Agnė Bilotaitė

Agnė Bilotaitė (born 29 January 1982) is a Lithuanian politician from the Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats group and has been member of the Seimas since 2008.

Agnė Bilotaitė

MP
Minister of the Interior of Lithuania
Assumed office
11 December 2020
Prime MinisterIngrida Šimonytė
Preceded byRita Tamašunienė
Member of Seimas
Assumed office
13 November 2020
Preceded byLinas Balsys (Paneriai)
ConstituencyPaneriai - Grigiškės
In office
17 November 2008 – 12 November 2020
ConstituencyParty list
Personal details
Born (1982-01-29) 29 January 1982
Klaipėda, Lithuania
Political partyHomeland Union

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

Early life

Agnė Bilotaitė was born on 29 January 1982 in Klaipėda. She received her Bachelor of Political Sciences from Klaipėda University and Master of Law from Mykolas Romeris University.[2]

Career

In 2006, Bilotaitė became the manager of Homeland Union's Western Division and was elected to the Tenth Seimas of Lithuania in 2008. She was member of the Nuclear Energy Commission and deputy chief of the Anti-Corruption Commission of the parliament. During her second term in the Eleventh Seimas, she served on the Committees on Environment Protection and State Administration and Local Authorities.[2]

After winning the 2016 Lithuanian parliamentary election, Bilotaitė began her third term in Seimas. She is the deputy chair of Homeland Union - Lithuanian Christian Democrat Political Group in the parliament and a member of Committee on Audit and Anti-Corruption Commission.[2]

Personal life

Bilotaitė is married to Gintas Petrus. She gave birth to their son in July 2017.[3]

References
  1. "President approves makeup of Simonyte Cabinet". DELFI. Retrieved 2020-12-07.
  2. "Agnė Bilotaitė". Seimas. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
  3. "Seimo narė Agnė Bilotaitė susilaukė kūdikio – jau išrinko vardą" (in Lithuanian). Lrytas.lt. 27 July 2017. Retrieved 30 November 2017.


Seimas
Preceded by
Linas Balsys (Paneriai)
Jonas Liesys (Trakai and Vievis)		 Member of the Seimas for Paneriai and Grigiškės
2020–present		 Incumbent
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