Brazauskas Cabinet I

Prime Minister Algirdas Brazauskas

The First Brazauskas Cabinet was the 12th cabinet of Lithuania since 1990. It consisted of the Prime Minister and 13 government ministers.

Algirdas Brazauskas, the leader of the Social Democratic Party of Lithuania, was appointed the Prime Minister by President Valdas Adamkus on 4 July 2001, after the resignation of the previous government of Rolandas Paksas. The 12th cabinet received its mandate and started its work on 12 July 2001, after the Seimas gave assent to its program.^[1]

The government served until the end of the term of the Eighth Seimas and returned its mandate on 15 November 2004, after the elections in October. The government continued to serve in an acting capacity until the new government (also headed by Brazauskas) started its work on 14 December 2004.

Cabinet

The following ministers served on the First Brazauskas Cabinet.^[1]

	Position	Name	Party	From	To
	Ministry of Agriculture	Kęstutis Kristinaitis	Independent	12 July 2001	21 September 2001[2]
		Jeronimas Kraujelis	New Union (Social Liberals)	3 October 2001	14 December 2004
	Ministry of Culture	Roma Dovydėnienė	Social Democratic Party of Lithuania	12 July 2001	14 December 2004
	Ministry of Economy	Petras Čėsna	Social Democratic Party of Lithuania	12 July 2001	14 December 2004
	Ministry of Education and Science	Algirdas Monkevičius	New Union (Social Liberals)	12 July 2001	14 December 2004
	Ministry of Environment	Arūnas Kundrotas	Social Democratic Party of Lithuania	12 July 2001	14 December 2004
	Ministry of Finance	Dalia Grybauskaitė	Independent	12 July 2001	30 April 2004[3]
		Algirdas Butkevičius	Social Democratic Party of Lithuania	4 May 2004	14 December 2004
	Ministry of Foreign Affairs	Antanas Valionis	New Union (Social Liberals)	12 July 2001	14 December 2004
	Ministry of Health	Konstantinas Dobrovolskis	New Union (Social Liberals)	12 July 2001	6 March 2003[4]
		Juozas Olekas	Social Democratic Party of Lithuania	10 March 2003	14 December 2004
	Ministry of the Interior	Juozas Bernatonis	Social Democratic Party of Lithuania	12 July 2001	28 April 2003[5]
		Virgilijus Vladislovas Bulovas		13 May 2003	14 December 2004
	Ministry of Justice	Vytautas Markevičius	Independent	12 July 2001	14 December 2004
	Ministry of Defence	Linas Linkevičius	Social Democratic Party of Lithuania	12 July 2001	14 December 2004
	Ministry of Social Security and Labour	Vilija Blinkevičiūtė	New Union (Social Liberals)	12 July 2001	14 December 2004
	Ministry of Transport and Communications	Zigmantas Balčytis	Social Democratic Party of Lithuania	12 July 2001	14 December 2004

References

1. "Ankstesnės Vyriausybės. Po 1990 metų". Government of the Republic of Lithuania.
2. "Dėl Lietuvos Respublikos žemės ūkio ministro K.Kristinaičio atsistatydinimo". Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
3. "Dėl Lietuvos Respublikos finansų ministrės D.Grybauskaitės atsistatydinimo". Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
4. "Dėl laikinai einančio Lietuvos Respublikos sveikatos apsaugos ministro pareigas K.R.Dobrovolskio atleidimo". Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
5. "Dėl Lietuvos Respublikos vidaus reikalų ministro J. Bernatonio atsistatydinimo". Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania. Retrieved 17 May 2016.