| Algirdas Butkevičius | |
| Office: | 15th Prime Minister of Lithuania |
| President: | Dalia Grybauskaitė |
| Term Start: | 26 November 2012 |
| Term End: | 22 November 2016 |
| Predecessor: | Andrius Kubilius |
| Successor: | Saulius Skvernelis |
| Order2: | Member of the Seimas |
| Constituency2: | Vilkaviškis |
| Term Start2: | 13 November 2020 |
| Predecessor2: | Kęstutis Smirnovas |
| Constituency3: | Multi-member |
| Term Start3: | 14 November 2016 |
| Term End3: | 12 November 2020 |
| Constituency4: | Vilkaviškis |
| Term Start4: | 25 November 1996 |
| Term End4: | 13 November 2016 |
| Predecessor4: | Algimantas Antanas Greimas |
| Successor4: | Kęstutis Smirnovas |
| Office5: | Chairman of the Social Democratic Party |
| Term Start5: | 7 March 2009 |
| Term End5: | 22 April 2017 |
| Predecessor5: | Gediminas Kirkilas |
| Successor5: | Gintautas Paluckas |
| Office6: | Minister of Finance of Lithuania |
| Primeminister6: | Algirdas Brazauskas |
| Term Start6: | 3 May 2004 |
| Term End6: | 14 May 2005 |
| Predecessor6: | Dalia Grybauskaitė |
| Successor6: | Zigmantas Balčytis |
| Office7: | Minister of Transport and Communications of Lithuania |
| Primeminister7: | Gediminas Kirkilas |
| Term Start7: | 18 July 2006 |
| Term End7: | 9 December 2008 |
| Predecessor7: | Petras Čėsna |
| Successor7: | Eligijus Masiulis |
| Birth Date: | 19 November 1958 |
| Birth Place: | Paežeriai, Lithuania |
| Party: | Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1985-88) Social Democratic Party (1992-2017) Independent (2017-2020 and 2021-2022) Union of Democrats "For Lithuania" (2022—present) |
| Otherparty: | Lithuanian Green Party (2020—2021) |
| Alma Mater: | Vilnius Gediminas Technical University Kazimieras Simonavičius University Kaunas University of Technology |
Algirdas Butkevičius (born 19 November 1958) is a Lithuanian politician and was Prime Minister of Lithuania, serving between 2012 and 2016. He also served as the Minister of Finance from 2004 to 2005[1] and the Minister of Transport and Communications from 2006 to 2008. He led the Social Democratic Party of Lithuania from 2009 to 2017.
Butkevičius was born at Paežeriai village in Radviliškis district municipality. Since 1992 he is member of the Social Democratic Party of Lithuania (LSDP). He was chairman of the Vilkaviškis District section of LSDP in 1995–1997, deputy chairman of the LSDP in 1999–2005 (re-elected in 2001), and chairman of the LSDP since 2009.
In 1996 and 2000, he was elected to the Seimas (parliament). From 2004 to 2005 he served as Minister of Finance and from 2006 to 2008 as Minister of Transport and Communications.[2]
Butkevičius was the LSDP's candidate in the 2009 presidential election, placing second with 11.83% of the votes.[3] As of 2010, he is the chairman of the LSDP.[4]
During the 2012 parliamentary election, Butkevičius was among the few candidates who were elected in the first round of the popular vote.
On 22 November 2012 he was elected by the Seimas to be Prime Minister-designate. He was appointed as Prime Minister by presidential decree on 7 December 2012[5] and his cabinet was sworn in on 13 December, following the approval of the governmental program by the parliament.[6]
In the beginning of 2022, Butkevičius joined the new party Union of Democrats "For Lithuania", founded by Saulius Skvernelis, who succeeded Butevičius as prime minister in 2016.[7]
In addition to his native Lithuanian, he speaks fluent Russian. His wife is Janina, and they have one daughter, Indrė.[5]
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