Rimantė Šalaševičiūtė
Rimantė Šalaševičiūtė | |
|---|---|
 Rimantė Šalaševičiūtė in 2011 | |
| Member of the Seimas | |
| Assumed office 17 November 2012 | |
| Constituency | Multi-member |
| Minister of Health of Lithuania | |
| In office 17 July 2014 – 17 February 2016 | |
| President | Dalia Grybauskaitė |
| Preceded by | Vytenis Andriukaitis |
| Succeeded by | Juras Požela |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 25 February 1954 Varniai, Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic |
| Political party | Communist Party of Lithuania (1986-1990) Democratic Labour Party of Lithuania (1990-2001) Social Democratic Party of Lithuania (2012-2017) |
| Alma mater | Vilnius University |
Rimantė Šalaševičiūtė (born 25 February 1954, Varniai, Lithuania) is a Lithuanian politician and lawyer, ombudsman, and political and public figure.
Biography
From 1971 to 1976, Šalaševičiūtė studied at the Vilnius University Faculty of Law. She taught at many different universities before becoming a politician.
From 1990 to 1995, she was the Vilnius City Council Secretariat Secretary-consultant. From 1995 to 2003, she was a Seimas ombudsman advisor, and from 2003 to 2005, she was a Seimas Ombudsman herself.[1][2] She was also a Lithuanian national UNICEF board member. She was a member of the Seimas from 2012 to 2016, and, from 2014 to 2016, in the government of Algirdas Butkevičius, the Minister of Health of Lithuania.[3][4] From 2001 onward, she is a member of the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party.[5] In February 2016, however, she stepped down from both the Seimas and as the Minister of Health after she publicly admitted to giving a bribe to a doctor.[6]
References
- ^ "Lietuvos Respublikos Seimas - Dokumento tekstas". Lrs.lt. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
- ^ "Trumpa įstaigos istorija - Lietuvos Seimo kontrolierių įstaiga". Lrski.lt. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
- ^ "Rimantė ŠALAŠEVIČIŪTĖ". Lrs.lt. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
- ^ "Lietuvos Respublikos Seimas - Dokumento tekstas". Lrs.lt. 16 July 2014. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
- ^ "2014 m. gegužės 25 d. rinkimai į Europos Parlamentą - Lietuvos Respublikos vyriausioji rinkimų komisija". 2013.vrk.lt. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
- ^ "Sveikatos apsaugos ministrę klampina kyšiai". Skrastas.lt. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
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