Irena Degutienė
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Irena Degutienė MP |
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| Member of the Seimas | |
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Assumed office 15 November 2016 |
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In office 25 November 1996 – 14 November 2004 |
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| Deputy Speaker of the Seimas | |
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Assumed office 15 November 2016 |
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In office 16 November 2012 – 14 November 2016 |
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Member of the Seimas for Naujamiestis constituency |
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In office 15 November 2004 – 14 November 2016 |
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| Preceded by | Vytautas Kvietkauskas |
| Succeeded by | Žygimantas Pavilionis |
| Prime Minister of Lithuania (Acting) | |
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In office 27 October 1999 – 3 November 1999 |
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| President | Valdas Adamkus |
| Preceded by | Rolandas Paksas |
| Succeeded by | Andrius Kubilius |
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In office 4 May 1999 – 18 May 1999 |
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| President | Valdas Adamkus |
| Preceded by | Gediminas Vagnorius |
| Succeeded by | Rolandas Paksas |
| Speaker of the Seimas | |
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In office 15 September 2009 – 14 September 2012 |
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| Preceded by | Arūnas Valinskas |
| Succeeded by | Vydas Gedvilas |
| First Deputy Speaker of the Seimas | |
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In office 16 November 2012 – 14 November 2008 |
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| Preceded by | Algis Čaplikas |
| Succeeded by | Vydas Gedvilas |
| Minister for Social Security and Labour | |
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In office 4 December 1996 – 27 October 2000 |
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| Prime Minister | Gediminas Vagnorius |
| Preceded by | Mindaugas Mikaila |
| Succeeded by | Vilija Blinkevičiūtė |
| Personal details | |
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1 June 1949 Šiauliai, Soviet Union (now Lithuania) |
| Political party | Homeland Union |
| Spouse(s) | Gediminas Degutis |
| Alma mater | Vilnius University |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
Irena Degutienė (born 1 June 1949 in Šiauliai, Lithuanian SSR, Soviet Union) is a Lithuanian politician and member of the conservative Homeland Union, currently Speaker of Seimas. She was twice the acting Prime Minister of Lithuania, first from 4 May 1999 to 18 May 1999 and then from 27 October 1999 to 3 November 1999. She has also been the Minister for Social Security and Labour from 1996 to 2000. In 1978, she graduated from Vilnius University with a degree in medicine. For almost twenty years, she worked in Vilnius Red Cross Hospital before becoming a secretary in the Ministry of Health in 1994. In 1996, she was elected to Seimas and re-elected in 2000.
On 15 September 2009 Irena Degutienė became Speaker of Seimas, a position she held until 14 September 2012. She is the first woman to hold such position in Lithuania's history.
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