Saulius Skvernelis

prime minister of Lithuania from 2016 to 2020

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Preceded by: Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen
Succeeded by: Juozas Olekas
President: Dalia Grybauskaitė , Gitanas Nausėda
Constituency: Multi-member
Prime minister: Algirdas Butkevičius
Born: ( 1970-07-23 ) 23 July 1970 (age 55) , Kaunas , then part of Lithuanian SSR , Soviet Union
Party: Independent (2026-present)
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Saulius Skvernelis (born 23 July 1970) is a Lithuanian politician and activist who served as prime minister of Lithuania between 2016 and 2020. He had previously served as police commissioner, and was Minister of the Interior from 2014 to 2016. Though he was an independent politician, he was backed by the Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union and was a member of its parliamentary group until 2022, as a result of which he became the first head of government in European history primarily backed by a green party (a green conservative party).

In 2022, he formed his own political party, the Union of Democrats "For Lithuania", and he is currently a member of the Seimas.