Prime Minister
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Ms. Ingrida Šimonytė |
Date of birth |
15 November 1974 |
Place of birth |
Vilnius, Lithuania |
Education |
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1998 |
MA in Economics, Faculty of Economics, Vilnius University |
1996 |
BA in Business Administration and Management, Faculty of Economics, Vilnius University |
1992 |
Secondary School No 7 (currently Žirmūnų gimnazija (high school)) in Vilnius, graduation with silver medal |
Work experience |
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2014–2016 |
President of the Council, Vilnius University |
2013–2016 |
Member of the Board, Bank of Lithuania |
2013–2016 |
Lecturer, Institute of International Relations and Political Science and Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics, Vilnius University |
2009–2012 |
Minister of Finance of the Republic of Lithuania |
2004–2009 |
Undersecretary and Vice Minister, Ministry of Finance |
1997–2004 |
Chief Economist, Tax Division, Fiscal Policy Department; Head, Indirect Taxation Division; Director, Taxation Department, Ministry of Finance |
Political career |
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Member, Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrat Political Group of the Seimas |
11 December 2020 |
Prime Minister of the Republic of Lithuania |
2020–2024 |
Member of the Seimas (13th legislative term) Elected in Antakalnis single-member constituency; led the electoral list of the Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats |
2019 |
Candidate for the President of the Republic of Lithuania |
2016–2020 |
Member of the Seimas (12th legislative term) Elected in Antakalnis single-member constituency, nominated by the Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats Chair, Committee on Audit Member, Committee on European Affairs Member, Anticorruption Commission (2016–2019) Member, Commission for the Rights of People with Disabilities (2017–2020) |
Miscellaneous |
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Awards: Cross of Officer of the Order of Vytautas the Great (2015); Clear Wave award For transparent and responsible activities (2012) |
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Participation in trainings held by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the European Union institutions, etc. |
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Publications: articles on a range of themes in economics |
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Hobbies: books, music, dogs |
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Foreign languages: |
English, Russian, Polish, basic Swedish |
Family: single, no children |