Irena Degutienė

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Irena Degutienė (born June 1, 1949 in Šiauliai) is a Lithuanian politician, member of the conservative Homeland Union. She was twice the acting Prime Minister of Lithuania, first from May 4, 1999 to May 18, 1999 and then from October 27, 1999 to November 3, 1999. She has also been the Minister for Social Security and Labour from 1996 to 2000. In 1978 she graduated from Vilnius University with degree in medicine. For almost twenty years she worked in Vilnius Red Cross Hospital before becoming deputy Minister of Health Care in 1994. In 1996 she was elected to Seimas and then reelected in 2000.

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Profile on the Seimas website

Preceded by Gediminas Vagnorius	Prime Minister of Lithuania (acting) May 4, 1999–May 18, 1999	Succeeded by Rolandas Paksas
Preceded by Rolandas Paksas	Prime Minister of Lithuania (acting) October 27, 1999–November 3, 1999	Succeeded by Andrius Kubilius

v • d • e Prime Ministers of Lithuania

Prime Ministers 1918–1940	Augustinas Voldemaras • Mykolas Sleževičius • Pranas Dovydaitis • Mykolas Sleževičius • Ernestas Galvanauskas • Kazys Grinius • Ernestas Galvanauskas • Antanas Tumėnas • Vytautas Petrulis • Leonas Bistras • Mykolas Sleževičius • Augustinas Voldemaras • Juozas Tūbelis • Vladas Mironas • Jonas Černius • Antanas Merkys

LSSR Premiers	Mečislovas Gedvilas • Motiejus Šumauskas • Juozas Maniušis • Ringaudas Songaila • Vytautas Sakalauskas

Prime Ministers 1990–Present	Kazimira Prunskienė • Albertas Šimėnas • Gediminas Vagnorius • Aleksandras Abišala • Bronislovas Lubys • Adolfas Šleževičius • Laurynas Mindaugas Stankevičius • Gediminas Vagnorius • Irena Degutienė* • Rolandas Paksas • Irena Degutienė* • Andrius Kubilius • Rolandas Paksas • Eugenijus Gentvilas* • Algirdas Brazauskas • Zigmantas Balčytis* • Gediminas Kirkilas

* denotes acting