Prime Minister of Lithuania
| Prime Minister of Lithuania
Lietuvos Respublikos Ministras Pirmininkas | |
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| Government of Lithuania | |
| Style | Mister/Madam Prime Minister (informal) His/Her Excellency (diplomatic) |
| Type | Head of government Executive branch |
| Appointer | President with the assent of the Seimas |
| Term length | 4 years No term limit |
| Formation | 11 November 1918 |
| First holder | Augustinas Voldemaras |
| Abolished | 1940–1991 |
| Deputy | Minister of Finance |
| Salary | €6,000 per month[1] |
| Website | Official website |
The prime minister of Lithuania (Lithuanian: Ministras Pirmininkas, literally translated as Minister-Chairman) is the head of the Government of Lithuania. The prime minister is Lithuania's head of government and is appointed by the President.
List
Political parties and affiliations: Sąjūdis LDDP TS / TS-LKD LLS LSDP LVŽS
| No. | Portrait | Name (born–died) |
Term of office | Political party | Government coalition |
Seimas | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||||
| 1 |  |
Kazimira Danutė Prunskienė (born 1943) |
17 March 1990 | 10 January 1991 | 299 days | Independent (endorsed by Sąjūdis) |
Prunskienė Sąjūdis |
Supreme Council – Reconstituent Seimas (1990) | |
| 2 | Albertas Šimėnas (born 1950) |
10 January 1991 | 13 January 1991 | 3 days | Independent (endorsed by Sąjūdis) |
Šimėnas Sąjūdis | |||
| 3 | Gediminas Vagnorius (born 1957) |
13 January 1991 | 21 July 1992 | 1 year, 190 days | Independent (endorsed by Sąjūdis) |
Vagnorius I Sąjūdis | |||
| 4 |  |
Aleksandras Abišala (born 1955) |
21 July 1992 | 26 November 1992 | 128 days | Independent (endorsed by Sąjūdis) |
Abišala Sąjūdis | ||
| 5 | .jpg) |
Bronislovas Lubys (1938–2011) |
12 December 1992 | 10 March 1993 | 88 days | Independent (endorsed by LDDP) |
Lubys LDDP |
6 (1992) | |
| 6 | Adolfas Šleževičius (1948–2022) |
10 March 1993 | 8 February 1996 | 2 years, 335 days | Democratic Labour Party (LDDP) |
Šleževičius LDDP | |||
| 7 | Laurynas Mindaugas Stankevičius (1935–2017) |
23 February 1996 | 19 November 1996 | 270 days | Democratic Labour Party (LDDP) |
Stankevičius LDDP | |||
| (3) | Gediminas Vagnorius (born 1957) |
4 December 1996 | 3 May 1999 | 2 years, 150 days | Homeland Union (TS) |
Vagnorius II TS–LKDP–LCS (1996–1998) TS–LKDP–LCS–LDDP (1998–1999) |
7 (1996) | ||
| 8 |  |
Rolandas Paksas (born 1956) |
1 June 1999 | 27 October 1999 | 148 days | Homeland Union (TS) |
Paksas I TS–LKDP–LCS | ||
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Irena Degutienė (born 1949) acting |
27 October 1999 | 3 November 1999 | 7 days | Homeland Union (TS) |
Paksas I TS–LKDP–LCS | ||
| 9 |  |
Andrius Kubilius (born 1956) |
3 November 1999 | 19 October 2000 | 351 days | Homeland Union (TS) |
Kubilius I TS–LKDP | ||
| (8) | |
Rolandas Paksas (born 1956) |
27 October 2000 | 20 June 2001 | 236 days | Liberal Union (LLS) |
Paksas II LLS-NS-LCS-MKDS-LLRA |
8 (2000) | |
| – | .jpg) |
Eugenijus Gentvilas (born 1960) acting |
20 June 2001 | 4 July 2001 | 14 days | Liberal Union (LLS) |
Paksas II LLS-NS-LCS-MKDS-LLRA | ||
| 10 |  |
Algirdas Brazauskas (1932–2010) |
4 July 2001 | 1 June 2006 | 4 years, 332 days | Social Democrats (LSDP) |
Brazauskas I LSDP-NS | ||
| Brazauskas II LSDP–DP-LVNDS-NS (2004–2006) LSDP–DP-LVNDS (2006) LSDP (2006) |
9 (2004) | ||||||||
| – |  |
Zigmantas Balčytis (born 1953) acting |
1 June 2006 | 18 July 2006 | 47 days | Social Democrats (LSDP) |
Brazauskas II LSDP | ||
| 11 |  |
Gediminas Kirkilas (1951–2024) |
6 July 2006 | 17 November 2008 | 2 years, 134 days | Social Democrats (LSDP) |
Kirkilas LSDP-LVNDS-PDP-LiCS (2006–2008) LSDP-LVNDS-LiCS-PDP-NS (2008) | ||
| (9) | |
Andrius Kubilius (born 1956) |
9 December 2008 | 13 December 2012 | 4 years, 4 days | Homeland Union (TS-LKD) |
Kubilius II TS-LKD-TPP-LRLS-LiCS (2008–2009 and 2010–2011) TS-LKD-TPP-LRLS-LiCS-Parliamentary Group "One Lithuania" (2009–2010) TS-LKD-LRLS-LiCS (2011–2012) |
10 (2008) | |
| 12 |  |
Algirdas Butkevičius (born 1958) |
13 December 2012 | 13 December 2016 | 4 years, 0 days | Social Democrats (LSDP) |
Butkevičius LSDP-DP-TT-LLRA (2012–2014) LSDP-DP-TT (2014–2016) |
11 (2012) | |
| 13 | .jpg) |
Saulius Skvernelis (born 1970) |
13 December 2016 | 11 December 2020 | 3 years, 364 days | Independent (endorsed by LVŽS) |
Skvernelis LVŽS-LSDP (2016–2017) LVŽS-Parliamentary Group "Social Democratic Labour" (2017–2018) LVŽS-LSDDP (2018–2019) LVŽS-LSDDP-LLRA-KŠS-TT (2019) LVŽS-LSDDP-LLRA-KŠS (2019–2020) |
12 (2016) | |
| 14 | .jpg) |
Ingrida Šimonytė (born 1974) |
11 December 2020 | 12 December 2024 | 4 years, 1 day | Homeland Union (TS-LKD) |
Šimonytė TS-LKD-LRLS-LP |
13 (2020) | |
| 15 | (correct_angle_version).jpg) |
Gintautas Paluckas (born 1979) |
12 December 2024 | 4 August 2025 | 235 days | Social Democrats (LSDP) |
Paluckas LSDP-PPNA-DSVL |
14 (2024) | |
| – | .jpg) |
Rimantas Šadžius (born 1960) acting |
4 August 2025 | 25 September 2025 | 52 days | Social Democrats (LSDP) |
Paluckas LSDP-PPNA-DSVL | ||
| 16 | .jpg) |
Inga Ruginienė (born 1981) |
25 September 2025 | Incumbent | 277 days | Social Democrats (LSDP) |
Ruginienė LSDP-PPNA-LVŽKŠS | ||
Notes
References
- ↑ "Darbo užmokestis". Archived from the original on 17 October 2022. Retrieved 23 December 2021.