JukneviÄienÄ—, Rasa
Name: Rasa, Juknevičienė
Years active: 11/16/2012
Party: Homeland Union - Lithuanian Christian Democrat Political Group, Member (from 11/16/2012)
Roles
- Member of the Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats
- Since 2012: Member, Committee on National Security and Defence
- Since 2012: Member, Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrat Political Group
- Since 2012: Deputy Chair, Seimas Delegation to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly
- 2008–2012: Member, Committee on National Security and Defence
- 2008–2012: Minister of National Defence
- 2008: Vice-President, NATO Parliamentary Assembly
- 2004–2008: Member, Committee on National Security and Defence
- 2004–2008: Member, then Deputy Chair, Commission for NATO Affairs
- 2004–2008: Chair, then Deputy Chair, Seimas Delegation to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly
- 2001: Founder and Board Member, Transatlantic Integration Support Group
- 2001: Member, Committee on National Security and Defence
- 2001: Member, Deputy Chair, Commission for NATO Affairs
- 2001: Member, Seimas Delegation to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly
- Since 1999: Deputy Chair, Homeland Union
- Since 1999: Member, Presidium and Council of the Homeland Union
- 1996–2000: Member, Committee on National Security and Defence
- 1996–2000: Deputy Speaker of the Seimas (from 9 November 1999 to18 October 2000)
- 1996–2000: Chair, Commission for NATO Affairs (1999–2000)
- 1996–2000: ubstitute, Seimas Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
- 1996–2000: Chair, Seimas Delegation to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly
- 1996–1999: Member, Board of the Homeland Union (Lithuanian Conservatives)
- 1996: Deputy Chair, Lithuanian Atlantic Treaty Association
- 1992–1996: Spokesperson for the Seimas Opposition
- 1992–1996: Desk Officer, Homeland Union (Lithuanian Conservatives) Political Group
- 1990–1992: Member, Supreme Council – Reconstituent Seimas
- 1990–1992: Member, Commission for Health Protection and Social Affairs
- 1990–1992: Member, Commission for Local Authorities
- Since 1993: Member, Homeland Union (Lithuanian Conservatives)
- 1988: Member, Council of the Lithuanian Reform Movement Sąjūdis, Pasvalys District; Chair (from 1989)
Education
- 1998: Traineeship in the USA
- 1996: Traineeship in Great Britain
- 1995: Traineeships in Norway and Germany
- 1993: Traineeship in France
- 1977–1983: Kaunas Medical Institute (currently Lithuanian University of Health Sciences), Diploma of Physician
- 1965–1976: Secondary School No 10 (currently Skaistakalnio Basic School) in Panevėžys
History
She was born on 26 January 1958 on Tiltagaliai Village, Panevėžys District, Lithuania.
Signatory to the Act of Independence
Title: Honorary Doctor of Political Sciences, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, South Korea
Awards: Cross of Commander of the Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas on the occasion of Lithuania’s accession to the EU (2004); Royal Order of Merit with Commander’s Star of the Kingdom of Norway (1998); Badge for Merits to the Riflemen’s Union (2008); Medal for Merits by the Ministry of National Defence; Badge for personal service to the course of Lithuania’s transatlantic integration awarded on the occasion of Lithuania’s invitation to join NATO (2002); Commemorative Medal “10th Anniversary of Independence of Ukraine” by the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine (2001); Medal for merits to the restoration and establishment of the independent state of Lithuania in 1990–2000 awarded in commemoration of the 10th Anniversary of Lithuania’s Independence (2000)
Publications: press articles, a collection of articles in 2008
Foreign languages: English, Russian
Hobbies: floriculture, reading
Work experience:
- 1984–1990:Paediatrician, Pasvalys Central Hospital
- 1983: Panevėžys Central Hospital
