Ministry of Health
Sveikatos apsaugos ministerija
(in Lithuanian)
Ministry overview
Formed17 January 1990; 34 years ago (1990-01-17)
JurisdictionGovernment of Lithuania
HeadquartersVilniaus 33, Senamiestis,
01506 Vilnius
Employees208 permanent employees
(January 2021)[1]
Annual budget€1.141 billion (2021)[2]
Minister responsible
Websitesam.lrv.lt
Map
54°41′0.5″N 25°16′45.2″E / 54.683472°N 25.279222°E / 54.683472; 25.279222

The Ministry of Health of the Republic of Lithuania (Lithuanian: Lietuvos Respublikos sveikatos apsaugos ministerija) is a government department of the Republic of Lithuania. Its operations are authorized by the Constitution of the Republic of Lithuania, decrees issued by the President and Prime Minister, and laws passed by the Seimas (Parliament). Its mission is to seek national unity and continue to build a state of wellbeing for all, where everyone could lead a dignified, comfortable, safe and healthy life.[3] The current head of the Ministry is Arūnas Dulkys.

History

The predecessor of the ministry is considered to be the Health Department under Ministry of the Interior established on 11 November 1918.[4] The ministry in its current form was established on 17 January 1990.

Ministers

  Christian Democratic Party   Democratic Labour Party   Farmers and Greens Union   Homeland Union   Labour Party   Liberal and Centre Union   New Union   Social Democratic Party   Independent

Ministry of Health
Term Minister Party Cabinet Office
Start date End date Time in office
1 Juozas Olekas
(born 1955) 		Social Democratic Party Prunskienė 17 January 1990 10 January 1991 358 days
2 Juozas Olekas
(born 1955) 		Social Democratic Party Šimėnas 10 January 1991 13 January 1991 3 days
3 Juozas Olekas
(born 1955) 		Social Democratic Party Vagnorius 13 January 1991 21 July 1992 1 year, 190 days
4 Juozas Olekas
(born 1955) 		Social Democratic Party Abišala 21 July 1992 17 December 1992 149 days
5 Vytautas Kriauza
(born 1955) 		Christian Democratic Party Lubys 17 December 1992 31 March 1993 104 days
6 Jurgis Brėdikis
(born 1929) 		Independent Šleževičius 31 March 1993 10 November 1994 1 year, 224 days
7 Antanas Vinkus
(born 1942) 		Social Democratic Party 10 November 1994 19 March 1996 2 years, 354 days
8 Antanas Vinkus
(born 1942) 		Social Democratic Party Stankevičius 19 March 1996 10 December 1996 266 days
9 Juozas Galdikas
(born 1958) 		Homeland Union Vagnorius 10 December 1996 25 March 1998 1 year, 105 days
10 Laurynas Stankevičius
(1935-2017) 		Democratic Labour Party 25 March 1998 10 June 1999 1 year, 77 days
11 Raimundas Alekna
(born 1959) 		Homeland Union Paksas 10 June 1999 11 November 1999 154 days
12 Raimundas Alekna
(born 1959) 		Homeland Union Kubilius 11 November 1999 9 November 2000 364 days
13 Vinsas Janušonis
(born 1950) 		Independent Paksas 9 November 2000 2 April 2001 144 days
14 Konstantinas Dobrovolskis
(1939-2021) 		New Union 15 May 2001 12 July 2001 58 days
15 Konstantinas Dobrovolskis
(1939-2021) 		New Union Brazauskas 12 July 2001 6 March 2003 1 year, 237 days
16 Juozas Olekas
(born 1955) 		Social Democratic Party 6 March 2003 14 December 2004 1 year, 283 days
17 Žilvinas Padaiga
(born 1956) 		Labour Party Brazauskas 14 December 2004 18 July 2006 1 year, 216 days
18 Rimvydas Turčinskas
(born 1956) 		Social Democratic Party Kirkilas 18 July 2006 14 July 2008 1 year, 362 days
19 Gediminas Černiauskas
(born 1957) 		Social Democratic Party 14 July 2008 9 December 2008 148 days
20 Algis Čaplikas
(born 1962) 		Liberal and Centre Union Kubilius 9 December 2008 22 February 2010 1 year, 75 days
21 Raimondas Šukys
(born 1966) 		Liberal and Centre Union 22 February 2010 13 December 2012 2 years, 295 days
22 Vytenis Andriukaitis
(born 1951) 		Social Democratic Party Butkevičius 13 December 2012 10 July 2014 1 year, 209 days
23 Rimantė Šalaševičiūtė
(born 1954) 		Social Democratic Party 17 July 2014 17 February 2016 1 year, 215 days
24 Juras Požela
(1982-2016) 		Social Democratic Party 10 March 2016 16 October 2016 220 days
25 Aurelijus Veryga
(born 1976) 		Farmers and Greens Union Skvernelis 13 December 2016 11 December 2020 3 years, 364 days
26 Arūnas Dulkys
(born 1972) 		Independent Šimonytė 11 December 2020 Incumbent 3 years, 81 days

References

  1. ^ Lietuvos Respublikos Sveikatos apsaugos ministerija employees (insured) on January 5th, 2021
  2. ^ Lithuanian budget for 2021
  3. ^ Ministry of Health of the Republic of Lithuania
  4. ^ "Istorija". Ministry of Health (in Lithuanian). Archived from the original on 30 March 2023.
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