Butkevičius Cabinet

Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius

Butkevičius Cabinet is the 16th cabinet of Lithuania since 1990. It consists of the Prime Minister, who is Head of Government, and 14 government ministers from the Social Democratic Party of Lithuania, the Labour Party, the Order and Justice, and the Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania.^[1] The last mentioned party left the Government in August 2014.

The Prime Minister is nominated by the President and confirmed by Seimas. The current Prime Minister is Algirdas Butkevičius (appointed December 7, 2012).

At the time it was formed in 2012, the ministers in the Butkevičius Cabinet had the highest average age of all the cabinets in the independent Lithuanian history, with the average age of its members exceeding 54 years.^[2]

Cabinet

Position	Name	Birth	Party		Time
					From	To
Prime Minister	Algirdas Butkevičius	* 1958		LSDP	December 13, 2012
Education and Science	Dainius Pavalkis	* 1960		DP	December 13, 2012	May 11, 2015[3]
	Audronė Pitrėnienė	* 1958		DP	June 2, 2015[4]
Energy	Jarosław Niewierowicz	* 1976		LLRA	December 13, 2012	August 25, 2014[5]
	Rokas Masiulis	* 1969		Independent	September 25, 2014[6]
Finance	Rimantas Šadžius	* 1960		LSDP	December 13, 2012	June 15, 2016
	Rasa Budbergytė	* 1960		LSDP	June 20, 2016
Economy	Birutė Vėsaitė	* 1951		LSDP	December 13, 2012	June 3, 2013 [7]
	Evaldas Gustas	* 1959		LSDP	June 11, 2013[8]
Transport	Rimantas Sinkevičius	* 1952		LSDP	December 13, 2012
Culture	Šarūnas Birutis	* 1961		DP	December 13, 2012
Defence	Juozas Olekas	* 1955		LSDP	December 13, 2012
Social Security and Labour	Algimanta Pabedinskienė	* 1965		DP	December 13, 2012
Agriculture	Vigilijus Jukna	* 1968		DP	December 13, 2012	July 11, 2014[9]
	Virginija Baltraitienė	* 1958		DP	July 17, 2014[10]
Interior	Dailis Alfonsas Barakauskas	* 1952		TT	December 13, 2012	October 30, 2014[11]
	Saulius Skvernelis	* 1970		Independent	November 11, 2014[12]	April 13, 2016[13]
	Tomas Žilinskas	* 1977		Independent	April 13, 2016[13]
Foreign Affairs	Linas Antanas Linkevičius	* 1961		LSDP	December 13, 2012
Justice	Juozas Bernatonis	* 1953		LSDP	December 13, 2012
Environment	Valentinas Mazuronis	* 1953		TT	December 13, 2012	June 15, 2014[14]
	Kęstutis Trečiokas	* 1957		TT	July 17, 2014[10]
Health	Vytenis Andriukaitis	* 1951		LSDP	December 13, 2012	July 10, 2014[15]
	Rimantė Šalaševičiūtė	* 1954		LSDP	July 17, 2014	February 17, 2016[16]
	Juras Požela	* 1982		LSDP	March 10, 2016[17]	16 October 2016[18]

References

1. Šešioliktoji Vyriausybė pradeda darbą 2012/12/13
2. „Senelių prieglauda“: ministrų kabinetą okupuoja vyriausia visų laikų Vyriausybė
3. Atsistatydina švietimo minitras D. Pavalkis
4. Prisiekė naujoji švietimo ministrė
5. Politologai apie J. Neverovičiaus atelidimą: D. Grybauskaitė parodė, kokiais prioritetais vadovaujasi
6. Masiulis appointed Lithuania's minister of energy
7. Prezidentė D. Grybauskaitė atleido B Vėsaitę
8. Prisiekė naujasis ūkio ministras socialdemokratas Evaldas Gustas
9. Prime Minister signed the resignation notice of V. Jukna
10. Prisaikdinti trys nauji ministrai
11. Atsistaydino vidaus reikalų ministras D. A. Barakauskas
12. Seime prisiekė vidaus reikalų ministras S. Skvernelis
13. "T. Žilinskas — naujasis vidaus reikalų ministras". Delfi.lt. BNS. 13 April 2016. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
14. Smūgis R. Paksui - V. Mazuronis vyks dirbti į Briuselį
15. Andriukaitis galutinai apsisprendė - Jo atnaujintoje vyriausybėje neliks
16. "Dėl Lietuvos Respublikos sveikatos apsaugos ministrės Rimantės Šalaševičiūtės atsistatydinimo". Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
17. "J. Požela paskirtas sveikatos apsaugos ministru". Delfi.lt. BNS. 10 March 2016. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
18. "Lithuania's HealthMin Pozela passes away". The Baltic Times. 16 October 2016. Retrieved October 16, 2016.

External links

• http://www.lrv.lt/