Dalia Grybauskaitė
Dalia Grybauskaitė (Lithuanian pronunciation: [dɐˈlʲɛ ɡʲrʲiːbɐʊsˈkɐ̂ˑɪtʲeː]; born 1 March 1956) is a Lithuanian politician who served as the eighth president of Lithuania from 2009 to 2019. She is the first and so far only woman to hold the position and in 2014 she became the first President of Lithuania to be reelected for a second consecutive term.
Dalia Grybauskaitė | |
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Grybauskaitė in 2010s | |
| 8th President of Lithuania | |
| In office 12 July 2009 – 12 July 2019 | |
| Prime Minister | Andrius Kubilius Algirdas Butkevičius Saulius Skvernelis |
| Preceded by | Valdas Adamkus |
| Succeeded by | Gitanas Nausėda |
| European Commissioner for Financial Programming and the Budget | |
| In office 22 November 2004 – 1 July 2009 | |
| President | José Manuel Barroso |
| Preceded by | Michaele Schreyer Markos Kyprianou (Budget) |
| Succeeded by | Algirdas Šemeta |
| European Commissioner for Education and Culture | |
| In office 1 May 2004 – 11 November 2004 Served with Viviane Reding | |
| President | Romano Prodi |
| Preceded by | Viviane Reding |
| Succeeded by | Ján Figeľ (Education, Training, Culture and Multilingualism) |
| Minister of Finance | |
| In office 12 July 2001 – 1 May 2004 | |
| Prime Minister | Algirdas Brazauskas |
| Preceded by | Jonas Lionginas |
| Succeeded by | Algirdas Butkevičius |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 March 1956 Vilnius, Lithuania |
| Political party | Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1983–1989) Communist Party of Lithuania (1989–1990) Independent (1990–present) |
| Alma mater | Saint Petersburg State University Georgetown University |
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Grybauskaitė has served as Minister of Finance, as well as European Commissioner for Financial Programming and the Budget from 2004 to 2009. She is often referred to as the "Iron Lady" or the "Steel Magnolia".
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