DegutienÄ—, Irena

Name: Irena Degutienė

Years active: 11/16/2012

Party: Homeland Union - Lithuanian Christian Democrat Political Group, Member (from 11/16/2012)

Since 2012: Member of the Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats
Since 2012: Deputy Speaker, Member of the Board of the Seimas
Since 2012: Member, Committee on Budget and Finance
Since 2012: Member, Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrat Political Group
Since 2012: Member, Conference of Chairs
Since 2012: Member, Seimas Delegation to the Baltic Assembly
17 September 2009–2012: Speaker of the Seimas, Member of the Board of the Seimas
2008–2009: Deputy Speaker, then First Deputy Speaker, Member of the Board of the Seimas
2004–2008: Member, Committee on Social Affairs and Labour
2004–2008: Member, Conference of Chairs
2004–2008: Chair, Seimas Delegation to the Assembly of Members of the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania, the Sejm and Senate of the Republic of Poland, and the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine
2004–2008: Member, Committee on Social Affairs and Labour
2004–2008: Member, Commission for Family and Child Affairs
2004–2008: Member, Conference of Chairs
2000–2004: Deputy Chair, Committee on Social Affairs and Labour
2000–2004: Member, Commission for Family and Child Affairs
May–June, October–November 1999: Acting Prime Minister
1996–2000: Minister of Social Security and Labour
1996–2000: Member, Committee on Social Affairs and Labour
Since 1994: Member of the Homeland Union (Lithuanian Conservatives), Member of the Party Presidium

1968–1974: Vilnius State University (currently Vilnius University), Faculty of Medicine, Diploma of Medical Doctor
1956–1967: Secondary School No 1 in Druskininkai (currently Atgimimas Secondary School)

She was born on 1 June 1949 in Šiauliai, Lithuania. Married with two children.

Awards: Person of the Year in the field of medicine and social security (1997)

Interests: health protection, family policy, rights of the child, social matters, strengthening of civil society

Languages: Lithuanian (native), English, Polish, Russian

Hobbies: art, music, cycling, swimming, skiing

Work experience:

1994–1996: Secretary, Ministry of Health of the Republic of Lithuania
1976–1994: Physician Anesthesiologist-Reanimathologist; Deputy Head Physician, Head Physician, Gastroenterology Division, *Vilnius University Red Cross Hospital
1974–1976: Physician Therapist, Cotton Mill in Alytus
1967–1968: Druskininkai branch, Kaunas Art Workshops

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