Agnė Bilotaitė
Agnė Bilotaitė | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Bilotaitė in 2022 | |
| 25th Minister for the Interior | |
| Assumed office 11 December 2020 | |
| Prime Minister | Ingrida Šimonytė |
| Preceded by | Rita Tamašunienė |
| Member of Seimas | |
| Assumed office 13 November 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Linas Balsys (Paneriai) |
| Constituency | Paneriai - Grigiškės |
| In office 17 November 2008 – 12 November 2020 | |
| Constituency | Party list |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 29 January 1982 Klaipėda, Lithuania |
| Political party | Homeland Union |
| Spouse | Gintas Petrus |
Agnė Bilotaitė (born 29 January 1982) is a Lithuanian politician from the Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats group and has been member of the Seimas since 2008.
On 7 December 2020, she was approved to be the Minister of the Interior in the Šimonytė Cabinet.[1]
Early life
[edit]Agnė Bilotaitė was born on 29 January 1982 in Klaipėda. She received her Bachelor of Political Sciences from Klaipėda University and Master of Law from Mykolas Romeris University.[2]
Career
[edit]In 2006, Bilotaitė became the manager of Homeland Union's Western Division and was elected to the Tenth Seimas of Lithuania in 2008. She was member of the Nuclear Energy Commission and deputy chief of the Anti-Corruption Commission of the parliament. During her second term in the Eleventh Seimas, she served on the Committees on Environment Protection and State Administration and Local Authorities.[2]
After winning the 2016 Lithuanian parliamentary election, Bilotaitė began her third term in Seimas. She is the deputy chair of Homeland Union - Lithuanian Christian Democrat Political Group in the parliament and a member of Committee on Audit and Anti-Corruption Commission.[2]
Personal life
[edit]Bilotaitė is married to Gintas Petrus. She gave birth to their son in July 2017.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "President approves makeup of Simonyte Cabinet". DELFI. Retrieved 2020-12-07.
- ^ a b c "Agnė Bilotaitė". Seimas. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
- ^ "Seimo narė Agnė Bilotaitė susilaukė kūdikio – jau išrinko vardą" (in Lithuanian). Lrytas.lt. 27 July 2017. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
- 1982 births
- Living people
- Homeland Union politicians
- Politicians from Klaipėda
- Members of the Seimas
- 21st-century Lithuanian women politicians
- 21st-century Lithuanian politicians
- Ministers of internal affairs of Lithuania
- Female interior ministers
- Women government ministers of Lithuania
- Klaipėda University alumni
- Mykolas Romeris University alumni
- Women members of the Seimas