LITHUANIA’S NEW PRIME MINISTER

Current Context:

The Lithuanian Parliament has officially approved Inga Ruginiene, a Social Democrat and former labour leader, as the new Prime Minister of Lithuania.

ABOUT INGA RUGINIENE

• Political Party: Social Democrat
• Previous Role: Minister of Social Security and Labour
• Significance: First time a former trade union and labour leader has risen to the post of Prime Minister in Lithuania.

ABOUT LITHUANIA

• Official Name: Republic of Lithuania (Lietuvos Respublika)
• Location: A country in the Baltic region of Europe, along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea.
• Borders: Latvia (north), Belarus (east and south), Poland (south), and Russia’s Kaliningrad Oblast (southwest).
• Capital: Vilnius
• Official Language: Lithuanian (one of the oldest Indo-European languages still spoken).
• Currency: Euro (€) (since 2015)