List of governments of Lithuania since 1990

The list gives the composition of the governments of the Republic of Lithuania from 1990 as of September 4, 2008. Government of the Republic of Lithuania is the cabinet of Lithuania, proposed by the President and confirmed by the Seimas (parliament).

In 1990 Lithuania declared independence from the Soviet Union. Since then Lithuania has been a democratic republic. All citizens elect the Seimas for a four-year term. The next elections are scheduled for November 2008.

Governments

Ministry	1st Government March 17, 1990 January 10, 1991	2nd Government January 10, 1991 January 13, 1991	3rd Government January 13, 1991 July 21, 1992
Prime Minister	Kazimiera Prunskienė	Albertas Šimėnas	Gediminas Vagnorius
Foreign Affairs	Algirdas Saudargas
The Interior	Marijonas Misiukonis		Petras Valiukas
Defence			Audrius Butkevičius
Finance	Romualdas Sikorskis		Elvyra Kunevičienė
Economy	Vytas Navickas		Vytas Navickas, Albertas Šimėnas[1]
Energy	Vaidotas Ašmantas
Industry	Rimvydas Jasinavičius
Trade[2]	Albertas Sinevičius		Albertas Sinevičius, Vilius Židonis[3]
Natural Resources	Romualdas Kozyrovičius
Agriculture	Vytautas Knašys		Rimvydas Survila
Forestry	Vaidotas Antanaitis		Vaidotas Antanaitis, Jonas Klimas[4]
Justice	Pranas Kūris		Vytautas Pakalniškis
Health Care	Juozas Olekas
Social Security	Algis Dobrovolskas
Culture and Education	Darius Kuolys
Transportation	Jonas Biržiškis
Communications[5]	Kostas Birulis		Kostas Birulis, Alfredas Basevičius[6]
Construction and Urban Development	Algimantas Nasvytis
International Economic Relations			Vytenis Aleškaitis
Without Portfolio			Aleksandras Abišala
Ministry	4th Government July 21, 1992 November 26, 1992	5th Government December 12, 1992 March 10, 1993	6th Government March 10, 1993 February 8, 1996
Prime Minister	Aleksandras Abišala	Bronislovas Lubys	Adolfas Šleževičius
Foreign Affairs	Algirdas Saudargas	Povilas Gylys
The Interior	Petras Valiukas	Romasis Vaitiekūnas
Defence	Audrius Butkevičius		Audrius Butkevičius, Linas Linkevičius[7]
Finance	Audrius Misevičius	Eduardas Vilkelis	Eduardas Vilkelis, Reinoldijus Šarkinas[8]
Economy	Albertas Šimėnas	Julius Veselka	Julius Veselka, Aleksandras Vasiliauskas,[9] Vytas Navickas[10]
Energy	Vaidotas Ašmantas		Algimantas Stasiukynas, Kostas Leščinskas[11]
Trade and Natural Resources[12]	Romualdas Ramoška[13]	Albertas Sinevičius	Albertas Sinevičius, Kazimieras Klimašauskas[14]
Agriculture	Rimvydas Survila	Rimantas Karazija	Rimantas Karazija, Vytautas Einoris[15]
Forestry	Jonas Klimas		Gintautas Kovalčikas, Albertas Vasilauskas[16]
Environmental Protection			Bronius Bradauskas
Justice	Zenonas Juknevičius[17]	Jonas Prapiestis
Health Care	Juozas Olekas	Vytautas Kriauza	Jurgis Brėdikis, Antanas Vinkus[18]
Social Security[19]	Teodoras Medaiskis		Teodoras Medaiskis, Laurynas Stankevičius,[20] Mindaugas Mikaila[21]
Culture and Education[22]	Darius Kuolys	Dainius Trinkūnas	Dainius Trinkūnas, Juozas Nekrošius[23]
Education and Science			Vladislavas Domarkas[24]
Transportation	Jonas Biržiškis
Communications and Information Technology	Gintautas Žintelis
Construction and Urban Development	Algimantas Nasvytis	Algirdas Vapšys	Algirdas Vapšys, Julius Laiconas[25]
International Economic Relations	Vytenis Aleškaitis
Public Administration Reforms and Local Authorities			Laurynas Stankevičius[26]
Without Portfolio	Leonas Kadžiulis, Stasys Kropas	Algimantas Matulevičius[27]
Ministry	7th Government February 23, 1996 November 19, 1996	8th Government December 4, 1996 May 2, 1999	9th Government June 1, 1999 October 27, 1999
Prime Minister	Laurynas Stankevičius	Gediminas Vagnorius	Rolandas Paksas
Foreign Affairs	Povilas Gylys	Algirdas Saudargas
The Interior	Virgilijus Bulovas	Vidmantas Žiemelis, Stasys Šedbaras[28]	Česlovas Blažys
Defence	Linas Linkevičius	Česlovas Stankevičius
Finance	Algimantas Križinauskas	Rolandas Matiliauskas, Algirdas Šemeta[29]	Jonas Lionginas
Economy	Antanas Kaminskas	Vincas Babilius	Eugenijus Maldeikis
Energy	Saulius Kutas
Industry and Trade	Kazimieras Klimašauskas	Laima Andrikienė[30]
Agriculture	Vytautas Einoris	Vytautas Knašys, Edvardas Makelis[31]	Edvardas Makelis
Forestry[32]	Albertas Vasiliauskas
Environmental Protection[33]	Bronius Bradauskas	Imantas Lazdinis, Algis Čaplikas,[34] Danius Lygis[35]	Danius Lygis
Justice	Jonas Prapiestis, Albertas Valys[36]	Vytautas Pakalniškis	Gintaras Balčiūnas
Health Care	Antanas Vinkus	Juozas Galdikas, Mindaugas Stankevičius[37]	Raimundas Alekna
Social Security and Labour	Mindaugas Mikaila	Irena Degutienė
Culture	Juozas Nekrošius	Saulius Šaltenis	Arūnas Bėkšta
Education and Science	Vladislavas Domarkas	Zigmas Zinkevičius, Kornelijus Platelis[38]	Kornelijus Platelis
Transportation	Jonas Biržiškis	Algis Žvaliauskas, Rimantas Didžiokas[39]	Rimantas Didžiokas
Communications and Information Technology	Vaidotas Abraitis	Rimantas Pleikys[40]
Construction and Urban Development	Aldona Baranauskienė	Algis Čaplikas
European Affairs		Laima Andrikienė[41]
Public Administration Reforms and Local Authorities	Petras Papovas	Kęstutis Skrebys	Sigitas Kaktys
Ministry	10th Government November 3, 1999 November 9, 2000	11th Government October 27, 2000 June 20, 2001	12th Government July 4, 2001 December 15, 2004
Prime Minister	Andrius Kubilius	Rolandas Paksas	Algirdas Brazauskas
Foreign Affairs	Algirdas Saudargas	Antanas Valionis
The Interior	Česlovas Blažys	Vytautas Markevičius	Juozas Bernatonis, Virgilijus Bulovas[42]
National Defence	Česlovas Stankevičius	Linas Linkevičius
Finance	Vytautas Dudėnas	Jonas Lionginas	Dalia Grybauskaitė, Algirdas Butkevičius[43]
Economy	Valentinas Milaknis	Eugenijus Maldeikis, Eugenijus Gentvilas[44]	Petras Čėsna
Agriculture	Edvardas Makelis	Kęstutis Kristinaitis	Kęstutis Kristinaitis, Jeronimas Kraujelis[45]
Environment	Danius Lygis	Henrikas Žukauskas	Arūnas Kundrotas
Justice	Gintaras Balčiūnas	Gintautas Bartkus	Vytautas Markevičius
Health Care	Raimundas Alekna	Vinsas Janušonis, Konstantinas Dobrovolskis[46]	Konstantinas Dobrovolskis, Juozas Olekas[47]
Social Security and Labour	Irena Degutienė	Vilija Blinkevičiūtė
Culture	Arūnas Bėkšta	Gintautas Kėvišas	Roma Dovydėnienė
Education and Science	Kornelijus Platelis	Algirdas Monkevičius
Transport	Rimantas Didžiokas	Gintaras Striaukas, Dailis Barakauskas[48]	Zigmantas Balčytis
Public Administration Reforms and Local Authorities	Jonas Rudalevičius
Ministry	13th Government November 29, 2004 June 1, 2006	14th Government July 18, 2006 December 4, 2008	15th Government December 4, 2008 December 12, 2012
Prime Minister	Algirdas Brazauskas	Gediminas Kirkilas	Andrius Kubilius
Foreign Affairs	Antanas Valionis	Petras Vaitiekūnas	Vygaudas Ušackas, Audronius Ažubalis[49]
The Interior	Gintaras Furmanavičius	Raimondas Šukys, Regimantas Čiupaila[50]	Raimundas Palaitis, Artūras Melianas[51]
National Defence	Gediminas Kirkilas	Juozas Olekas	Rasa Juknevičienė
Finance	Algirdas Butkevičius, Zigmantas Balčytis[52]	Zigmantas Balčytis, Rimantas Šadžius[53]	Algirdas Gediminas Šemeta, Ingrida Šimonytė[54]
Economy	Viktoras Uspaskich, Kęstutis Daukšys[55]	Vytas Navickas	Dainius Kreivys, Rimantas Žylius[56]
Agriculture	Kazimiera Prunskienė		Kazimieras Starkevičius
Environment	Arūnas Kundrotas	Arūnas Kundrotas, Artūras Paulauskas[57]	Gediminas Kazlauskas
Justice	Gintautas Bužinskas	Petras Baguška	Remigijus Šimašius
Health	Žilvinas Padaiga	Rimvydas Turčinskas, Gediminas Černiauskas[58]	Algis Čaplikas, Raimondas Šukis[59]
Social Security and Labour	Vilija Blinkevičiūtė		Rimantas Jonas Dagys, Donatas Jankauskas[60]
Culture	Vladimiras Prudnikovas	Jonas Jučas	Remigijus Vilkaitis, Arūnas Gelūnas[61]
Education and Science	Remigijus Motuzas	Roma Žakaitienė, Algirdas Monkevičius[62]	Gintaras Steponavičius
Transport	Zigmantas Balčytis, Petras Čėsna[63]	Algirdas Butkevičius	Eligijus Masiulis
Energy			Arvydas Sekmokas[64]
Ministry	16th Government December 12, 2012 Present	17th Government TBD TBD	18th Government TBD TBD
Prime Minister	Algirdas Butkevičius
Foreign Affairs	Linas Antanas Linkevičius
Interior	Dailis Alfonsas Barakauskas, Saulius Skvernelis
National Defence	Juozas Olekas
Finance	Rimantas Šadžius
Economy	Birutė Vėsaitė, Evaldas Gustas
Agriculture	Vigilijus Jukna, Virginija Baltraitienė
Environment	Valentinas Mazuronis, Kęstutis Trečiokas
Justice	Juozas Bernatonis
Health	Vytenis Andriukaitis, Rimantė Šalaševičiūtė
Social Security and Labour	Algimanta Pabedinskienė
Culture	Šarūnas Birutis
Education and Science	Dainius Pavalkis, Audronė Pitrėnienė
Transport	Rimantas Sinkevičius
Energy	Jaroslav Neverovič, Rokas Masiulis

See also

• List of governments of Lithuania (1918–1940)

Notes

1. From May 30, 1991
2. Renamed to Ministry of Trade and Natural Resources during the 3rd Government
3. From October 3, 1991
4. From January 23, 1992
5. Renamed to Ministry of Communications and Information Technology during the 3rd Government
6. Acting, from December 4, 1991
7. From October 28, 1993
8. From February 10, 1995
9. From June 9, 1994
10. From October 5, 1995
11. From May 15, 1995
12. Renamed to Ministry of Industry and Trade during the 5th Government
13. Acting
14. June 1, 1993
15. From September 26, 1994
16. From June 9, 1994
17. Acting
18. From November 10, 1994
19. Renamed to Ministry of Social Security and Labour during the 6th Government
20. From October 20, 1993
21. From May 19, 1994
22. Renamed to Ministry of Culture during the 6th Government
23. From November 15, 1994
24. From May 19, 1994
25. From February 3, 1994
26. From July 12, 1994
27. For Local Authorities
28. From May 22, 1998
29. From February 19, 1997
30. To December 19, 1996
31. From May 6, 1998
32. Merged into Ministry of Agriculture
33. Renamed to Ministry of Environment during the 9th Government
34. From March 25, 1998
35. From April 8, 1999
36. From April 23, 1996
37. From March 25, 1998
38. From May 1, 1998
39. From January 6, 1999
40. To March 25, 1998
41. From December 19, 1996, to March 25, 1998
42. From May 13, 2003
43. From May 4, 2004
44. From February 15, 2001
45. From October 3, 2001
46. From May 15, 2001
47. From March 10, 2003
48. From January 24, 2001
49. From January 29, 2010
50. From December 17, 2007
51. From April 16, 2012
52. From May 13, 2005
53. From May 16, 2007
54. From July 3, 2009
55. From June 29, 2005
56. From March 17, 2011
57. From January 31, 2008
58. From July 14, 2008
59. From March 1, 2010
60. From July 22, 2009
61. From July 2, 2010
62. From May 27, 2008
63. From June 10, 2005
64. From February 10, 2009

References

• Antanas Račys, ed. (2008). "Vyriausybė". Lietuva (in Lithuanian) I. Vilnius: Science and Encyclopaedia Publishing Institute. pp. 264–266. ISBN 978-5-420-01639-8.
• "Ankstesnės vyriausybės > Po 1990 metų" (in Lithuanian). Government of the Republic of Lithuania. Retrieved 2008-09-04.
• "Vyriausybės sudėtis > Ministrai" (in Lithuanian). Government of the Republic of Lithuania. Retrieved 2008-09-04.