Deimantė Rimkutė
Deimantė Rimkutė | |
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| Vilnius City Councillor | |
| Assumed office 24 April 2019 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 29 June 1998 Vilnius, Lithuania |
| Political party | Freedom Party |
| Education | Vilnius Jonas Basanavičius Gymnasium |
| Alma mater | Vilnius University |
Deimantė Rimkutė (born 29 June 1998) is a Lithuanian lawyer, politician and a public person.
Biography
[edit]Rimkutė completed her Master’s degree in Law from Vilnius University in 2022, where her thesis was awarded best thesis recognition[1]. Since then she has been pursuing a PhD in Law since 2022[2] and, in 2024, completed internships at the Court of Justice of the European Union and the European Institute of Private Law at Maastricht University.
Rimkutė became involved in politics in 2019 when she was elected to the Vilnius City Municipal Council, becoming Vilnius’s youngest elected official at age 20. From 2021 to 2023, she chaired the Environment and Energy Committee.
Between 2014 and 2020, Rimkutė held various roles in public organizations both in Lithuania and abroad. Her positions included representing the Lithuanian Pupils' Parliament at the Ministry of Education and Science (2015–2016), chairing the Vilnius Liberal Youth Organization (2016–2017), serving on the board of the Vilnius Union of Youth Organizations "Apskritas stalas" (2016–2018), representing Lithuania in the National Youth Council (2017–2019), and being on the board of the European Liberal Youth (2018–2020).