Rimantė Šalaševičiūtė
Rimantė Šalaševičiūtė | |
|---|---|
 Rimantė Šalaševičiūtė in 2011 | |
| Member of the Seimas | |
| Assumed office 17 November 2012 | |
| Constituency | Multi-member |
| Minister of Health of Lithuania | |
| In office 17 July 2014 – 17 February 2016 | |
| President | Dalia Grybauskaitė |
| Prime Minister | Algirdas Butkevičius |
| Preceded by | Vytenis Andriukaitis |
| Succeeded by | Juras Požela |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 25 February 1954 Varniai, Lithuanian SSR |
| Political party | LSDP (2012–2017) |
| Other political affiliations | LDDP (1990–2001) Communist Party (1986–1990) |
| Alma mater | Vilnius University |
Rimantė Šalaševičiūtė (born 25 February 1954, in Varniai, Soviet Union) is a Lithuanian politician and lawyer, ombudsman, and political and public figure.
Biography
[edit]From 1971 to 1976, Šalaševičiūtė studied at the Vilnius University Faculty of Law. She taught at many different universities before becoming a politician.
From 1990 to 1995, she was the Vilnius City Council Secretariat Secretary-consultant. From 1995 to 2003, she was a Seimas ombudsman advisor, and from 2003 to 2005, she was a Seimas Ombudsman herself.[1][2] She was also a Lithuanian national UNICEF board member. She was a member of the Seimas from 2012 to 2016, and, from 2014 to 2016, in the government of Algirdas Butkevičius, the Minister of Health of Lithuania.[3][4] From 2001 onward, she is a member of the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party.[5] In February 2016, however, she stepped down from both the Seimas and as the Minister of Health after she publicly admitted to giving a bribe to a doctor.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "Lietuvos Respublikos Seimas - Dokumento tekstas". Lrs.lt. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
- ^ "Trumpa įstaigos istorija - Lietuvos Seimo kontrolierių įstaiga". Lrski.lt. Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
- ^ "Rimantė ŠALAŠEVIČIŪTĖ". Lrs.lt. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
- ^ "Lietuvos Respublikos Seimas - Dokumento tekstas". Lrs.lt. 16 July 2014. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
- ^ "2014 m. gegužės 25 d. rinkimai į Europos Parlamentą - Lietuvos Respublikos vyriausioji rinkimų komisija". 2013.vrk.lt. Archived from the original on 12 May 2016. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
- ^ "Sveikatos apsaugos ministrę klampina kyšiai". Skrastas.lt. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
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