Government of Lithuania

Government of the Republic of Lithuania (Lithuanian: Lietuvos Respublikos Vyriausybė) is the cabinet of Lithuania. It consists of the Prime Minister, who is Head of Government, and 14 government ministers.

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

Ministries

The following are the ministries of Lithuania led by government ministers (Butkevičius Cabinet):

	Position	Name	Party
	Ministry of Agriculture	Vigilijus Jukna	Labour Party
	Ministry of Culture	Šarūnas Birutis	Labour Party
	Ministry of Economy	Birutė Vėsaitė	Social Democratic Party of Lithuania
	Ministry of Education and Science	Dainius Pavalkis	Labour Party
	Ministry of Energy	Jaroslav Neverovič	Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania
	Ministry of Environment	Valentinas Mazuronis	Order and Justice
	Ministry of Finance	Rimantas Šadžius	Social Democratic Party of Lithuania
	Ministry of Foreign Affairs	Linas Antanas Linkevičius	Social Democratic Party of Lithuania
	Ministry of Health	Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis	Social Democratic Party of Lithuania
	Ministry of the Interior	Dailis Alfonsas Barakauskas	Order and Justice
	Ministry of Justice	Juozas Bernatonis	Social Democratic Party of Lithuania
	Ministry of National Defence	Juozas Olekas	Social Democratic Party of Lithuania
	Ministry of Social Security and Labour	Algimanta Pabedinskienė	Labour Party
	Ministry of Transport and Communications	Rimantas Sinkevičius	Social Democratic Party of Lithuania

Institutions under the Government of LR

• Information Society Development Committee
• Department of Physical Education and Sports
• Lithuanian Archives Department
• Weaponry Fund of the Republic of Lithuania
• Drug Control Department
• Department of Statistics
• The Department of National minorities and Lithuanians living abroad
• State Nuclear Power Safety Inspectorate
• State Data Protection Inspectorate
• State Food and Veterinary Service
• State Tobacco and Alcohol Control Service
• Public Procurement Office

See also

• List of governments of Lithuania (since 1990)
• List of governments of Lithuania (1918–1940)

External links

• Official website of the government of the Republic of Lithuania (English version)