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12th Seimas (2016–2020)

Irena Degutienė
Irena Degutienė
Seimas 2016-2020
Member of the Seimas from 11/14/2016
till 11/13/2020
Nominated by: Homeland Union - Lithuanian Christian Democrats
Elected: By list
Position Position
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Biography Biography

11/15/2016 - 11/13/2020Deputy Speaker

Board of the Seimas

11/15/2016 - 11/13/2020Board of the Seimas, Deputy Speaker

Committees of the Seimas

11/21/2017 - 11/13/2020Committee on Health Affairs, Member
04/06/2017 - 11/20/2017Committee on Legal Affairs, Member
11/16/2016 - 04/05/2017Committee on Health Affairs, Member

Subcommitees

11/29/2017 - 03/27/2018Subcommittee on Health Protection and Improvement, Member
03/15/2017 - 04/18/2017Subcommittee on Health Protection and Improvement, Member

Commissions of the Seimas

12/28/2016 - 11/13/2020Commission for the Traditions and Heritage of Lithuanian Studies, Chair

Political groups of the Seimas

11/14/2016 - 11/13/2020Homeland Union-Lithuanian Christian Democrat Political Group, First Deputy Chair
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Date of birth

1 June 1949

Place of birth

Šiauliai, Lithuania

 

 

Education

 

 

 

1968–1974

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

 

1956–1967

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

 

 

Work experience

 

 

 

1996–2000

Minister of Social Security and Labour

1994–1996

Secretary, Ministry of Health

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

 

 

Deputy Chairperson, Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats

2012–2016

Member of the 11th Seimas

 

Deputy Speaker of the Seimas

 

Member, Board of the Seimas

 

Member, Conference of Chairs

 

Member, Committee on Budget and Finance

 

Member, Commission of the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania and the World Lithuanian Community

 

Chair, Commission for the Traditions and Heritage of Lithuanian Studies

2008–2012

Member of the 10th Seimas

 

Member, Board of the Seimas

 

Speaker of the Seimas, First Deputy Speaker of the Seimas, Deputy Speaker of the Seimas

 

Member, Committee on Social Affairs and Labour

 

Member, Conference of Chairs

 

Head, 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 of the 9th Seimas

 

Member, Committee on Social Affairs and Labour

 

Member, Commission for Family and Child Affairs

 

Member, Conference of Chairs

 

Chairperson, Homeland Union Political Group

2000–2004

Member of the 8th Seimas

 

Member, 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

Member of the 7th Seimas

 

Member, Committee on Social Affairs and Labour

Since 1994

Member of the Homeland Union (Lithuanian Conservatives), currently Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats

 

 

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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