Jurgita Šiugždinienė

Jurgita Šiugždinienė
Šiugždinienė in 2021
Minister of Education, Science and Sports
In office
11 December 2020 – 23 May 2023
Prime MinisterIngrida Šimonytė
Preceded byAlgirdas Monkevičius
Succeeded byGintautas Jakštas
Member of the Seimas
Assumed office
13 November 2020
Preceded byRamūnas Karbauskis
ConstituencyŠilainiai
Personal details
Born (1972-03-01) 1 March 1972 (age 52)
Kaunas, Lithuania
Political partyHomeland Union
SpouseRaimondas Šiugždinis
Children2
Alma materKaunas University of Technology

Jurgita Šiugždinienė (born 1 March 1972) is a Lithuanian politician, a Member of the Seimas for Šilainiai constituency and former Kaunas City Councillor.

On 7 December 2020, she was approved to be the Minister of Education, Science and Sports in the Šimonytė Cabinet.[1]

Biography

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Šiugždinienė studied in Kaunas University of Technology. She holds master's degree in Public Administration (1996) and PhD in Social Sciences (2008).

From 2008 to 2020, Šiugždinienė worked as Associate Professor in Kaunas University of Technology Faculty of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts. From 2013 to 2015, she was the Dean of this faculty. Since 2015 until 2017, Šiugždinienė was Kaunas University of Technology Vice-Rector for Studies. Between 2017 and 2018 she held a position as the acting Rector of Kaunas University of Technology.[2] Since 2018 was Head of the Strategic Group of the Homeland Union Secretariat. From 2019 to 2020 was member of Kaunas City Municipality Council.[3]

Šiugždinienė was elected as Member of the Seimas for Šilainiai constituency in October 2020.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "President approves makeup of Simonyte Cabinet". DELFI. Retrieved 2020-12-07.
  2. ^ "Pirmoji Lietuvoje moteris rektorė – apie karjerą, buriavimą ir šeimą". Žmonės.lt (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 2020-11-10.
  3. ^ "Rezultatai - vrk.lt". www.vrk.lt. Retrieved 2020-11-10.
  4. ^ "Kandidatai - vrk.lt". www.vrk.lt. Retrieved 2020-11-10.
Seimas
Preceded by Member of the Seimas for Šilainiai
2020–present
Incumbent