Algirdas Butkevičius
| Algirdas Butkevičius | |
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| 12th Prime Minister of Lithuania | |
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In office 13 November 2012 – 13 December 2016 |
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| President | Dalia Grybauskaitė |
| Preceded by | Andrius Kubilius |
| Succeeded by | Saulius Skvernelis |
| Chairman of the Social Democratic Party | |
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Assumed office 7 March 2009 |
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| Preceded by | Gediminas Kirkilas |
| Succeeded by | Gintautas Paluckas |
| Minister of Finance | |
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In office 3 May 2004 – 14 May 2005 |
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| Prime Minister | Algirdas Brazauskas |
| Preceded by | Dalia Grybauskaitė |
| Succeeded by | Zigmantas Balčytis |
| Minister of Transport and Communications | |
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In office 18 July 2006 – 9 December 2008 |
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| Prime Minister | Gediminas Kirkilas |
| Preceded by | Petras Čėsna |
| Succeeded by | Eligijus Masiulis |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
19 November 1958 Paežeriai, Lithuanian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Political party | Social Democratic Party |
| Alma mater |
Vilnius Gediminas Technical University Kazimieras Simonavičius University Kaunas University of Technology |
Algirdas Butkevičius (born 19 November 1958) is a former Prime Minister of Lithuania, serving between 2012 and 2016. He also served as the Minister of Finance from 2004 to 2005 and the Minister of Transport and Communications from 2006 to 2008. He has led the Social Democratic Party of Lithuania since 2009.
Butkevičius was born at village in Radviliškis district municipality. Since 1992 he is member of the Social Democratic Party of Lithuania (LSDP). He was Chairman of Vilkaviškis Department of the LSDP in 1995–1997, Deputy Chairman of the LSDP in 1999–2005 (re-elected in 2001), and Chairman of the LSDP since 2009.
In 1996 and 2000, he was elected to the Seimas (parliament). From 2004 to 2005 he served as Minister of Finance and from 2006 to 2008 as Minister of Transport and Communications.
Butkevičius was the LSDP candidate in the 2009 presidential election, placing second with 11.83% of the votes. As of 2010, he is the chairman of the LSDP.
During the 2012 parliamentary election, Butkevičius was among the few candidates who were elected in the first round of the popular vote.
On 22 November 2012 he was elected by the Seimas to be Prime Minister-designate. He was appointed as Prime Minister by presidential decree on 7 December 2012 and his cabinet was sworn on 13 December, following the approval of the governmental program by Parliament.
In addition to his native Lithuanian, he speaks fluent Russian. His wife is Janina, and they have one daughter, Indrė.
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