Butkevičius Cabinet

Butkevičius Cabinet was the 16th cabinet of Lithuania since 1990. It consisted of the Prime Minister, who was the 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]

Butkevičius Cabinet
2012–2016
Date formedDecember 13, 2012 (2012-12-13)
Date dissolvedDecember 13, 2016 (2016-12-13)
People and organisations
Head of stateDalia Grybauskaitė
Head of governmentAlgirdas Butkevičius
Member partiesSocial Democratic Party of Lithuania, Labour Party, Order and Justice, Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania (2012–2014)
Social Democratic Party of Lithuania, Labour Party, Order and Justice (2014–2016)
Status in legislature
Opposition partiesHomeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats, Liberal Movement (2012–2014)
Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats, Liberal Movement, Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania (2014–2016)
Opposition leaderAndrius Kubilius
History
Legislature term(s)Eleventh Seimas
PredecessorKubilius Cabinet II
SuccessorSkvernelis Cabinet

History

After the parliamentary elections in 2012, President Dalia Grybauskaitė appointed Algirdas Butkevičius, leader of the Social Democratic Party of Lithuania, as the Prime Minister on 26 November 2012. The cabinet received its mandate on 13 December 2012. At that time, 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]

It initially consisted of four parties (Social Democratic Party of Lithuania, the Labour Party, the Order and Justice, and the Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania), but latter party left the government in August 2014.

Butkevičius cabinet became the second successive government of Lithuania to serve the full four-year term of the Seimas, returning its mandate on 14 November 2016, after the elections to the Seimas that October. Also this government was first one to retain its majority in Seimas throughout latter's full term. The government continued to serve in an acting capacity until the Skvernelis Cabinet started its work on 13 December 2016.[3]

Cabinet
Position Name Party From To
Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius Social Democratic Party of Lithuania December 13, 2012 December 13, 2016
Education and Science Dainius Pavalkis Labour Party December 13, 2012 May 11, 2015[4]
Audronė Pitrėnienė June 2, 2015[5] December 13, 2016
Energy Jarosław Niewierowicz Independent December 13, 2012 August 25, 2014[6]
Rokas Masiulis Independent September 25, 2014[7] December 13, 2016
Finance Rimantas Šadžius Social Democratic Party of Lithuania December 13, 2012 June 15, 2016
Rasa Budbergytė June 23, 2016 December 13, 2016
Economy Birutė Vėsaitė Social Democratic Party of Lithuania December 13, 2012 June 3, 2013 [8]
Evaldas Gustas June 11, 2013[9] December 13, 2016
Transport Rimantas Sinkevičius Social Democratic Party of Lithuania December 13, 2012 December 13, 2016
Culture Šarūnas Birutis Labour Party December 13, 2012 December 13, 2016
Defence Juozas Olekas Social Democratic Party of Lithuania December 13, 2012 December 13, 2016
Social Security and Labour Algimanta Pabedinskienė Labour Party December 13, 2012 December 13, 2016
Agriculture Vigilijus Jukna Labour Party December 13, 2012 July 11, 2014[10]
Virginija Baltraitienė July 17, 2014[11] December 13, 2016
Interior Dailis Alfonsas Barakauskas Order and Justice December 13, 2012 October 30, 2014[12]
Saulius Skvernelis Independent November 11, 2014[13] April 13, 2016[14]
Tomas Žilinskas Independent April 13, 2016[14] December 13, 2016
Foreign Affairs Linas Antanas Linkevičius Social Democratic Party of Lithuania December 13, 2012 December 13, 2016
Justice Juozas Bernatonis Social Democratic Party of Lithuania December 13, 2012 December 13, 2016
Environment Valentinas Mazuronis Order and Justice December 13, 2012 June 15, 2014[15]
Kęstutis Trečiokas July 17, 2014[11] December 13, 2016
Health Vytenis Andriukaitis Social Democratic Party of Lithuania December 13, 2012 July 10, 2014[16]
Rimantė Šalaševičiūtė July 17, 2014 February 17, 2016[17]
Juras Požela March 10, 2016[18] 16 October 2016[19]

References
  1. Šešioliktoji Vyriausybė pradeda darbą 2012/12/13
  2. „Senelių prieglauda“: ministrų kabinetą okupuoja vyriausia visų laikų Vyriausybė
  3. "Prisiekė septynioliktosios Vyriausybės nariai". Aina.lt. 13 December 2016. Retrieved 13 December 2016.
  4. Atsistatydina švietimo minitras D. Pavalkis
  5. Prisiekė naujoji švietimo ministrė
  6. Politologai apie J. Neverovičiaus atelidimą: D. Grybauskaitė parodė, kokiais prioritetais vadovaujasi
  7. Masiulis appointed Lithuania's minister of energy
  8. Prezidentė D. Grybauskaitė atleido B Vėsaitę
  9. "Prisiekė naujasis ūkio ministras socialdemokratas Evaldas Gustas". Archived from the original on 2016-02-05. Retrieved 2016-02-05.
  10. Prime Minister signed the resignation notice of V. Jukna
  11. Prisaikdinti trys nauji ministrai
  12. Atsistaydino vidaus reikalų ministras D. A. Barakauskas
  13. Seime prisiekė vidaus reikalų ministras S. Skvernelis
  14. "T. Žilinskas — naujasis vidaus reikalų ministras". Delfi.lt. BNS. 13 April 2016. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
  15. Smūgis R. Paksui - V. Mazuronis vyks dirbti į Briuselį
  16. Andriukaitis galutinai apsisprendė - Jo atnaujintoje vyriausybėje neliks
  17. "Dėl Lietuvos Respublikos sveikatos apsaugos ministrės Rimantės Šalaševičiūtės atsistatydinimo". Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
  18. "J. Požela paskirtas sveikatos apsaugos ministru". Delfi.lt. BNS. 10 March 2016. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
  19. "Lithuania's HealthMin Pozela passes away". The Baltic Times. 16 October 2016. Retrieved October 16, 2016.
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