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Zigmantas Balčytis

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Zigmantas Balčytis
Balčytis in 2009
Member of European Parliament
In office
4 June 2009 – 1 July 2019
Member of the Seimas
Assumed office
13 November 2020
Preceded byAlfredas Stasys Nausėda
ConstituencyŠilutė
In office
19 October 2000 – 3 June 2009
Preceded byAlfonsas Bartkus
Succeeded byRemigijus Žemaitaitis
ConstituencyŠilalėŠilutė
Minister of Finance
In office
1 June 2005 – 4 July 2007
Prime MinisterGediminas Kirkilas
Preceded byAlgirdas Brazauskas
Succeeded byGediminas Kirkilas
Minister of Transport and Communications
In office
1 June 2001 – 4 July 2005
Prime MinisterAlgirdas Brazauskas
Preceded byDailis Alfonsas Barakauskas
Succeeded byPetras Čėsna
Personal details
Born (1953-11-16) 16 November 1953 (age 70)
Šilutė, Lithuanian SSR, Soviet Union
Political partySocial Democratic Party (2000—2021)
On Behalf of Lithuania (2021—present)
Alma materVilnius University

Zigmantas Balčytis (born 16 November 1953) is a Lithuanian politician who briefly served as acting Prime Minister of Lithuania in 2006. He took office on 1 June 2006 following the resignation of Algirdas Brazauskas, but failed to be approved by the Parliament to become prime minister. He was succeeded on 4 July by Gediminas Kirkilas. Balčytis was a member of the Social Democratic Party of Lithuania (LSDP) until 2021 and was Minister of Finance in the Brazauskas government from 2005 to 2007.[1]

On 19 October 2021, Balčytis left the LSDP and joined the newly formed party Union of Democrats "For Lithuania".[2]

References

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  1. ^ "After Restoration of Independence". finmin.lrv.lt.
  2. ^ "Demokratų frakcija jau persiviliojo žinomą Seimo narį".
Political offices
Preceded by Prime Minister of Lithuania
2006
Succeeded by
Seimas
Preceded by Member of the Seimas for Šilalė and Šilutė
2000–2012
Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of the Seimas for Šilutė
2020–present
Incumbent
Party political offices
Preceded by Social Democratic Party nominee for President of Lithuania
2014
Incumbent