Juozas Olekas MP |
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Minister of National Defence | |
In office 13 December 2012 – 13 December 2016 |
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Prime Minister | Algirdas Butkevičius |
Preceded by | Rasa Juknevičienė |
Succeeded by | Raimundas Karoblis |
In office 4 July 2006 – 9 December 2008 |
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Prime Minister | Gediminas Kirkilas |
Preceded by | Gediminas Kirkilas |
Succeeded by | Rasa Juknevičienė |
Personal details | |
Born |
Vilnius, Soviet Union (now Lithuania) |
6 January 1961
Political party | Social Democratic Party |
Alma mater |
Lithuanian University of Health Sciences Vilnius University |
Juozas Olekas (born October 30, 1955) is a Lithuanian surgeon and politician, a former Minister of National Defence, from 2006 to 2008. In 1990 and from 2003 to 2004 he also served as the Health Minister.
Olekas studied at Kaunas Institute of Medicine from 1974 to 1976, and at Vilnius University from 1976 to 1980.
Between 1994 and 1997 he was a chief physician at the Vilnius University hospital.
Olekas is married to Aurelija Olekienė, they have two daughters.