Gintarė Skaistė

Gintarė Skaistė (née Šimonytė) (born 4 August 1981) is a Lithuanian politician, Member of the Seimas for Panemunė constituency, economist and PhD of Social Sciences. She was Kaunas City Councillor between 2007 and 2016.[1]

Gintarė Skaistė
25th Minister for Finance of Lithuania
Assumed office
11 December 2020
Prime MinisterIngrida Šimonytė
Preceded byVilius Šapoka
Member of the Seimas
Assumed office
13 November 2020
Preceded byAurelijus Veryga
ConstituencyPanemunė
In office
14 November 2016 – 12 November 2020
ConstituencyMulti-member
Personal details
Born (1981-08-04) 4 August 1981
Kaunas, Lithuania
Political partyHomeland Union
SpouseAudrius Skaistys
Children2
Alma materKaunas University of Technology
Mykolas Romeris University

On 7 December 2020, Skaistė was approved to be the Minister of Finance in the Šimonytė Cabinet.[2]

Education and early career

Skaistė graduated from Kaunas University of Technology in 2010, receiving a bachelor's degree in Economics. She holds master's degree in Economics (2011) from Mykolas Romeris University, and a PhD in Social Sciences (2016).[1]

She worked as an expert at the Lithuanian Social Market Development Institute. Skaistė also is a Member of Lithuanian Riflemen's Union and Honorary Member of the Lithuanian Community of the Atlantic Treaty.[1][3]

Political career

Since 2005 Skaistė has been a member of the Homeland Union. Between 2007 and 2016 she was Kaunas City Councillor. In 2016 she was elected as Member of the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania.[4]

Other activities

References
  1. SKAISTĖ GINTARĖ. „Kas yra kas Lietuvoje 2018“.
  2. "President approves makeup of Simonyte Cabinet". DELFI. Retrieved 2020-12-07.
  3. "Gintarė Skaistė | Tema".
  4. https://www.lrs.lt/sip/portal.show?p_r=35299&p_k=1&p_a=498&p_asm_id=71923
  5. Board of Governors European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD).
  6. Board of Governors European Stability Mechanism (ESM).
  7. Board of Governors Nordic Investment Bank (NIB).
  8. Board of Governors World Bank.


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