LIST OF GOVERNMENTS OF LITHUANIA (SINCE 1990)

The list gives the composition of the governments of the Republic of Lithuania from 1990 to 15 December 2016. The Government is the cabinet of Lithuania, proposed by the President and confirmed by the Seimas (parliament).

In 1990, Lithuania declared independence from the Soviet Union and has since been a democratic republic. All citizens elect the Seimas for a four-year term. The most recent elections took place in October 2016.

Governments

Ministry	1st Government March 17, 1990 January 10, 1991	2nd Government January 10, 1991 January 13, 1991	3rd Government January 13, 1991 July 21, 1992
Prime Minister	Kazimiera Prunskienė	Albertas Šimėnas	Gediminas Vagnorius
Foreign Affairs	Algirdas Saudargas
The Interior	Marijonas Misiukonis		Petras Valiukas
Defence			Audrius Butkevičius
Finance	Romualdas Sikorskis		Elvyra Kunevičienė
Economy	Vytas Navickas		Vytas Navickas, Albertas Šimėnas^[1]
Energy	Vaidotas Ašmantas
Industry	Rimvydas Jasinavičius
Trade^[2]	Albertas Sinevičius		Albertas Sinevičius, Vilius Židonis^[3]
Natural Resources	Romualdas Kozyrovičius
Agriculture	Vytautas Knašys		Rimvydas Survila
Forestry	Vaidotas Antanaitis		Vaidotas Antanaitis, Jonas Klimas^[4]
Justice	Pranas Kūris		Vytautas Pakalniškis
Health Care	Juozas Olekas
Social Security	Algis Dobrovolskas
Culture and Education	Darius Kuolys
Transportation	Jonas Biržiškis
Communications^[5]	Kostas Birulis		Kostas Birulis, Alfredas Basevičius^[6]
Construction and Urban Development	Algimantas Nasvytis
International Economic Relations			Vytenis Aleškaitis
Without Portfolio			Aleksandras Abišala
Ministry	4th Government July 21, 1992 November 26, 1992	5th Government December 12, 1992 March 10, 1993	6th Government March 10, 1993 February 8, 1996
Prime Minister	Aleksandras Abišala	Bronislovas Lubys	Adolfas Šleževičius
Foreign Affairs	Algirdas Saudargas	Povilas Gylys
The Interior	Petras Valiukas	Romasis Vaitiekūnas
Defence	Audrius Butkevičius		Audrius Butkevičius, Linas Linkevičius^[7]
Finance	Audrius Misevičius	Eduardas Vilkelis	Eduardas Vilkelis, Reinoldijus Šarkinas^[8]
Economy	Albertas Šimėnas	Julius Veselka	Julius Veselka, Aleksandras Vasiliauskas,^[9] Vytas Navickas^[10]
Energy	Vaidotas Ašmantas		Algimantas Stasiukynas, Kostas Leščinskas^[11]
Trade and Natural Resources^[12]	Romualdas Ramoška^[13]	Albertas Sinevičius	Albertas Sinevičius, Kazimieras Klimašauskas^[14]
Agriculture	Rimvydas Survila	Rimantas Karazija	Rimantas Karazija, Vytautas Einoris^[15]
Forestry	Jonas Klimas		Gintautas Kovalčikas, Albertas Vasilauskas^[16]
Environmental Protection			Bronius Bradauskas
Justice	Zenonas Juknevičius^[17]	Jonas Prapiestis
Health Care	Juozas Olekas	Vytautas Kriauza	Jurgis Brėdikis, Antanas Vinkus^[18]
Social Security^[19]	Teodoras Medaiskis		Teodoras Medaiskis, Laurynas Stankevičius,^[20] Mindaugas Mikaila^[21]
Culture and Education^[22]	Darius Kuolys	Dainius Trinkūnas	Dainius Trinkūnas, Juozas Nekrošius^[23]
Education and Science			Vladislavas Domarkas^[24]
Transportation	Jonas Biržiškis
Communications and Information Technology	Gintautas Žintelis
Construction and Urban Development	Algimantas Nasvytis	Algirdas Vapšys	Algirdas Vapšys, Julius Laiconas^[25]
International Economic Relations	Vytenis Aleškaitis
Public Administration Reforms and Local Authorities			Laurynas Stankevičius^[26]
Without Portfolio	Leonas Kadžiulis, Stasys Kropas	Algimantas Matulevičius^[27]
Ministry	7th Government February 23, 1996 November 19, 1996	8th Government December 4, 1996 May 2, 1999	9th Government June 1, 1999 October 27, 1999
Prime Minister	Laurynas Stankevičius	Gediminas Vagnorius	Rolandas Paksas
Foreign Affairs	Povilas Gylys	Algirdas Saudargas
The Interior	Virgilijus Bulovas	Vidmantas Žiemelis, Stasys Šedbaras^[28]	Česlovas Blažys
Defence	Linas Linkevičius	Česlovas Stankevičius
Finance	Algimantas Križinauskas	Rolandas Matiliauskas, Algirdas Šemeta^[29]	Jonas Lionginas
Economy	Antanas Kaminskas	Vincas Babilius	Eugenijus Maldeikis
Energy	Saulius Kutas
Industry and Trade	Kazimieras Klimašauskas	Laima Andrikienė^[30]
Agriculture	Vytautas Einoris	Vytautas Knašys, Edvardas Makelis^[31]	Edvardas Makelis
Forestry^[32]	Albertas Vasiliauskas
Environmental Protection^[33]	Bronius Bradauskas	Imantas Lazdinis, Algis Čaplikas,^[34] Danius Lygis^[35]	Danius Lygis
Justice	Jonas Prapiestis, Albertas Valys^[36]	Vytautas Pakalniškis	Gintaras Balčiūnas
Health Care	Antanas Vinkus	Juozas Galdikas, Mindaugas Stankevičius^[37]	Raimundas Alekna
Social Security and Labour	Mindaugas Mikaila	Irena Degutienė
Culture	Juozas Nekrošius	Saulius Šaltenis	Arūnas Bėkšta
Education and Science	Vladislavas Domarkas	Zigmas Zinkevičius, Kornelijus Platelis^[38]	Kornelijus Platelis
Transportation^[39]	Jonas Biržiškis	Algis Žvaliauskas, Rimantas Didžiokas^[40]	Rimantas Didžiokas
Communications and Information Technology	Vaidotas Abraitis	Rimantas Pleikys^[41]
Construction and Urban Development	Aldona Baranauskienė	Algis Čaplikas
European Affairs		Laima Andrikienė^[42]
Public Administration Reforms and Local Authorities	Petras Papovas	Kęstutis Skrebys	Sigitas Kaktys
Ministry	10th Government November 3, 1999 November 9, 2000	11th Government October 27, 2000 June 20, 2001	12th Government July 4, 2001 December 15, 2004
Prime Minister	Andrius Kubilius	Rolandas Paksas	Algirdas Brazauskas
Foreign Affairs	Algirdas Saudargas	Antanas Valionis
The Interior	Česlovas Blažys	Vytautas Markevičius	Juozas Bernatonis, Virgilijus Bulovas^[43]
National Defence	Česlovas Stankevičius	Linas Linkevičius
Finance	Vytautas Dudėnas	Jonas Lionginas	Dalia Grybauskaitė, Algirdas Butkevičius^[44]
Economy	Valentinas Milaknis	Eugenijus Maldeikis, Eugenijus Gentvilas^[45]	Petras Čėsna
Agriculture	Edvardas Makelis	Kęstutis Kristinaitis	Kęstutis Kristinaitis, Jeronimas Kraujelis^[46]
Environment	Danius Lygis	Henrikas Žukauskas	Arūnas Kundrotas
Justice	Gintaras Balčiūnas	Gintautas Bartkus	Vytautas Markevičius
Health Care	Raimundas Alekna	Vinsas Janušonis, Konstantinas Dobrovolskis^[47]	Konstantinas Dobrovolskis, Juozas Olekas^[48]
Social Security and Labour	Irena Degutienė	Vilija Blinkevičiūtė
Culture	Arūnas Bėkšta	Gintautas Kėvišas	Roma Dovydėnienė
Education and Science	Kornelijus Platelis	Algirdas Monkevičius
Transport and Communications	Rimantas Didžiokas	Gintaras Striaukas, Dailis Barakauskas^[49]	Zigmantas Balčytis
Public Administration Reforms and Local Authorities	Jonas Rudalevičius
Ministry	13th Government November 29, 2004 June 1, 2006	14th Government July 18, 2006 December 4, 2008	15th Government December 4, 2008 December 12, 2012
Prime Minister	Algirdas Brazauskas	Gediminas Kirkilas	Andrius Kubilius
Foreign Affairs	Antanas Valionis	Petras Vaitiekūnas	Vygaudas Ušackas, Audronius Ažubalis^[50]
The Interior	Gintaras Furmanavičius	Raimondas Šukys, Regimantas Čiupaila^[51]	Raimundas Palaitis, Artūras Melianas^[52]
National Defence	Gediminas Kirkilas	Juozas Olekas	Rasa Juknevičienė
Finance	Algirdas Butkevičius, Zigmantas Balčytis^[53]	Zigmantas Balčytis, Rimantas Šadžius^[54]	Algirdas Šemeta, Ingrida Šimonytė^[55]
Economy	Viktoras Uspaskich, Kęstutis Daukšys^[56]	Vytas Navickas	Dainius Kreivys, Rimantas Žylius^[57]
Agriculture	Kazimiera Prunskienė		Kazimieras Starkevičius
Environment	Arūnas Kundrotas	Arūnas Kundrotas, Artūras Paulauskas^[58]	Gediminas Kazlauskas
Justice	Gintautas Bužinskas	Petras Baguška	Remigijus Šimašius
Health	Žilvinas Padaiga	Rimvydas Turčinskas, Gediminas Černiauskas^[59]	Algis Čaplikas, Raimondas Šukis^[60]
Social Security and Labour	Vilija Blinkevičiūtė		Rimantas Jonas Dagys, Donatas Jankauskas^[61]
Culture	Vladimiras Prudnikovas	Jonas Jučas	Remigijus Vilkaitis, Arūnas Gelūnas^[62]
Education and Science	Remigijus Motuzas	Roma Žakaitienė, Algirdas Monkevičius^[63]	Gintaras Steponavičius
Transport and Communications	Zigmantas Balčytis, Petras Čėsna^[64]	Algirdas Butkevičius	Eligijus Masiulis
Energy			Arvydas Sekmokas^[65]
Ministry	16th Government December 12, 2012 December 13, 2016	17th Government December 13, 2016 December 11, 2020	18th Government December 11, 2020 Present
Prime Minister	Algirdas Butkevičius	Saulius Skvernelis	Ingrida Šimonytė
Foreign Affairs	Linas Antanas Linkevičius		Gabrielius Landsbergis
The Interior	Dailis Alfonsas Barakauskas, Saulius Skvernelis, Tomas Žilinskas	Eimutis Misiūnas, Rita Tamašunienė	Agnė Bilotaitė
National Defence	Juozas Olekas	Raimundas Karoblis	Arvydas Anušauskas
Finance	Rimantas Šadžius, Rasa Budbergytė	Vilius Šapoka	Gintarė Skaistė
Economy^[66]	Birutė Vėsaitė, Evaldas Gustas	Mindaugas Sinkevičius, Virginijus Sinkevičius, Rimantas Sinkevičius	Aušrinė Armonaitė
Agriculture	Vigilijus Jukna, Virginija Baltraitienė	Bronius Markauskas, Andrius Palionis	Kęstutis Navickas
Environment	Valentinas Mazuronis, Kęstutis Trečiokas	Kęstutis Navickas, Kęstutis Mažeika	Simonas Gentvilas
Justice	Juozas Bernatonis	Milda Vainiutė, Elvinas Jankevičius	Ewelina Dobrowolska
Health	Vytenis Andriukaitis, Rimantė Šalaševičiūtė, Juras Požela	Aurelijus Veryga	Arūnas Dulkys
Social Security and Labour	Algimanta Pabedinskienė	Linas Kukuraitis	Monika Navickienė
Culture	Šarūnas Birutis	Liana Ruokytė-Jonsson, Mindaugas Kvietkauskas	Simonas Kairys
Education and Science^[67]	Dainius Pavalkis, Audronė Pitrėnienė	Jurgita Petrauskienė, Algirdas Monkevičius	Jurgita Šiugždinienė
Transport and Communications	Rimantas Sinkevičius	Rokas Masiulis, Jaroslav Narkevič	Marius Skuodis
Energy	Jaroslav Neverovič, Rokas Masiulis	Žygimantas Vaičiūnas	Dainius Kreivys

Notes

^ From May 30, 1991
^ Renamed to Ministry of Trade and Natural Resources during the 3rd Government
^ From October 3, 1991
^ From January 23, 1992
^ Renamed to Ministry of Communications and Information Technology during the 3rd Government
^ Acting, from December 4, 1991
^ From October 28, 1993
^ From February 10, 1995
^ From June 9, 1994
^ From October 5, 1995
^ From May 15, 1995
^ Renamed to Ministry of Industry and Trade during the 5th Government
^ Acting
^ June 1, 1993
^ From September 26, 1994
^ From June 9, 1994
^ Acting
^ From November 10, 1994
^ Renamed to Ministry of Social Security and Labour during the 6th Government
^ From October 20, 1993
^ From May 19, 1994
^ Renamed to Ministry of Culture during the 6th Government
^ From November 15, 1994
^ From May 19, 1994
^ From February 3, 1994
^ From July 12, 1994
^ For Local Authorities
^ From May 22, 1998
^ From February 19, 1997
^ To December 19, 1996
^ From May 6, 1998
^ Merged into Ministry of Agriculture
^ Renamed to Ministry of Environment during the 9th Government
^ From March 25, 1998
^ From April 8, 1999
^ From April 23, 1996
^ From March 25, 1998
^ From May 1, 1998
^ Renamed to Ministry of Transport and Communications during the 8th Government
^ From January 6, 1999
^ To March 25, 1998
^ From December 19, 1996, to March 25, 1998
^ From May 13, 2003
^ From May 4, 2004
^ From February 15, 2001
^ From October 3, 2001
^ From May 15, 2001
^ From March 10, 2003
^ From January 24, 2001
^ From January 29, 2010
^ From December 17, 2007
^ From April 16, 2012
^ From May 13, 2005
^ From May 16, 2007
^ From July 3, 2009
^ From June 29, 2005
^ From March 17, 2011
^ From January 31, 2008
^ From July 14, 2008
^ From March 1, 2010
^ From July 22, 2009
^ From July 2, 2010
^ From May 27, 2008
^ From June 10, 2005
^ From February 10, 2009
^ Renamed to Ministry of Economy and Innovation during the 17th Government
^ Renamed to Ministry of Education, Science and Sport during the 17th Government

References

Antanas Račys, ed. (2008). "Vyriausybė". Lietuva (in Lithuanian). Vol. I. Vilnius: Science and Encyclopaedia Publishing Institute. pp. 264–266. ISBN 978-5-420-01639-8.
"Ankstesnės vyriausybės > Po 1990 metų" (in Lithuanian). Government of the Republic of Lithuania. Retrieved 2008-09-04.
"Vyriausybės sudėtis > Ministrai" (in Lithuanian). Government of the Republic of Lithuania. Retrieved 2008-09-04.

[1] From May 30, 1991

[2] Renamed to Ministry of Trade and Natural Resources during the 3rd Government

[3] From October 3, 1991

[4] From January 23, 1992

[5] Renamed to Ministry of Communications and Information Technology during the 3rd Government

[6] Acting, from December 4, 1991

[7] From October 28, 1993

[8] From February 10, 1995

[9] From June 9, 1994

[10] From October 5, 1995

[11] From May 15, 1995

[12] Renamed to Ministry of Industry and Trade during the 5th Government

[13] Acting

[14] June 1, 1993

[15] From September 26, 1994

[16] From June 9, 1994

[17] Acting

[18] From November 10, 1994

[19] Renamed to Ministry of Social Security and Labour during the 6th Government

[20] From October 20, 1993

[21] From May 19, 1994

[22] Renamed to Ministry of Culture during the 6th Government

[23] From November 15, 1994

[24] From May 19, 1994

[25] From February 3, 1994

[26] From July 12, 1994

[27] For Local Authorities

[28] From May 22, 1998

[29] From February 19, 1997

[30] To December 19, 1996

[31] From May 6, 1998

[32] Merged into Ministry of Agriculture

[33] Renamed to Ministry of Environment during the 9th Government

[34] From March 25, 1998

[35] From April 8, 1999

[36] From April 23, 1996

[37] From March 25, 1998

[38] From May 1, 1998

[39] Renamed to Ministry of Transport and Communications during the 8th Government

[40] From January 6, 1999

[41] To March 25, 1998

[42] From December 19, 1996, to March 25, 1998

[43] From May 13, 2003

[44] From May 4, 2004

[45] From February 15, 2001

[46] From October 3, 2001

[47] From May 15, 2001

[48] From March 10, 2003

[49] From January 24, 2001

[50] From January 29, 2010

[51] From December 17, 2007

[52] From April 16, 2012

[53] From May 13, 2005

[54] From May 16, 2007

[55] From July 3, 2009

[56] From June 29, 2005

[57] From March 17, 2011

[58] From January 31, 2008

[59] From July 14, 2008

[60] From March 1, 2010

[61] From July 22, 2009

[62] From July 2, 2010

[63] From May 27, 2008

[64] From June 10, 2005

[65] From February 10, 2009

[66] Renamed to Ministry of Economy and Innovation during the 17th Government

[67] Renamed to Ministry of Education, Science and Sport during the 17th Government

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