Ministry of Agriculture (Lithuania) explained

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.

History

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.

Ministers

Ministry of Agriculture and State Wealth
TermMinister for Agriculture and State Wealth
(Born-Died)
OfficePolitical PartyCabinetPrimer Minister
Start dateEnd dateDuration
1Juozas Tūbelis
(1882-1939)
11 November 191826 December 1918Nationalist Union1st CabinetAugustinas Voldemaras
2Juozas Tūbelis
(1882-1939)
26 December 19185 March 1919Nationalist Union2nd CabinetMykolas Sleževičius
3Aleksandras Stulginskis
(1882-1939)
12 April 19192 October 1919Christian Democratic Party4th CabinetMykolas Sleževičius
4Juozas Tūbelis
(1882-1939)
7 October 191915 June 1920Nationalist Union5th CabinetErnestas Galvanauskas
5Jonas Pranas Aleksa
(1879-1955)
19 June 192018 January 1922Independent6th CabinetKazys Grinius
6Jonas Pranas Aleksa
(1879-1955)
2 February 192222 February 1923Independent7th CabinetErnestas Galvanauskas
7Jonas Pranas Aleksa
(1879-1955)
22 February 192328 June 1923Independent8th CabinetErnestas Galvanauskas
Ministry of Agriculture
TermMinister for Agriculture
(Born-Died)
OfficePolitical PartyCabinetPrimer Minister
Start dateEnd dateDuration
8Mykolas Krupavičius
(1885-1970)
29 June 192317 June 1924Independent9th CabinetErnestas Galvanauskas
9Mykolas Krupavičius
(1885-1970)
18 June 192427 January 1925Independent10th CabinetAntanas Tumėnas
10Mykolas Krupavičius
(1885-1970)
4 February 192519 April 1925Independent11th CabinetVytautas Petrulis
11Mykolas Krupavičius
(1885-1970)
25 September 192531 May 1926Independent12th CabinetLeonas Bistras
12Mykolas Krupavičius
(1885-1970)
15 June 192617 December 1926Independent13th CabinetMykolas Sleževičius
13Jonas Pranas Aleksa
(1879-1955)
17 December 192619 April 1929Independent14th CabinetAugustinas Voldemaras
14Jonas Pranas Aleksa
(1879-1955)
23 September 19298 June 1934Independent15th CabinetJuozas Tūbelis
15Jonas Pranas Aleksa
(1879-1955)
12 June 19346 November 1935Independent16th CabinetJuozas Tūbelis
16Stasys Putvinskis
(1898-1942)
6 September 193524 March 1938Independent17th CabinetJuozas Tūbelis
17Juozas Tūbelis
(1882-1939)
24 March 19381 November 1938Independent18th CabinetVladas Mironas
18Vladas Mironas
(1880-1953)
1 November 19385 December 1938Independent
19Juozas Skaisgiris
(1901-1977)
5 December 193827 March 1939Nationalist Union19th CabinetVladas Mironas
20Jurgis Krikščiūnas
(1894-1947)
28 March 193921 November 1939Popular Peasants' Union20th CabinetJonas Černius
21Juozas Audėnas
(1898-1982)
21 November 193915 June 1940Popular Peasants' Union21st CabinetAntanas Merkys
People's Commissariat of Agriculture
TermPeople's Commissioner for Agriculture
(Born-Died)
OfficePolitical PartyCabinetPrimer Minister
Start dateEnd dateDuration
22Matas Mickis
(1896-1960)
15 June 194031 January 1941Communist Party22nd CabinetMečislovas Gedvilas
23Bronius Pušinis
(1888-1967)
31 January 194122 June 1941Communist Party
24Jonas Laurinaitis
(1900-1981)
7 January 194410 September 1945Communist Party
25Vladas Vildžiūnas
(1909-1962)
10 September 194524 April 1946Communist Party
26Kazimieras Liaudis
(1901-1989)
13 March 194717 July 1950Communist Party
27Vladas Augustinaitis
(1898-1976)
29 July 195023 April 1953Communist Party
28Vladas Augustinaitis
(1898-1976)
1 January 195419 April 1956Communist Party
29Vytautas Vazalinskas
(1910-1984)
10 May 195625 March 1962Communist Party23rd CabinetMotiejus Šumauskas
30Medardas Grigaliūnas
(1925-2014)
7 April 196514 April 1967Communist Party
31Medardas Grigaliūnas
(1925-2014)
14 April 196716 January 1981Communist Party24th CabinetJuozas Maniušis
32Medardas Grigaliūnas
(1925-2014)
16 January 198118 January 1985Communist Party25th CabinetRingaudas Bronislovas Songaila
33Juozas Bernatavičius
2 January 198630 September 1989Communist Party26th CabinetVytautas Sakalauskas
Ministry of Agriculture
TermMinister for Agriculture
(Born-Died)
OfficePolitical PartyCabinetPrimer Minister
Start dateEnd dateDuration
34Vytautas Knašys
(Born 1937)
17 January 199010 January 1991Homeland Union27th CabinetKazimira Danutė Prunskienė
35Vytautas Knašys
(Born 1937)
10 January 199113 January 1991Homeland Union28th CabinetAlbertas Šimėnas
36Rimvydas Survila
(Born 1939)
13 January 199121 July 1992Homeland Union29th CabinetGediminas Vagnorius
37Rimvydas Survila
(Born 1939)
21 July 199217 December 1992Homeland Union30th CabinetAleksandras Algirdas Abišala
38Rimantas Karazija
(1936-2012)
17 December 199231 March 1993Independent31st CabinetBronislovas Lubys
39Rimantas Karazija
(1936-2012)
31 March 199326 September 1994Independent32nd CabinetAdolfas Šleževičius
40Vytautas Einoris
(1930-2019)
26 September 199419 March 1996Democratic Labour Party
41Vytautas Einoris
(1930-2019)
19 March 199610 December 1996Democratic Labour Party33rd CabinetLaurynas Mindaugas Stankevičius
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
TermMinister for Agriculture and Forestry
(Born-Died)
OfficePolitical PartyCabinetPrimer Minister
Start dateEnd dateDuration
42Edvardas Makelis
(Born 1954)
10 December 199610 June 1999Independent34th CabinetGediminas Vagnorius
Ministry of Agriculture
TermMinister for Agriculture
(Born-Died)
OfficePolitical PartyCabinetPrimer Minister
Start dateEnd dateDuration
43Edvardas Makelis
(Born 1954)
10 June 199911 November 1999Independent35th CabinetRolandas Paksas
44Edvardas Makelis
(Born 1954)
11 November 19999 November 2000Independent36th CabinetAndrius Kubilius
45Kęstutis Kristinaitis
(Born 1961)
9 November 200012 July 2001Independent37th CabinetRolandas Paksas
46Kęstutis Kristinaitis
(Born 1961)
12 July 200121 September 2001Independent38th CabinetAlgirdas Mykolas Brazauskas
47Jeronimas Kraujelis
(Born 1938)
3 October 200114 December 2004New Union39th CabinetAlgirdas Mykolas Brazauskas
48Kazimira Danutė Prunskienė
(Born 1943)
14 December 200418 July 2006Popular Peasant's Union40th CabinetAlgirdas Mykolas Brazauskas
49Kazimira Danutė Prunskienė
(Born 1943)
18 July 20069 December 2008Popular Peasant's Union41st CabinetGediminas Kirkilas
50Kazimieras Starkevičius
(Born 1956)
9 December 200813 December 2012Homeland Union42nd CabinetAndrius Kubilius
51Vigilijus Jukna
(Born 1968)
13 December 201211 July 2014Labour Party43rd CabinetAlgirdas Butkevičius
52Virginija Baltraitienė
(Born 1958)
17 July 201413 December 2016Labour Party
53Bronius Markauskas
(Born 1960)
13 December 201614 May 2018Farmers and Greens Union44th CabinetSaulius Skvernelis
54Giedrius Surplys
(Born 1980)
15 May 20187 August 2019Farmers and Greens Union
55Andrius Palionis
(Born 1975)
7 August 201911 December 2020Social Democratic Labour Party
56Kęstutis Navickas
(Born 1970)
11 December 2020IncumbentHomeland Union45th CabinetIngrida Šimonytė

Notes and References

  1. https://rekvizitai.vz.lt/en/company/lietuvos_respublikos_zemes_ukio_ministerija/number-of-employees/ Lietuvos Respublikos Žemės ūkio ministerija employees (insured) on January 5th, 2021
  2. https://finmin.lrv.lt/uploads/finmin/documents/files/2021-12-14%202022-2021%20Did_maz__712.pdf
  3. http://www.zum.lt/en Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Lithuania
  4. Web site: Lietuvos Respublikos žemės ūkio ministerija - 1918–1940 m. https://web.archive.org/web/20221207031158/https://zum.lrv.lt/lt/apie-ministerija/ministerijos-istorija/1918-1940-m. 7 December 2022. lt. Ministry of Agriculture of Lithuania.