Rasa Budbergytė

Rasa Budbergytė (born 8 May 1960) is a Lithuanian politician and a member of the Seimas. She previously served as state's Auditor General, member at European Court of Auditors and Minister of Finance.[1]

Rasa Budbergytė

MP
Member of the Seimas
Assumed office
14 November 2016
ConstituencyMulti-member
Minister of Finance of Lithuania
In office
20 June 2016 – 13 December 2016
Prime MinisterAlgirdas Butkevičius
Preceded byRimantas Šadžius
Succeeded byVilius Šapoka
Personal details
Born (1960-10-08) 8 October 1960
Vilnius, Lithuanian SSR, Soviet Union
Political partySocial Democratic Party
WebsiteOfficial website

Early life

Budbergytė was born on 8 May 1960 in Plungė. She went to secondary schools in Plungė and Prienai before enrolling Faculty of Law at Vilnius University.[2]

Career

During 1983–85, Budbergytė led the general affairs division of Marijampolė City Council. In September 1998, she was made the Vice-Minister of Justice, a post she retained till December 2000.[3] She has also served as a legal adviser to the Ministry of International Economic Relations (1992–93) and Auditor General (2010–2010). She was an assistant professor at the Vilnius University from 1997 to 2005.[2]

In 2016, she was briefly appointed to be the Minister of Finance of Lithuania, since the previous minister, Rimantas Šadžius replaced her at European Court of Auditors .[3] She was a minister till new election. In 2016 Lithuanian parliamentary election she won a Seimas seat with Social Democratic Party of Lithuania. Currently she is the deputy chair of the Committee on European Affairs.[2]

References
  1. "After Restoration of Independence". finmin.lrv.lt.
  2. "Rasa Budbergytė". Seimas. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
  3. "Rasa Budbergytė, new Governor for Lithuania". European Investment Bank. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
Political offices
Preceded by
Rimantas Šadžius		 Minister of Finance
2016–2016		 Succeeded by
Vilius Šapoka
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