| Agency Name: | Ministry of Agriculture |
| Type: | Ministry |
| Nativename: | Žemės ūkio ministerija |
| Picture Width: | 250px |
| Jurisdiction: | Government of Lithuania |
| Headquarters: | Gedimino 19, Naujamiestis, 01103 Vilnius |
| Employees: | 287 permanent employees (January 2022)[1] |
| Budget: | €1.157 billion (2022)[2] |
| Minister1 Name: | Kęstutis Navickas |
| Minister1 Pfo: | 56th Minister for Agriculture of Lithuania |
| Map: | 54.6877°N 25.2775°W |
The Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Lithuania (Lithuanian: Lietuvos Respublikos žemės ūkio ministerija) is a government department of the Republic of Lithuania. Its operations are authorized by the Constitution of the Republic of Lithuania, decrees issued by the President and Prime Minister, and laws passed by the Seimas (Parliament). Its mission is to prosecute state policy realization and coordination in ranges of land, food, fishery, village development, agriculture.[3] The current head of the Ministry is Kęstutis Navickas.
The ministry was first established on 11 November 1918, as the Ministry of Agriculture and State Assets (Lithuanian: Žemės ūkio ir valstybės turtų ministeriją) of the Republic of Lithuania.[4] Its first minister was Juozas Tūbelis. It was renamed to the Ministry of Agriculture on 21 June 1924.
| Ministry of Agriculture and State Wealth | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Term | Minister for Agriculture and State Wealth (Born-Died) | Office | Political Party | Cabinet | Primer Minister | ||
| Start date | End date | Duration | |||||
| 1 | Juozas Tūbelis (1882-1939) | 11 November 1918 | 26 December 1918 | Nationalist Union | 1st Cabinet | Augustinas Voldemaras | |
| 2 | Juozas Tūbelis (1882-1939) | 26 December 1918 | 5 March 1919 | Nationalist Union | 2nd Cabinet | Mykolas Sleževičius | |
| 3 | Aleksandras Stulginskis (1882-1939) | 12 April 1919 | 2 October 1919 | Christian Democratic Party | 4th Cabinet | Mykolas Sleževičius | |
| 4 | Juozas Tūbelis (1882-1939) | 7 October 1919 | 15 June 1920 | Nationalist Union | 5th Cabinet | Ernestas Galvanauskas | |
| 5 | Jonas Pranas Aleksa (1879-1955) | 19 June 1920 | 18 January 1922 | Independent | 6th Cabinet | Kazys Grinius | |
| 6 | Jonas Pranas Aleksa (1879-1955) | 2 February 1922 | 22 February 1923 | Independent | 7th Cabinet | Ernestas Galvanauskas | |
| 7 | Jonas Pranas Aleksa (1879-1955) | 22 February 1923 | 28 June 1923 | Independent | 8th Cabinet | Ernestas Galvanauskas | |
| Ministry of Agriculture | |||||||
| Term | Minister for Agriculture (Born-Died) | Office | Political Party | Cabinet | Primer Minister | ||
| Start date | End date | Duration | |||||
| 8 | Mykolas Krupavičius (1885-1970) | 29 June 1923 | 17 June 1924 | Independent | 9th Cabinet | Ernestas Galvanauskas | |
| 9 | Mykolas Krupavičius (1885-1970) | 18 June 1924 | 27 January 1925 | Independent | 10th Cabinet | Antanas Tumėnas | |
| 10 | Mykolas Krupavičius (1885-1970) | 4 February 1925 | 19 April 1925 | Independent | 11th Cabinet | Vytautas Petrulis | |
| 11 | Mykolas Krupavičius (1885-1970) | 25 September 1925 | 31 May 1926 | Independent | 12th Cabinet | Leonas Bistras | |
| 12 | Mykolas Krupavičius (1885-1970) | 15 June 1926 | 17 December 1926 | Independent | 13th Cabinet | Mykolas Sleževičius | |
| 13 | Jonas Pranas Aleksa (1879-1955) | 17 December 1926 | 19 April 1929 | Independent | 14th Cabinet | Augustinas Voldemaras | |
| 14 | Jonas Pranas Aleksa (1879-1955) | 23 September 1929 | 8 June 1934 | Independent | 15th Cabinet | Juozas Tūbelis | |
| 15 | Jonas Pranas Aleksa (1879-1955) | 12 June 1934 | 6 November 1935 | Independent | 16th Cabinet | Juozas Tūbelis | |
| 16 | Stasys Putvinskis (1898-1942) | 6 September 1935 | 24 March 1938 | Independent | 17th Cabinet | Juozas Tūbelis | |
| 17 | Juozas Tūbelis (1882-1939) | 24 March 1938 | 1 November 1938 | Independent | 18th Cabinet | Vladas Mironas | |
| 18 | Vladas Mironas (1880-1953) | 1 November 1938 | 5 December 1938 | Independent | |||
| 19 | Juozas Skaisgiris (1901-1977) | 5 December 1938 | 27 March 1939 | Nationalist Union | 19th Cabinet | Vladas Mironas | |
| 20 | Jurgis Krikščiūnas (1894-1947) | 28 March 1939 | 21 November 1939 | Popular Peasants' Union | 20th Cabinet | Jonas Černius | |
| 21 | Juozas Audėnas (1898-1982) | 21 November 1939 | 15 June 1940 | Popular Peasants' Union | 21st Cabinet | Antanas Merkys | |
| People's Commissariat of Agriculture | |||||||
| Term | People's Commissioner for Agriculture (Born-Died) | Office | Political Party | Cabinet | Primer Minister | ||
| Start date | End date | Duration | |||||
| 22 | Matas Mickis (1896-1960) | 15 June 1940 | 31 January 1941 | Communist Party | 22nd Cabinet | Mečislovas Gedvilas | |
| 23 | Bronius Pušinis (1888-1967) | 31 January 1941 | 22 June 1941 | Communist Party | |||
| 24 | Jonas Laurinaitis (1900-1981) | 7 January 1944 | 10 September 1945 | Communist Party | |||
| 25 | Vladas Vildžiūnas (1909-1962) | 10 September 1945 | 24 April 1946 | Communist Party | |||
| 26 | Kazimieras Liaudis (1901-1989) | 13 March 1947 | 17 July 1950 | Communist Party | |||
| 27 | Vladas Augustinaitis (1898-1976) | 29 July 1950 | 23 April 1953 | Communist Party | |||
| 28 | Vladas Augustinaitis (1898-1976) | 1 January 1954 | 19 April 1956 | Communist Party | |||
| 29 | Vytautas Vazalinskas (1910-1984) | 10 May 1956 | 25 March 1962 | Communist Party | 23rd Cabinet | Motiejus Šumauskas | |
| 30 | Medardas Grigaliūnas (1925-2014) | 7 April 1965 | 14 April 1967 | Communist Party | |||
| 31 | Medardas Grigaliūnas (1925-2014) | 14 April 1967 | 16 January 1981 | Communist Party | 24th Cabinet | Juozas Maniušis | |
| 32 | Medardas Grigaliūnas (1925-2014) | 16 January 1981 | 18 January 1985 | Communist Party | 25th Cabinet | Ringaudas Bronislovas Songaila | |
| 33 | Juozas Bernatavičius | 2 January 1986 | 30 September 1989 | Communist Party | 26th Cabinet | Vytautas Sakalauskas | |
| Ministry of Agriculture | |||||||
| Term | Minister for Agriculture (Born-Died) | Office | Political Party | Cabinet | Primer Minister | ||
| Start date | End date | Duration | |||||
| 34 | Vytautas Knašys (Born 1937) | 17 January 1990 | 10 January 1991 | Homeland Union | 27th Cabinet | Kazimira Danutė Prunskienė | |
| 35 | Vytautas Knašys (Born 1937) | 10 January 1991 | 13 January 1991 | Homeland Union | 28th Cabinet | Albertas Šimėnas | |
| 36 | Rimvydas Survila (Born 1939) | 13 January 1991 | 21 July 1992 | Homeland Union | 29th Cabinet | Gediminas Vagnorius | |
| 37 | Rimvydas Survila (Born 1939) | 21 July 1992 | 17 December 1992 | Homeland Union | 30th Cabinet | Aleksandras Algirdas Abišala | |
| 38 | Rimantas Karazija (1936-2012) | 17 December 1992 | 31 March 1993 | Independent | 31st Cabinet | Bronislovas Lubys | |
| 39 | Rimantas Karazija (1936-2012) | 31 March 1993 | 26 September 1994 | Independent | 32nd Cabinet | Adolfas Šleževičius | |
| 40 | Vytautas Einoris (1930-2019) | 26 September 1994 | 19 March 1996 | Democratic Labour Party | |||
| 41 | Vytautas Einoris (1930-2019) | 19 March 1996 | 10 December 1996 | Democratic Labour Party | 33rd Cabinet | Laurynas Mindaugas Stankevičius | |
| Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry | |||||||
| Term | Minister for Agriculture and Forestry (Born-Died) | Office | Political Party | Cabinet | Primer Minister | ||
| Start date | End date | Duration | |||||
| 42 | Edvardas Makelis (Born 1954) | 10 December 1996 | 10 June 1999 | Independent | 34th Cabinet | Gediminas Vagnorius | |
| Ministry of Agriculture | |||||||
| Term | Minister for Agriculture (Born-Died) | Office | Political Party | Cabinet | Primer Minister | ||
| Start date | End date | Duration | |||||
| 43 | Edvardas Makelis (Born 1954) | 10 June 1999 | 11 November 1999 | Independent | 35th Cabinet | Rolandas Paksas | |
| 44 | Edvardas Makelis (Born 1954) | 11 November 1999 | 9 November 2000 | Independent | 36th Cabinet | Andrius Kubilius | |
| 45 | Kęstutis Kristinaitis (Born 1961) | 9 November 2000 | 12 July 2001 | Independent | 37th Cabinet | Rolandas Paksas | |
| 46 | Kęstutis Kristinaitis (Born 1961) | 12 July 2001 | 21 September 2001 | Independent | 38th Cabinet | Algirdas Mykolas Brazauskas | |
| 47 | Jeronimas Kraujelis (Born 1938) | 3 October 2001 | 14 December 2004 | New Union | 39th Cabinet | Algirdas Mykolas Brazauskas | |
| 48 | Kazimira Danutė Prunskienė (Born 1943) | 14 December 2004 | 18 July 2006 | Popular Peasant's Union | 40th Cabinet | Algirdas Mykolas Brazauskas | |
| 49 | Kazimira Danutė Prunskienė (Born 1943) | 18 July 2006 | 9 December 2008 | Popular Peasant's Union | 41st Cabinet | Gediminas Kirkilas | |
| 50 | Kazimieras Starkevičius (Born 1956) | 9 December 2008 | 13 December 2012 | Homeland Union | 42nd Cabinet | Andrius Kubilius | |
| 51 | Vigilijus Jukna (Born 1968) | 13 December 2012 | 11 July 2014 | Labour Party | 43rd Cabinet | Algirdas Butkevičius | |
| 52 | Virginija Baltraitienė (Born 1958) | 17 July 2014 | 13 December 2016 | Labour Party | |||
| 53 | Bronius Markauskas (Born 1960) | 13 December 2016 | 14 May 2018 | Farmers and Greens Union | 44th Cabinet | Saulius Skvernelis | |
| 54 | Giedrius Surplys (Born 1980) | 15 May 2018 | 7 August 2019 | Farmers and Greens Union | |||
| 55 | Andrius Palionis (Born 1975) | 7 August 2019 | 11 December 2020 | Social Democratic Labour Party | |||
| 56 | Kęstutis Navickas (Born 1970) | 11 December 2020 | Incumbent | Homeland Union | 45th Cabinet | Ingrida Šimonytė | |