Ministry of Social Security and Labour (Lithuania)
| Socialinės apsaugos ir darbo ministerija (in Lithuanian) | |
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 Building of the Ministry of Social Security and Labour on A. Vivulskio Street in Vilnius | |
| Ministry overview | |
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| Formed | 17 January 1990 |
| Jurisdiction | Government of Lithuania |
| Headquarters | A. Vivulskio 11, Naujamiestis, 03610 Vilnius |
| Employees | 242 permanent employees (January 2021)[1] |
| Annual budget | €4.384 billion (2021)[2] |
| Minister responsible | |
| Website | socmin |
| Footnotes | |
| 54°40′47.0″N 25°16′9.7″E / 54.679722°N 25.269361°E | |
The Ministry of Social Security and Labour of the Republic of Lithuania (Lithuanian: Lietuvos Respublikos socialinės apsaugos ir darbo ministerija) is a government department of the Republic of Lithuania. Its operations are authorized by the Constitution of the Republic of Lithuania, decrees issued by the President and Prime Minister, and laws passed by the Seimas (Parliament). Its mission is to prosecute state social security and labour branch ruling functions and realize state policy in these branches.[3] The current head of the Ministry is Inga Ruginienė.
History
[edit]On 11 November 1918, the Republic of Lithuania established a short-lived Ministry of Public Works and Food Supply (Lithuanian: Viešųjų darbų ir maitinimo ministerija).[4] Its purpose was to address the dire social situation following the devastation of the World War I.[5] It had three departments: social security, food supply and labour.[6] However, on 29 October 1919 the ministry was merged into the Ministry of the Interior and its original departments were reorganized several times during the interwar period.[6] The ministry and its departments were early institutions concerning the social welfare and are considered to be the predecessors of the present day Ministry of Social Security and Labour.
Ministers
[edit]Democratic Labour Party Homeland Union Labour Party Social Democratic Party Independent
| Ministry of Social Security | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Term | Minister | Party | Prime Mninister (Cabinet) |
Office | ||
| Start date | End date | Time in office | ||||
| 1 | Algis Dobravolskas (born 1951) |
Independent | Kazimiera Prunskienė (Prunskienė) |
17 January 1990 | 10 January 1991 | 358 days |
| 2 | Albertas Šimėnas (Šimėnas) |
10 January 1991 | 13 January 1991 | 3 days | ||
| 3 | Gediminas Vagnorius (Vagnorius I) |
13 January 1991 | 21 July 1992 | 1 year, 190 days | ||
| 4 | Teodoras Medaiskis (born 1951) |
Aleksandras Abišala (Abišala) |
21 July 1992 | 17 December 1992 | 149 days | |
| 5 | Bronislovas Lubys (Lubys) |
17 December 1992 | 31 March 1993 | 104 days | ||
| Ministry of Social Security and Labour | ||||||
| Term | Minister | Party | Prime Mninister (Cabinet) |
Office | ||
| Start date | End date | Time in office | ||||
| 6 | Teodoras Medaiskis (born 1951) |
Independent | Adolfas Šleževičius (Šleževičius) |
31 March 1993 | 28 October 1993 | 211 days |
| 7 | Laurynas Stankevičius (1935-2017) |
Democratic Labour Party | 28 October 1993 | 12 July 1994 | 257 days | |
| 8 | Mindaugas Mikaila (born 1957) |
Independent | 12 July 1994 | 19 March 1996 | 1 year, 251 days | |
| 9 | Laurynas Mindaugas Stankevičius (Stankevičius) |
19 March 1996 | 10 December 1996 | 266 days | ||
| 10 | Irena Degutienė (born 1949) |
Homeland Union | Gediminas Vagnorius (Vagnorius II) |
10 December 1996 | 10 June 1999 | 2 years, 182 days |
| 11 | Rolandas Paksas (Paksas I) |
10 June 1999 | 11 November 1999 | 154 days | ||
| 12 | Andrius Kubilius (Kubilius I) |
11 November 1999 | 9 November 2000 | 364 days | ||
| 13 | Vilija Blinkevičiūtė (born 1960) |
Social Democratic Party | Rolandas Paksas (Paksas II) |
9 November 2000 | 12 July 2001 | 245 days |
| 14 | Algirdas Brazauskas (Brazauskas I) |
12 July 2001 | 14 December 2004 | 3 years, 155 days | ||
| 15 | Algirdas Brazauskas (Brazauskas II) |
14 December 2004 | 18 July 2006 | 1 year, 216 days | ||
| 16 | Gediminas Kirkilas (Kirkilas) |
18 July 2006 | 9 December 2008 | 2 years, 144 days | ||
| 17 | Rimantas Dagys (born 1957) |
Homeland Union | Andrius Kubilius (Kubilius II) |
9 December 2008 | 22 July 2009 | 225 days |
| 18 | Donatas Jankauskas (born 1958) |
22 July 2009 | 13 December 2012 | 3 years, 144 days | ||
| 19 | Algimanta Pabedinskienė (born 1965) |
Labour Party | Algirdas Butkevičius (Butkevičius) |
13 December 2012 | 13 December 2016 | 4 years, 0 days |
| 20 | Linas Kukuraitis (born 1978) |
Independent | Saulius Skvernelis (Skvernelis) |
13 December 2016 | 11 December 2020 | 3 years, 364 days |
| 21 | Monika Navickienė (born 1981) |
Homeland Union | Ingrida Šimonytė (Šimonytė) |
11 December 2020 | 13 December 2024 | 4 years, 2 days |
| 19 | Inga Ruginienė (born 1981) |
Social Democratic Party of Lithuania | Paluckas | 13 December 2024 | Incumbent | 7 days |
References
[edit]- ^ Lietuvos Respublikos Socialinės apsaugos ir darbo ministerija employees (insured) on January 6th, 2021
- ^ Lithuanian budget for 2021
- ^ Ministry of Social Security and Labour of the Republic of Lithuania
- ^ "Kaip gimė pirmoji Lietuvos Vyriausybė" [How the first Government of Lithuania was born]. Kauno Diena (in Lithuanian). 11 November 2017. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
- ^ Aidukaitė, Jolanta; Bogdanova, Natalija; Guogis, Arvydas (2012). Gerovės valstybės kūrimas Lietuvoje: mitas ar realybė? [Creating a welfare state in Lithuania: myth or reality?] (PDF) (in Lithuanian). Lietuvos socialinių tyrimų centras - Sociologijos institutas. ISBN 978-609-95257-6-1.
- ^ a b "Istorija". Ministry of Social Security and Labour. Archived from the original on 2 April 2023. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
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