Algirdas Butkevičius
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Key facts
- President
- Dalia Grybauskaitė
- Preceded by
- Andrius Kubilius
- Succeeded by
- Saulius Skvernelis
- Constituency
- Vilkaviškis
- Prime minister
- Algirdas Brazauskas
- Born
- ( 1958-11-19 ) 19 November 1958 (age 67) , Paežeriai, then part of Lithuanian SSR , Soviet Union
- Party
- Union of Democrats "For Lithuania" (2022–present)
- Other political affiliations
- Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1985–1988) Social Democratic Party (1992–2017) Independent (2017–2020; 2021–2022) Lithuanian Green Party (2020–2021)
- Spouse
- Janina Butkevičienė
- Alma mater
- Vilnius Gediminas Technical University , Kazimieras Simonavičius University , Kaunas University of Technology
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Algirdas
- Family name
- Butkevičius
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Lithuania
- Occupation
- economist
- Educated at
- Vilnius Gediminas Technical University
- Political party
- Communist Party of Lithuania
- Languages spoken
- Russian
- Native language
- Lithuanian
- Official website
- www.lrs.lt/sip/portal.show?p_r=35299&p_k=2&p_a=498&p_asm_id=7194
- Image
- Algirdas Butkevičius 2015.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1958-11-19
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- Algirdas Butkevičius
- name in native language
- Algirdas Butkevičius
- social media followers
- 4467
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Encyclopedic overview
Algirdas Butkevičius (born 19 November 1958) is a Lithuanian politician and was Prime Minister of Lithuania, serving between 2012 and 2016. He also served as the Minister of Finance from 2004 to 2005 and the Minister of Transport and Communications from 2006 to 2008. He led the Social Democratic Party of Lithuania from 2009 to 2017.
Political career
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