Rimantė Šalaševičiūtė
| Rimantė Šalaševičiūtė MP | |
|---|---|
 Rimantė Šalaševičiūtė in 2011 | |
| Minister of Health of Lithuania | |
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In office 17 July 2014 – February 2016 | |
| Preceded by | Vytenis Andriukaitis |
| Succeeded by | Juras Požela |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
25 February 1954 Varniai, Lithuania |
| Political party | SSKP (1986-1990), LDDP (1990-2001), LSDP (2001-) |
| Occupation | Politician |
Rimantė Šalaševičiūtė (born 25 February 1954, Varniai, Lithuania) is a Lithuanian lawyer, ombudsman, and political and public figure.
Biography
From 1971 to 1976, Šalaševičiūtė studied at the Vilnius University Faculty of Law. She taught at many different universities before becoming a politician.
From 1990 to 1995, she was the Vilnius City Council Secretariat Secretary-consultant. From 1995 to 2003, she was a Seimas ombudsman advisor, and from 2003 to 2005, she was a Seimas Ombudsman herself.[1][2] She was also a Lithuanian national UNICEF board member. She was a member of the Seimas from 2012 to 2016, and, from 2014 to 2016, in the government of Algirdas Butkevičius, the Minister of Health of Lithuania.[3][4] From 2001 onward, she is a member of the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party.[5] In February 2016, however, she stepped down from both the Seimas and as the Minister of Health after she publicly admitted giving a bribe to a doctor.[6]
References
- ↑ "Lietuvos Respublikos Seimas - Dokumento tekstas". Lrs.lt. Retrieved 2016-03-03.
- ↑ "Trumpa įstaigos istorija - Lietuvos Seimo kontrolierių įstaiga". Lrski.lt. Retrieved 2016-03-03.
- ↑ "Rimantė ŠALAŠEVIČIŪTĖ". Lrs.lt. Retrieved 2016-03-03.
- ↑ "Lietuvos Respublikos Seimas - Dokumento tekstas". Lrs.lt. 2014-07-16. Retrieved 2016-03-03.
- ↑ "2014 m. gegužės 25 d. rinkimai į Europos Parlamentą - Lietuvos Respublikos vyriausioji rinkimų komisija". 2013.vrk.lt. Retrieved 2016-03-03.
- ↑ "Sveikatos apsaugos ministrę klampina kyšiai". Skrastas.lt. Retrieved 2016-03-03.