Agnė Bilotaitė Explained

Agnė Bilotaitė
Order:25th Minister for the Interior
Term Start:11 December 2020
Primeminister:Ingrida Šimonytė
Predecessor:Rita Tamašunienė
Order1:Member of Seimas
Constituency2:Party list
Term Start2:17 November 2008
Term End2:12 November 2020
Constituency1:Paneriai - Grigiškės
Term Start1:13 November 2020
Predecessor1:Linas Balsys (Paneriai)
Birth Date:29 January 1982
Birth Place:Klaipėda, Lithuania
Party:Homeland Union
Spouse:Gintas Petrus

Agnė Bilotaitė (born 29 January 1982) is a Lithuanian politician from the Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats group and has been member of the Seimas since 2008.

On 7 December 2020, she was approved to be the Minister of the Interior in the Šimonytė Cabinet.[1]

Early life

Agnė Bilotaitė was born on 29 January 1982 in Klaipėda. She received her Bachelor of Political Sciences from Klaipėda University and Master of Law from Mykolas Romeris University.[2]

Career

In 2006, Bilotaitė became the manager of Homeland Union's Western Division and was elected to the Tenth Seimas of Lithuania in 2008. She was member of the Nuclear Energy Commission and deputy chief of the Anti-Corruption Commission of the parliament. During her second term in the Eleventh Seimas, she served on the Committees on Environment Protection and State Administration and Local Authorities.

After winning the 2016 Lithuanian parliamentary election, Bilotaitė began her third term in Seimas. She is the deputy chair of Homeland Union - Lithuanian Christian Democrat Political Group in the parliament and a member of Committee on Audit and Anti-Corruption Commission.

Personal life

Bilotaitė is married to Gintas Petrus. She gave birth to their son in July 2017.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: President approves makeup of Simonyte Cabinet . 2020-12-07 . DELFI . en.
  2. Web site: Agnė Bilotaitė. Seimas. 30 November 2017.
  3. Web site: Seimo narė Agnė Bilotaitė susilaukė kūdikio – jau išrinko vardą. Lrytas.lt. 30 November 2017. Lithuanian. 27 July 2017.