Zigmantas Balčytis

Zigmantas Balčytis


Prime Minister of Lithuania Acting
In office 1 June 2006 – 4 July 2006
President	Valdas Adamkus
Preceded by	Algirdas Brazauskas
Succeeded by	Gediminas Kirkilas
Personal details
Born	(1953-11-16) 16 November 1953 Šilutė, Soviet Union (now Lithuania)
Political party	Social Democratic Party
Alma mater	Vilnius University

Zigmantas Balčytis (born 16 November 1953 in Šilutė district municipality) is a Lithuanian politician who briefly served as acting Prime Minister of Lithuania in 2006. He took office on 1 June 2006 following the resignation of Algirdas Brazauskas, but failed to be approved by the Parliament to become Prime Minister. He was succeeded on 4 July by Gediminas Kirkilas. Balčytis is a member of the Social Democratic Party of Lithuania and was Minister of Finance in the Brazauskas government.

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Political offices
Preceded by Algirdas Brazauskas	Prime Minister of Lithuania Acting 2006	Succeeded by Gediminas Kirkilas
Party political offices
Preceded by Algirdas Butkevičius	Social Democratic Party nominee for President of Lithuania 2014	Incumbent

Prime Ministers of Lithuania

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

Lithuanian SSR	Mečislovas Gedvilas Motiejus Šumauskas Juozas Maniušis Ringaudas Songaila Vytautas Sakalauskas

since 1990	Kazimira Prunskienė Albertas Šimėnas Gediminas Vagnorius Aleksandras Abišala Bronislovas Lubys Adolfas Šleževičius Laurynas Stankevičius Gediminas Vagnorius Irena Degutienė Rolandas Paksas Irena Degutienė Andrius Kubilius Rolandas Paksas Eugenijus Gentvilas Algirdas Brazauskas Zigmantas Balčytis Gediminas Kirkilas Andrius Kubilius Algirdas Butkevičius Saulius Skvernelis

Italics indicate acting Prime Ministers

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