Kubilius Cabinet II
The Second Kubilius Cabinet was the 15th cabinet of Lithuania since 1990. It consisted of the Prime Minister and 13 government ministers (14 after the Ministry of Energy was re-established in 2009).
After the parliamentary elections in October, President Valdas Adamkus appointed Andrius Kubilius, the leader of the Homeland Union, as the Prime Minister on 28 November 2008. Kubilius had previously headed the 10th cabinet between 1999 and 2000. The 15th cabinet received its mandate and started its work on 9 December 2008, after the Seimas gave assent to its program.[1]
Despite an economic crisis and austerity measures implemented to face it, the cabinet became the first government of Lithuania since the independence to serve the full four-year term of the Tenth Seimas,[2] returning its mandate on 16 November 2012,[3] after the elections to the Seimas in October. The government continued to serve in an acting capacity until the Butkevičius Cabinet started its work on 13 December 2012.[4]
Cabinet
The following ministers served on Kubilius Cabinet.[1]
| Position | Name | Party | From | To | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ministry of Agriculture | Kazimieras Starkevičius | Homeland Union | 9 December 2008 | 13 December 2012 | |
| Ministry of Culture | Remigijus Vilkaitis | National Resurrection Party | 9 December 2008 | 1 July 2010[5] | |
| Arūnas Gelūnas | Independent | 2 July 2010 | 13 December 2012 | ||
| Ministry of Economy | Dainius Kreivys | Homeland Union | 9 December 2008 | 17 March 2011[6] | |
| Rimantas Žylius | Independent | 17 March 2011 | 13 December 2012 | ||
| Ministry of Education and Science | Gintaras Steponavičius | Liberal Movement | 9 December 2008 | 13 December 2012 | |
| Ministry of Energy | Arvydas Sekmokas | Independent | 10 February 2009[7] | 13 December 2012 | |
| Ministry of Environment | Gediminas Kazlauskas | Independent | 9 December 2008 | 13 December 2012 | |
| Ministry of Finance | Algirdas Šemeta | Homeland Union | 9 December 2008 | 30 June 2009 | |
| Ingrida Šimonytė | Independent | 3 July 2009 | 13 December 2012 | ||
| Ministry of Foreign Affairs | Vygaudas Ušackas | Homeland Union | 9 December 2008 | 26 January 2010 | |
| Audronius Ažubalis | 29 January 2010 | 13 December 2012 | |||
| Ministry of Health | Algis Čaplikas | Liberal and Centre Union | 9 December 2008 | 22 February 2010[8] | |
| Raimondas Šukys | 1 March 2010 | 13 December 2012 | |||
| Ministry of the Interior | Raimundas Palaitis | Liberal and Centre Union | 9 December 2008 | 26 March 2012[9] | |
| Artūras Melianas | 16 April 2012 | 13 December 2012 | |||
| Ministry of Justice | Remigijus Šimašius | Liberal Movement | 9 December 2008 | 13 December 2012 | |
| Ministry of Defence | Rasa Juknevičienė | Homeland Union | 9 December 2008 | 13 December 2012 | |
| Ministry of Social Security and Labour | Rimantas Dagys | Homeland Union | 9 December 2008 | 22 July 2009[10] | |
| Donatas Jankauskas | 22 July 2009 | 13 December 2012 | |||
| Ministry of Transport and Communications | Eligijus Masiulis | Liberal Movement | 9 December 2008 | 13 December 2012 |
References
- 1 2 "Ankstesnės Vyriausybės. Po 1990 metų". Government of the Republic of Lithuania.
- ↑ "Lithuania's final sprint". The Economist. 7 September 2012. Retrieved 13 May 2016.
- ↑ "DĖL LIETUVOS RESPUBLIKOS VYRIAUSYBĖS GRĄŽINAMŲ ĮGALIOJIMŲ PRIĖMIMO IR PAVEDIMO JAI LAIKINAI EITI PAREIGAS". Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania. Retrieved 13 May 2016.
- ↑ "Dėl lietuvos respublikos vyriausybės atsistatydinimo". Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania. Retrieved 13 May 2016.
- ↑ "DĖL LIETUVOS RESPUBLIKOS KULTŪROS MINISTRO R. VILKAIČIO ATSISTATYDINIMO". Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania. Retrieved 13 May 2016.
- ↑ "DĖL LIETUVOS RESPUBLIKOS ŪKIO MINISTRO D. KREIVIO ATSISTATYDINIMO". Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania. Retrieved 13 May 2016.
- ↑ "Energetikos ministerija - Istorija". Government of the Republic of Lithuania. Retrieved 13 May 2016.
- ↑ "DĖL LIETUVOS RESPUBLIKOS SVEIKATOS APSAUGOS MINISTRO A. ČAPLIKO ATSISTATYDINIMO". Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania. Retrieved 13 May 2016.
- ↑ "DĖL LIETUVOS RESPUBLIKOS VIDAUS REIKALŲ MINISTRO R. PALAIČIO ATSISTATYDINIMO". Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania. Retrieved 13 May 2016.
- ↑ "DĖL LIETUVOS RESPUBLIKOS VYRIAUSYBĖS GRĄŽINAMŲ ĮGALIOJIMŲ PRIĖMIMO IR PAVEDIMO JAI LAIKINAI EITI SAVO PAREIGAS". Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania. Retrieved 13 May 2016.