Members of the Seimas - Irena DEGUTIENĖ 

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Irena DEGUTIENĖ
 
Irena DEGUTIENĖ

 

Member of the Seimas from 2012-11-16 till 2016-11-14.
  
Position
  • Deputy Speaker ( 2012-11-17–2016-11-14 )
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History
Was elected to the Seimas 1996 – 2000.
Was elected to the Seimas 2000 – 2004.
Was elected to the Seimas 2004 – 2008.
Was elected to the Seimas 2008 – 2012.
Biography

Date of birth

1 June 1949

Place of birth

Šiauliai, Lithuania

 

 

Education

 

1968–1974

Vilnius State University (currently Vilnius University), Faculty of Medicine, Diploma of Medical Doctor

1956–1967

Secondary School No 1 in Druskininkai (currently Atgimimas Secondary School)

 

 

Work experience

 

1994–1996

Secretary, Ministry of Health of the Republic of Lithuania

1976–1994

Physician Anesthesiologist-Reanimathologist; Deputy Head Physician, Head Physician, Gastroenterology Division, Vilnius University Red Cross Hospital

1974–1976

Physician Therapist, Cotton Mill in Alytus

1967–1968

Druskininkai branch, Kaunas Art Workshops

 

 

Political career

 

 

Member of the Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats

Since 2012

Deputy Speaker, Member of the Board of the Seimas

 

Member, Committee on Budget and Finance

 

Member, Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrat Political Group

 

Member, Conference of Chairs

 

Member, Seimas Delegation to the Baltic Assembly

17 September 2009–2012

Speaker of the Seimas, Member of the Board of the Seimas

2008–2009

Deputy Speaker, then First Deputy Speaker, Member of the Board of the Seimas

 

Member, Committee on Social Affairs and Labour

 

Member, Conference of Chairs

 

Chair, Seimas Delegation to the Assembly of Members of the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania, the Sejm and Senate of the Republic of Poland, and the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine

2004–2008

Member, Committee on Social Affairs and Labour

 

Member, Commission for Family and Child Affairs

 

Member, Conference of Chairs

2000–2004

Deputy Chair, Committee on Social Affairs and Labour

 

Member, Commission for Family and Child Affairs

May–June, October–November 1999

Acting Prime Minister

1996–2000

Minister of Social Security and Labour

1996–2000

Member, Committee on Social Affairs and Labour

Since 1994

Member of the Homeland Union (Lithuanian Conservatives), Member of the Party Presidium

 

Miscellaneous

Awards: Person of the Year in the field of medicine and social security (1997)

Interests: health protection, family policy, rights of the child, social matters, strengthening of civil society

Languages: Lithuanian (native), English, Polish, Russian

Hobbies: art, music, cycling, swimming, skiing

 

Family

Married with two children

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