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]

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