Zigmantas Balčytis

Zigmantas Balčytis
Balčytis in 2023
Member of European Parliament
In office
4 June 2009 – 1 July 2019
Member of the Seimas
Incumbent
Assumed office
13 November 2020
Preceded byAlfredas Stasys Nausėda
ConstituencyŠilutė
In office
19 October 2000 – 3 June 2009
Preceded byAlfonsas Bartkus
Succeeded byRemigijus Žemaitaitis
ConstituencyŠilalė–Šilutė
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
Šilutė, then part of Lithuanian SSR, Soviet Union
PartySocial Democratic Party (2000—2021)
Union of Democrats "For Lithuania" (2022—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 Seimas parliamentary group led by former Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis[2]. Balčytis has been a member of the Union of Democrats "For Lithuania" since its creation in 2022.

References

  1. ↑ "After Restoration of Independence". finmin.lrv.lt. Archived from the original on 1 May 2019. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
  2. ↑ "Demokratų frakcija jau persiviliojo žinomą Seimo narį".
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