Juozas Bernatonis

Juozas Bernatonis MP
Minister of Justice
In office 13 December 2012 – 13 December 2016
Prime Minister	Algirdas Butkevičius
Preceded by	Remigijus Šimašius
Succeeded by	Milda Vainiutė
Minister of the Interior
In office 2001–2003
Prime Minister	Algirdas Brazauskas
Preceded by	Vytautas Markevičius
Succeeded by	Virgilijus Vladislovas Bulovas
Personal details
Born	(1953-09-08) 8 September 1953 Kaunas, Lithuanian SSR, Soviet Union
Political party	Social Democratic Party (1990-2017) Independent (2017-present)

Juozas Bernatonis (born 8 September 1953 in Kaunas) is a Lithuanian jurist and politician, Minister of Justice and member of Seimas (1992-2004).

Education

In 1976 graduated from Kaunas Polytechnic Institute, Faculty of Chemical Technology. In 1990 graduated from a postgraduate programme in philosophy in Prague and defended his doctor’s thesis. In 2002 graduated from Vilnius University and was awarded a master's degree in Law.

From 1992 to 2004 – member of the Seimas. From 2001 to 2003 – Minister of the Interior of the Government led by Prime Minister Algirdas Brazauskas. From 2006 to 2012 – Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Lithuania to the Estonia. From 13 December 2012 is he the Minister of Justice of the 16th Government from Algirdas Butkevičius.

From 1990 – member, Vice-Chairman of the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party.

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