Irena Degutienė
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| Irena Degutienė | |
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| In office May 4, 1999 – May 18, 1999 |
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| President | Valdas Adamkus |
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| Preceded by | Gediminas Vagnorius |
| Succeeded by | Rolandas Paksas |
| In office October 27, 1999 – November 3, 1999 |
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| President | Valdas Adamkus |
| Preceded by | Rolandas Paksas |
| Succeeded by | Andrius Kubilius |
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Speaker of the Seimas
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| Assumed office September 15, 2009 Acting until September 17, 2009 |
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| Preceded by | Arūnas Valinskas |
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Minister for Social Security and Labour
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| In office December 4, 1996 – October 27, 2000 |
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| Preceded by | Mindaugas Mikaila |
| Succeeded by | Vilija Blinkevičiūtė |
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| Born | 1 June 1949 Šiauliai, Soviet Union (now Lithuania) |
| Political party | Homeland Union-Lithuanian Christian Democrats |
| Spouse(s) | Gedminias Degutienė |
| Children | 1 son and 1 daughter |
Irena Degutienė (born 1 June 1949 in Šiauliai, Lithuanian SSR, Soviet Union) is a Lithuanian politician and member of the conservative Homeland Union, currently Speaker of Seimas. She was twice the acting Prime Minister of Lithuania, first from 4 May 1999 to 18 May 1999 and then from 27 October 1999 to 3 November 1999. She has also been the Minister for Social Security and Labour from 1996 to 2000. In 1978, she graduated from Vilnius University with a degree in medicine. For almost twenty years, she worked in Vilnius Red Cross Hospital before becoming Deputy Minister of Health Care in 1994. In 1996, she was elected to Seimas and re-elected in 2000.
From 2009-09-17 Irena Degutienė became Speaker of Seimas. She is the first woman to hold such position in Lithuania's history. [1]
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- ^ I.Degutienė išrinkta Seimo pirmininke . retrived on 2009-09-17
| Preceded by Arūnas Valinskas |
Speaker of the Seimas 17 September 2009 - present |
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| Preceded by Gediminas Vagnorius Rolandas Paksas |
Prime Minister of Lithuania (acting) 4 May 1999 – 18 May 1999 27 October 1999 – 3 November 1999 |
Succeeded by Rolandas Paksas Andrius Kubilius |
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