Rimantas Jonas Dagys (born July 16, 1957) is a Lithuanian chemist and politician, member of Seimas (1992–1996, 1996–2000), since 2008 assigned Minister of Labor and Social Security by presidential decree.[1] He is currently associated with Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats.
Rimantas Dagys was born in the settlement of Churubai Nura (now Abay, Kazakhstan) to a family of former Gulag prisoners, deported form Lithuania for 10 years: his mother, Filomena Dagienė was imprisoned in Vorkuta camps, his father, Jonas Dagys, in Siblag camps. The family returned to Lithuania in 1964.[1]