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Irena Degutienė
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Degutienė in 2012
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Deputy Speaker of the Seimas | |
In office 16 November 2012 – 13 November 2020 |
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Speaker of the Seimas | |
In office 17 September 2009 – 14 September 2012 |
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Preceded by | Arūnas Valinskas |
Succeeded by | Vydas Gedvilas |
First Deputy Speaker of the Seimas | |
In office 20 November 2008 – 16 September 2009 |
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Preceded by | Algis Čaplikas |
Succeeded by | Raimondas Šukys |
Prime Minister of Lithuania Acting |
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In office 27 October 1999 – 3 November 1999 |
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President | Valdas Adamkus |
Preceded by | Rolandas Paksas |
Succeeded by | Andrius Kubilius |
In office 4 May 1999 – 18 May 1999 |
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President | Valdas Adamkus |
Preceded by | Gediminas Vagnorius |
Succeeded by | Rolandas Paksas |
Minister for Social Security and Labour | |
In office 4 December 1996 – 27 October 2000 |
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Prime Minister | Gediminas Vagnorius |
Preceded by | Mindaugas Mikaila |
Succeeded by | Vilija Blinkevičiūtė |
Member of Seimas | |
In office 14 November 2016 – 13 November 2020 |
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Constituency | Multi-member |
In office 15 November 2004 – 14 November 2016 |
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Preceded by | Vytautas Kvietkauskas |
Succeeded by | Žygimantas Pavilionis |
Constituency | Naujamiestis |
In office 25 November 1996 – 14 November 2004 |
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Constituency | Multi-member |
Personal details | |
Born | Šiauliai, Lithuania |
1 June 1949
Political party | Homeland Union |
Spouse | Gediminas Degutis |
Alma mater | Vilnius University |
Irena Degutienė (born 1 June 1949) is a Lithuanian politician and member of the conservative Homeland Union. She is currently the Deputy Speaker of Seimas, and 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 Speaker of Seimas from 15 September 2009 to 14 September 2012, as well as 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 a secretary in the Ministry of Health in 1994. She was initially elected to Seimas in 1996. Degutienė is the first woman to be Speaker of Seimas in Lithuania's history.
Honours
National honours
- Lithuania Grand Cross of the Order of Vytautas the Great (6 July 2019)