Irena Degutienė

Irena Degutienė
Prime Minister of Lithuania Acting
In office 27 October 1999 – 3 November 1999
President	Valdas Adamkus
Preceded by	Rolandas Paksas
Succeeded by	Andrius Kubilius
In office 4 May 1999 – 18 May 1999
President	Valdas Adamkus
Preceded by	Gediminas Vagnorius
Succeeded by	Rolandas Paksas
Speaker of the Seimas
In office 15 September 2009 – 14 September 2012
Preceded by	Arūnas Valinskas
Succeeded by	Vydas Gedvilas
Minister for Social Security and Labour
In office 4 December 1996 – 27 October 2000
Prime Minister	Gediminas Vagnorius
Preceded by	Mindaugas Mikaila
Succeeded by	Vilija Blinkevičiūtė
Personal details
Born	(1949-06-01) 1 June 1949 Šiauliai, Soviet Union (now Lithuania)
Political party	Homeland Union-Lithuanian Christian Democrats
Spouse(s)	Gediminas Degutis
Alma mater	Vilnius University
Religion	Roman Catholicism

Irena Degutienė (born 1 June 1949 in Šiauliai, Lithuanian SSR, Soviet Union) is a Lithuanian politician and member of the conservative Homeland Union, currently Speaker of Seimas. She was twice the acting Prime Minister of Lithuania, first from 4 May 1999 to 18 May 1999 and then from 27 October 1999 to 3 November 1999. She has also been the Minister for Social Security and Labour from 1996 to 2000. In 1978, she graduated from Vilnius University with a degree in medicine. For almost twenty years, she worked in Vilnius Red Cross Hospital before becoming a secretary in the Ministry of Health in 1994. In 1996, she was elected to Seimas and re-elected in 2000.

On 15 September 2009 Irena Degutienė became Speaker of Seimas, a position she held until 14 September 2012. She is the first woman to hold such position in Lithuania's history.

References

• Profile on the Seimas website

Political offices
Preceded by Gediminas Vagnorius	Prime Minister of Lithuania Acting 1999	Succeeded by Rolandas Paksas
Preceded by Rolandas Paksas	Prime Minister of Lithuania Acting 1999	Succeeded by Andrius Kubilius
Preceded by Arūnas Valinskas	Speaker of the Seimas 2009–2012	Succeeded by Vydas Gedvilas