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Ingrida Šimonytė is a Lithuanian politician, public servant and economist who served as the 17th prime minister of Lithuania from 2020 to 2024. She has been a Member of the Seimas for the Antakalnis constituency since 2016 and was Minister of Finance in the second Kubilius cabinet from 2009 until 2012. Šimonytė was a candidate in the 2019 and 2024 presidential election, but lost in the second roun…
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politics · Prime Minister of Lithuania from 2020 to 2024 · economist · politician · university teacher · public finance · also Ingrida Šimonytė, Ingrida Simonyte, Šimonytė
Born 15 November 1974 · Q437096
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Published video “Neringa Rekašiūtė už Ingridą!”.
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Career landmark: Member of the Seimas (2024).
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Awarded Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, 2nd class (2023).
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Washington Post: Lithuanian Prime Minister Ingrida Simonyte discusses the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine
Which resulted in China downgrading its relations with Lithuania, Šimonytė stated in an April 2022 interview with The Economist that Lithuania does not regret the decision to strengthen its ties with Taiwan
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Campaign: 2020 election.
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Career landmark: Member of the Seimas (2020–2024).
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Career landmark: Prime Minister of Lithuania (2020–2024).
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Election lost: 2019 presidential election.
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Campaign: 2019 presidential election.
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Šimonytė announced her campaign in the 2019 presidential election; she won the nomination of the Homeland Union
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Šimonytė announced her campaign for president of Lithuania in the 2019 presidential election
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When she ran as an independent candidate in the 2016 parliamentary election to represent Antakalnis constituency in Vilnius, ultimately winning a seat in parliament
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Career landmark: Member of the Seimas (2016–2020).
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Won: Lithuania (February 2015).
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Awarded Officer of the Order of Vytautas the Great (2015).
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Šimonytė planned her return to politics after confirming her intention to stand as a candidate in the 2016 parliamentary election, aiming to represent the Antakalnis constituency within Vilnius
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Career landmark: deputy chairperson (2013–2016).
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And was appointed deputy chairperson of the Board of the Bank of Lithuania, and chairperson of Vilnius University Council, a professor of economics at the Vilnius University Institute of International Relations and Polit
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Tasked with stimulating the Lithuanian economy in the aftermath of the Great Recession
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Šimonytė was nominated to serve as finance minister in the second cabinet of prime minister Andrius Kubilius, replacing Algirdas Šemeta who had stepped down to become European Commissioner for Budget and Administration
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Career landmark: Minister of Finance (2009–2012).
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Studied at Stockholm School of Economics (1998).
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Studied at Vilnius University (1998).
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Šimonytė first began working professionally as an economist and public servant, after being hired at the Ministry of Finance within its tax division
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Later receiving a master's degree in 1998
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Studied at Vilnius Žirmūnai Gymnasium (1992).
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Šimonytė graduated from the Vilnius Žirmūnai Gymnasium, where she was recognised and awarded for her academic skills in mathematics
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Where she spent most of her childhood and formative years
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Born 1974-11-15.
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