Rimantas Jonas Dagys MP |
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Member of the Seimas | |
Assumed office 14 November 2016 |
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In office 15 November 1992 – 18 October 2000 |
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Minister of Social Security and Labour | |
In office 9 December 2008 – 22 July 2009 |
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Prime Minister | Andrius Kubilius |
Preceded by | Vilija Blinkevičiūtė |
Succeeded by | Donatas Jankauskas |
Member of the Seimas for Šilainiai constituency |
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In office 15 November 2004 – 14 November 2016 |
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Preceded by | Vytautas Šustauskas |
Succeeded by | Ramūnas Karbauskis |
Personal details | |
Born |
Kazachstan |
16 June 1957
Political party |
Lithuanian Social Democratic Party (1989 - 1999) Lithuanian Social Democratic Union (1999 - 2001) Homeland Union (2002 - ) |
Alma mater | Vilnius University |
Profession | Chemist |
Rimantas Jonas Dagys (born July 16, 1957) is a Lithuanian chemist and politician, member of Seimas (1992–1996, 1996–2000), since 2008 assigned Minister of Labor and Social Security by presidential decree. He is currently associated with Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats.
Rimantas Dagys was born in the settlement of Churubai Nura (now Abay, Kazakhstan) to a family of former Gulag prisoners, deported form Lithuania for 10 years: his mother, Filomena Dagienė was imprisoned in Vorkuta camps, his father, Jonas Dagys, in Siblag camps. The family returned to Lithuania in 1964.