Zigmantas Balčytis
Zigmantas Balčytis | |
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Balčytis in 2009 | |
Member of European Parliament | |
In office 4 June 2009 – 1 July 2019 | |
Member of the Seimas | |
Incumbent | |
Assumed office 13 November 2020 | |
Preceded by | Alfredas Stasys Nausėda |
Constituency | Šilutė |
In office 19 October 2000 – 3 June 2009 | |
Preceded by | Alfonsas Bartkus |
Succeeded by | Remigijus Žemaitaitis |
Constituency | Šilalė–Šilutė |
Minister of Finance | |
In office 1 June 2005 – 4 July 2007 | |
Prime Minister | Gediminas Kirkilas |
Preceded by | Algirdas Brazauskas |
Succeeded by | Gediminas Kirkilas |
Minister of Transport and Communications | |
In office 1 June 2001 – 4 July 2005 | |
Prime Minister | Algirdas Brazauskas |
Preceded by | Dailis Alfonsas Barakauskas |
Succeeded by | Petras Čėsna |
Personal details | |
Born | (1953-11-16) 16 November 1953 (age 70) Šilutė, Lithuanian SSR, Soviet Union |
Political party | Social Democratic Party (2000—2021) On Behalf of Lithuania (2021—present) |
Alma mater | Vilnius University |
Zigmantas Balčytis (born 16 November 1953) is a Lithuanian politician who briefly served as acting Prime Minister of Lithuania in 2006. He took office on 1 June 2006 following the resignation of Algirdas Brazauskas, but failed to be approved by the Parliament to become Prime Minister. He was succeeded on 4 July by Gediminas Kirkilas. Balčytis was a member of the Social Democratic Party of Lithuania (LSDP) until 2021 and was Minister of Finance in the Brazauskas government from 2005 to 2007.[1]
On 19 October 2021, Balčytis left the LSDP and joined the newly formed party Union of Democrats "For Lithuania".[2]
References
- [1]. Zigmantas BALČYTIS. European Parliament.
Political offices | ||
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Preceded by | Prime Minister of Lithuania 2006 | Succeeded by |
Seimas | ||
Preceded by Alfonsas Bartkus | Member of the Seimas for Šilalė and Šilutė 2000–2012 | Succeeded by |
Preceded by Alfredas S. Nausėda | Member of the Seimas for Šilutė 2020–present | Incumbent |
Party political offices | ||
Preceded by | Social Democratic Party nominee for President of Lithuania 2014 | Incumbent |
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