Inga Ruginienė
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Key facts
- President
- Gitanas Nausėda
- Preceded by
- Gintautas Paluckas , Rimantas Šadžius (acting)
- Prime minister
- Gintautas Paluckas , Rimantas Šadžius (acting)
- Succeeded by
- Jūratė Zailskienė
- Constituency
- Multi-member
- Born
- Inga Raitelaitytė , ( 1981-05-24 ) 24 May 1981 (age 45) , Trakai , then part of Lithuanian SSR , Soviet Union
- Party
- LSDP (since 2024)
- Spouse
- Vismantas Ruginis
- Alma mater
- Mykolas Romeris University , Vilnius University
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Inga Ruginienė (née Raitelaitytė; born 24 May 1981) is a Lithuanian trade unionist and politician who serves as the 19th prime minister of Lithuania since 25 September 2025. A member of the Social Democratic Party (LSDP), she has also been serving as a Member of the Seimas since 2024 and served as the Minister of Social Security and Labour prior to her appointment as prime minister.
In 2024, Ruginienė joined the LSDP to participate in the parliamentary elections held that year. She was elected to the Seimas in November 2024 and the following month became the Minister of Social Security and Labour in the new LSDP government under Prime Minister Gintautas Paluckas. On 4 August 2025, Paluckas resigned as prime minister following financial scandals and the LSDP nominated Ruginienė for prime minister two days later. Her nomination was subsequently confirmed by the Seimas on 26 August.
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