8th president of Lithuania (2009–2019) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dalia Grybauskaitė (born 1 March 1956) is a Lithuanian politician. She became the President of Lithuania on 12 July 2009. She was re-elected in May 2014. She is the country's first female President and the first to be elected for a second term.[1][2]
Dalia Grybauskaitė | |
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| President of Lithuania | |
| In office 12 July 2009 – 12 July 2019 | |
| Prime Minister | Andrius Kubilius Algirdas Butkevičius |
| 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) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 March 1956 Vilnius, Soviet Union (now Lithuania) |
| Alma mater | Zhdanov University Georgetown University |
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She was Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of Finance, also 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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