Diana Nausėdienė

Diana Nausėdienė (née Nepaitė, born July 9, 1964) is a business manager and lecturer, she is the wife of the current President of Lithuania Gitanas Nausėda and has served as the First Lady of Lithuania since 12 July 2019.^[1][2][3]

Early life[]

Nausėdienė was born in Klaipėda, Lithuania where she was brought up in a traditional Lithuanian household. Nausėdienė's father was the captain of a long distance fishing boat and her mother was an accountant, she has a sister who is three years older than her.

Career and Education[]

In 1987, Nausėdienė graduated from Kaunas Polytechnic Institute Faculty of Light Industry (Kaunas University of Technology). After graduation Nausėdienė worked for H&M Hennes & Mauritz GBC AB where she performed quality management and standards maintenance, before becoming a lecturer at the Vilnius University International Business School.

Speaking at an event on women's leadership in September 2020 Nausėdienė caused controversy when she argued that increasing the share of women in any given field did not automatically lead to better outcomes, giving education as an example. Commentators accused Nausėdienė of blaming women for the ills in Lithuania's education system, saying she had completely missed the root of the problem.

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