	Prunskienė Sąjūdis	Supreme Council – Reconstituent Seimas (1990)
2		Albertas Šimėnas (born 1950)	10 January 1991	13 January 1991	3 days		Independent (endorsed by Sąjūdis)	Šimėnas Sąjūdis
3		Gediminas Vagnorius (born 1957)	13 January 1991	21 July 1992	1 year, 190 days		Independent (endorsed by Sąjūdis)	Vagnorius I Sąjūdis
4		Aleksandras Abišala (born 1955)	21 July 1992	26 November 1992	128 days		Independent (endorsed by Sąjūdis)	Abišala Sąjūdis
5		Bronislovas Lubys (1938–2011)	12 December 1992	10 March 1993	88 days		Independent (endorsed by LDDP)	Lubys LDDP	6 (1992)
6		Adolfas Šleževičius (1948–2022)	10 March 1993	8 February 1996	2 years, 335 days		Democratic Labour Party (LDDP)	Šleževičius LDDP
7		Laurynas Mindaugas Stankevičius (1935–2017)	23 February 1996	19 November 1996	270 days		Democratic Labour Party (LDDP)	Stankevičius LDDP
(3)		Gediminas Vagnorius (born 1957)	4 December 1996	3 May 1999	2 years, 150 days		Homeland Union (TS)	Vagnorius II TS–LKDP–LCS (1996–1998) TS–LKDP–LCS–LDDP (1998–1999)	7 (1996)
8		Rolandas Paksas (born 1956)	1 June 1999	27 October 1999	148 days		Homeland Union (TS)	Paksas I TS–LKDP–LCS
–		Irena Degutienė (born 1949) acting	27 October 1999	3 November 1999	7 days		Homeland Union (TS)	Paksas I TS–LKDP–LCS
9		Andrius Kubilius (born 1956)	3 November 1999	19 October 2000	351 days		Homeland Union (TS)	Kubilius I TS–LKDP
(8)		Rolandas Paksas (born 1956)	27 October 2000	20 June 2001	236 days		Liberal Union (LLS)	Paksas II LLS-NS-LCS-MKDS-LLRA	8 (2000)
–		Eugenijus Gentvilas (born 1960) acting	20 June 2001	4 July 2001	14 days		Liberal Union (LLS)	Paksas II LLS-NS-LCS-MKDS-LLRA
10		Algirdas Brazauskas (1932–2010)	4 July 2001	1 June 2006	4 years, 332 days		Social Democrats (LSDP)	Brazauskas I LSDP-NS
								Brazauskas II LSDP–DP-LVNDS-NS (2004–2006) LSDP–DP-LVNDS (2006) LSDP (2006)	9 (2004)
–		Zigmantas Balčytis (born 1953) acting	1 June 2006	18 July 2006	47 days		Social Democrats (LSDP)	Brazauskas II LSDP
11		Gediminas Kirkilas (1951–2024)	6 July 2006	17 November 2008	2 years, 134 days		Social Democrats (LSDP)	Kirkilas LSDP-LVNDS-PDP-LiCS (2006–2008) LSDP-LVNDS-LiCS-PDP-NS (2008)
(9)		Andrius Kubilius (born 1956)	9 December 2008	13 December 2012	4 years, 4 days		Homeland Union (TS-LKD)	Kubilius II TS-LKD-TPP-LRLS-LiCS (2008–2009 and 2010–2011) TS-LKD-TPP-LRLS-LiCS-Parliamentary Group "One Lithuania" (2009–2010) TS-LKD-LRLS-LiCS (2011–2012)	10 (2008)
12		Algirdas Butkevičius (born 1958)	13 December 2012	13 December 2016	4 years, 0 days		Social Democrats (LSDP)	Butkevičius LSDP-DP-TT-LLRA (2012–2014) LSDP-DP-TT (2014–2016)	11 (2012)
13		Saulius Skvernelis (born 1970)	13 December 2016	11 December 2020	3 years, 364 days		Independent (endorsed by LVŽS)	Skvernelis LVŽS-LSDP (2016–2017) LVŽS-Parliamentary Group "Social Democratic Labour" (2017–2018) LVŽS-LSDDP (2018–2019) LVŽS-LSDDP-LLRA-KŠS-TT (2019) LVŽS-LSDDP-LLRA-KŠS (2019–2020)	12 (2016)
14		Ingrida Šimonytė (born 1974)	11 December 2020	12 December 2024	4 years, 1 day		Homeland Union (TS-LKD)	Šimonytė TS-LKD-LRLS-LP	13 (2020)
15		Gintautas Paluckas (born 1979)	12 December 2024	4 August 2025	235 days		Social Democrats (LSDP)	Paluckas LSDP-PPNA-DSVL	14 (2024)
–		Rimantas Šadžius (born 1960) acting	4 August 2025	25 September 2025	52 days		Social Democrats (LSDP)	Paluckas LSDP-PPNA-DSVL
16		Inga Ruginienė (born 1981)	25 September 2025	Incumbent	235 days		Social Democrats (LSDP)	Ruginienė LSDP-PPNA-LVŽKŠS

Prime Minister Of Lithuania Media

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