Ministry of Economy and Innovation (Lithuania)
Ekonomikos ir inovacijų ministerija (in Lithuanian) | |
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Ministry overview | |
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Formed | 17 January 1990 |
Jurisdiction | ![]() |
Headquarters | Gedimino 38, Naujamiestis, 01104 Vilnius |
Employees | 244 permanent employees (January 2021)[1] |
Annual budget | €0.840 billion (2021)[2] |
Minister responsible | |
Parent department | Government of Lithuania |
Website | eimin |
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The Ministry of Economy and Innovation of the Republic of Lithuania (Lithuanian: Lietuvos Respublikos ekonomikos ir inovacijų 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 develop positive legal and economic environment for economic development and ensure public welfare and employment.[3]
The Ministry of Economy and Innovation is responsible for handling government business in the following areas: business environment, export, innovation, state-owned enterprises (SOEs), EU support to business, public procurement and tourism.
Institutions[]
- Agency for Science, Innovation and Technology (Mokslo, inovacijų ir technologijų agentūra)
- Central Procurement Organisation (Centrinė perkančioji organizacija)
- Enterprise Lithuania (Versli Lietuva)
- Governance Coordination Centre (Valdymo koordinavimo centras)
- Information Society Development Committee (Informacinės visuomenės plėtros komitetas)
- Invest Lithuania (Investuok Lietuvoje)
- Investment and Business Guarantees/INVEGA (Investicijų ir verslo garantijos)
- Kaunas Science and Technology Park (Kauno mokslo ir technologijų parkas)
- Klaipėda Science and Technology Park (Klaipėdos mokslo ir technologijų parkas)
- Lithuania Travel (Keliauk Lietuvoje)
- Lithuanian Business Support Agency (Lietuvos verslo paramos agentūra)
- Lithuanian Exhibition and Congress Centre/LITEXPO (Lietuvos parodų ir kongresų centras LITEXPO)
- Lithuanian Innovation Center (Lietuvos inovacijų centras)
- Lithuanian Metrology Inspectorate (Lietuvos metrologijos inspekcija)
- Lithuanian National Accreditation Bureau (Nacionalinis akreditacijos biuras)
- Lithuanian Standards Board (Lietuvos standartizacijos departamentas)
- SOLVIT (a part of the EU program with a local center under ministerial jurisdiction)
- State Enterprise Centre of Registers (Registrų centras)
- Projektų ekspertizė (Lithuanian language only)
- Toksika (Lithuanian language only)
Ministers[]
Christian Democratic Party Democratic Labour Party Farmers and Greens Union Freedom Party Homeland Union Labour Party Liberal Union Popular Peasant's Union Social Democratic Labour Party Social Democratic Party Independent
Ministry of Economy | ||||||
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Term | Minister | Party | Cabinet | Office | ||
Start date | End date | Time in office | ||||
1 | (born 1952) |
Popular Peasant's Union | Prunskienė | 17 January 1990 | 10 January 1991 | 358 days |
2 | (born 1952) |
Popular Peasant's Union | Šimėnas | 10 January 1991 | 13 January 1991 | 3 days |
3 | (born 1952) |
Popular Peasant's Union | Vagnorius | 13 January 1991 | 30 May 1991 | 137 days |
4 | Albertas Šimėnas (born 1950) |
Christian Democratic Party | 30 May 1991 | 21 July 1992 | 1 year, 52 days | |
5 | (born 1952) |
Popular Peasant's Union | Abišala | 21 July 1992 | 17 December 1992 | 149 days |
6 | (1943-2012) |
Democratic Labour Party | Lubys | 17 December 1992 | 31 March 1993 | 104 days |
7 | (1943-2012) |
Democratic Labour Party | Šleževičius | 31 March 1993 | 9 June 1994 | 1 year, 70 days |
8 | (1940-2016) |
Democratic Labour Party | 9 June 1994 | 5 October 1995 | 1 year, 118 days | |
9 | (born 1952) |
Independent | 5 October 1995 | 19 March 1996 | 166 days | |
10 | (born 1953) |
Democratic Labour Party | Stankevičius | 19 March 1996 | 10 December 1996 | 266 days |
11 | (1937-2003) |
Homeland Union | Vagnorius | 10 December 1996 | 10 June 1999 | 2 years, 182 days |
12 | Eugenijus Maldeikis (born 1958) |
Independent | Paksas | 10 June 1999 | 11 November 1999 | 154 days |
13 | (born 1947) |
Independent | Kubilius | 11 November 1999 | 9 November 2000 | 364 days |
14 | Eugenijus Maldeikis (born 1958) |
Liberal Union | Paksas | 9 November 2000 | 14 February 2001 | 97 days |
15 | Eugenijus Gentvilas (born 1960) |
Liberal Union | 15 February 2001 | 12 July 2001 | 147 days | |
16 | Petras Čėsna (born 1945) |
Social Democratic Party | Brazauskas | 12 July 2001 | 14 December 2004 | 3 years, 155 days |
17 | Viktoras Uspaskich (born 1959) |
Labour Party | Brazauskas | 14 December 2004 | 21 June 2005 | 189 days |
18 | (born 1960) |
Labour Party | 29 June 2005 | 18 July 2006 | 1 year, 19 days | |
19 | (born 1952) |
Independent | Kirkilas | 18 July 2006 | 9 December 2008 | 2 years, 144 days |
20 | Dainius Kreivys (born 1970) |
Homeland Union | Kubilius | 9 December 2008 | 17 March 2011 | 2 years, 98 days |
21 | (born 1973) |
Homeland Union | 17 March 2011 | 13 December 2012 | 1 year, 271 days | |
22 | Birutė Vėsaitė (born 1951) |
Social Democratic Party | Butkevičius | 13 December 2012 | 3 June 2013 | 172 days |
23 | (born 1959) |
Social Democratic Party | 11 June 2013 | 13 December 2016 | 3 years, 185 days | |
Ministry of Economy and Innovation | ||||||
Term | Minister | Party | Cabinet | Office | ||
Start date | End date | Time in office | ||||
24 | Mindaugas Sinkevičius (born 1984) |
Social Democratic Party | Skvernelis | 13 December 2016 | 13 October 2017 | 304 days |
25 | Virginijus Sinkevičius (born 1990) |
Farmers and Greens Union | 28 November 2017 | 30 November 2019 | 2 years, 2 days | |
26 | Rimantas Sinkevičius (born 1952) |
Social Democratic Labour Party | 30 June 2020 | 11 December 2020 | 164 days | |
27 | Aušrinė Armonaitė (born 1989) |
Freedom Party | Šimonytė | 11 December 2020 | Incumbent | 1 year, 65 days |
References[]
- Government ministries in Lithuania
- Economy ministries
- Ministry of Economy (Lithuania)
- Ministries established in 1918
- Lithuania politics stubs