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Dalia Grybauskaitė is a Lithuanian politician who served as the eighth president of Lithuania from 2009 to 2019. She is the first and so far only woman to hold the position and in 2014 she became the first President of Lithuania to be reelected for a second consecutive term.
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politics · President of Lithuania from 2009 to 2019 · politician · diplomat · economist · university teacher · also Dalia Grybauskaitė, Dalia Grybauskaite, Grybauskaitė
Born 1 March 1956 · Q57379
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Hillary Rodham Clinton Awards recognized Grybauskaitė for her opposition to Russian aggression, with Hillary Clinton noting "her prescient warnings about the growing aggressiveness of Vladimir Putin, warnings that a lot
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Awarded Global Economy Prize (2022).
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Yahoo: Raw Politics: Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė says No-deal Brexit may be the right move
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Awarded Decoration for Exceptional Merits (2016).
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“Lithuania Celebrates Restoration Of Independence”
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Awarded Order of the Republic (2015).
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Awarded Royal Order of the Seraphim (2015).
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Awarded Knight Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of Merit (2015).
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Politician Zigmas Vaišvila had appealed to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia as well as the Embassy of Russia in Lithuania for them to disclose the information about whether or not Grybauskaitė worked for the US
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Grybauskaitė received some backlash in Latvia as well as Lithuania after an interview for Latvian Television
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Couriermail: Dalia Grybauskaite, the ‘Iron Lady’ of Lithuania, vows to ‘take up arms’ should Russia strike
Indiatimes: Women politicians toughest during Europe's financial crisis: Dalia Grybauskaite
Politico Europe: Dalia Grybauskaitė on course for re-election
NDTV: Lithuania's 'Iron Lady' Dalia Grybauskaite Poised for Election Victory
Grybauskaitė was reelected President
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And their minister Jarosław Niewierowicz resigned, the position of Minister of Energy officially fell to Labour, but Niewierowicz's replacement, Rokas Masiulis, was widely seen as Grybauskaitė's candidate
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Became the first President of Lithuania to be reelected for a second consecutive term
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Awarded Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of the White Rose of Finland (2013).
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Awarded Charlemagne Prize (2013).
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Awarded Cross of Recognition (2012).
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After the 2012 Lithuanian parliamentary election, Grybauskaitė declared that she would not accept any proposed cabinet which includes the Labour Party, which earned the second largest number of seats in the Seimas in the
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Awarded Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St. Olav (2011).
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Awarded Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Falcon (2011).
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Grybauskaitė even met with Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin in Helsinki
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Election won: 2009 presidential election.
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Campaign: 2009 presidential election.
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Career landmark: President of the Republic of Lithuania (2009–2019).
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The "Statesmen" conspiracy theory had been prominent in the press since the death of State Security Department (VSD) officer Vytautas Pociūnas in 2006
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And was also seen by the President as a pro-Russian party
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Career landmark: European Commissioner for Financial Programming and the Budget (2004–2009).
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Career landmark: European Commissioner for Education, Culture, Multilingualism and Youth (2004–2004).
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Career landmark: Minister of Finance (2001–2004).
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Grybauskaitė became Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, going on in 2001 to become Minister of Finance in the Algirdas Brazauskas government
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Grybauskaitė was appointed Plenipotentiary Minister in the United States' Lithuanian embassy
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“Opis: o krytyce wyrażonej przez Dalię Grybauskaitė pod adresem białoruskiej opozycji.”
Soon after Lithuania reestablished its independence from the Soviet Union, Grybauskaitė continued her studies at the Edmund A
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Defended her PhD thesis at Moscow (Academy of Social Sciences)
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Grybauskaitė graduated with a citation and returned to Vilnius, taking a secretarial position at the Academy of Sciences
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Born 1956-03-01.
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