Šimėnas Cabinet
Šimėnas Cabinet was the 2nd cabinet of Lithuania since the declaration of independence in 1990. It consisted of the Prime Minister and 17 government ministers.[1]
Albertas Šimėnas was appointed as the Prime Minister by the Supreme Council of Lithuania on 10 January 1991, following the dismissal of the previous cabinet.
Only three days later, the January events took place in Vilnius, threatening the fledgling government. During the events, Šimėnas failed to appear at a government meeting after being called for and could not be located, prompting the Supreme Council to dismiss him on January 13 and appoint Gediminas Vagnorius in his place. It would later emerge that Šimėnas had left Vilnius and spent the night in the relative safety of Druskininkai.[2]
As of 2016, it has remained the shortest-lived government of Lithuania.
Cabinet
The following ministers served on the Šimėnas Cabinet.[1]
| Position | Name |
|---|---|
| Ministry of Agriculture | Vytautas Knašys |
| Ministry of Culture and Education | Darius Kuolys |
| Ministry of Economy | Vytas Navickas |
| Ministry of Finance | Romualdas Sikorskis |
| Ministry of Foreign Affairs | Algirdas Saudargas |
| Ministry of Health | Juozas Olekas |
| Ministry of the Interior | Marijonas Misiukonis |
| Ministry of Justice | Pranas Kūris |
| Ministry of Social Security | Algis Dobravolskas |
| Ministry of Transport and Communications | Jonas Bižiškis |
| Ministry of Energy | Leonas Ašmantas |
| Ministry of Forestry | Vaidotas Antanaitis |
| Ministry of Trade | Albertas Sinevičius |
| Ministry of Industry | Rimvydas Jasinavičius |
| Ministry of Communications | Kostas Birulis |
| Ministry of Construction and Urbanistics | Algimantas Nasvytis |
| Ministry of Material Resources | Romualdas Kozyrovičius |
References
- 1 2 "Ankstesnės Vyriausybės. Po 1990 metų". Government of the Republic of Lithuania.
- ↑ "Vienuolika metų - dvylika premjerų". Delfi.lt. Retrieved 23 May 2016.