| Agency Name: | Ministry of Social Security and Labour |
| Type: | Ministry |
| Nativename: | Socialinės apsaugos ir darbo ministerija |
| Picture Width: | 250px |
| Picture Caption: | LR SADM headquarters in Vilnius |
| Jurisdiction: | Government of Lithuania |
| Headquarters: | A. Vivulskio 11, Naujamiestis, 03610 Vilnius |
| Employees: | 242 permanent employees (January 2021)[1] |
| Budget: | €4.384 billion (2021)[2] |
| Minister1 Name: | Monika Navickienė |
| Minister1 Pfo: | 21st Minister for Social Security and Labour of Lithuania |
| Footnotes: | 54.6797°N 25.2694°W |
The Ministry of Social Security and Labour of the Republic of Lithuania (Lithuanian: Lietuvos Respublikos socialinės apsaugos ir darbo 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 social security and labour branch ruling functions and realize state policy in these branches.[3] The current head of the Ministry is Monika Navickienė.
On 11 November 1918, the Republic of Lithuania established a short-lived Ministry of Public Works and Food Supply (Lithuanian: Viešųjų darbų ir maitinimo ministerija).[4] Its purpose was to address the dire social situation following the devastation of the World War I.[5] It had three departments: social security, food supply and labour.[6] However, on 29 October 1919 the ministry was merged into the Ministry of the Interior and its original departments were reorganized several times during the interwar period.[6] The ministry and its departments were early institutions concerning the social welfare and are considered to be the predecessors of the present day Ministry of Social Security and Labour.
| Ministry of Social Security | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Term | Minister | Party | Prime Mninister (Cabinet) | Office | |||
| Start date | End date | Time in office | |||||
| 1 | Algis Dobravolskas (born 1951) | Independent | Kazimiera Prunskienė | 17 January 1990 | 10 January 1991 | ||
| 2 | Albertas Šimėnas | 10 January 1991 | 13 January 1991 | ||||
| 3 | Gediminas Vagnorius | 13 January 1991 | 21 July 1992 | ||||
| 4 | Teodoras Medaiskis (born 1951) | Aleksandras Abišala | 21 July 1992 | 17 December 1992 | |||
| 5 | Bronislovas Lubys | 17 December 1992 | 31 March 1993 | ||||
| Ministry of Social Security and Labour | |||||||
| Term | Minister | Party | Prime Mninister (Cabinet) | Office | |||
| Start date | End date | Time in office | |||||
| 6 | Teodoras Medaiskis (born 1951) | Independent | Adolfas Šleževičius | 31 March 1993 | 28 October 1993 | ||
| 7 | Laurynas Stankevičius (1935-2017) | Democratic Labour Party | 28 October 1993 | 12 July 1994 | |||
| 8 | Mindaugas Mikaila (born 1957) | Independent | 12 July 1994 | 19 March 1996 | |||
| 9 | Laurynas Mindaugas Stankevičius | 19 March 1996 | 10 December 1996 | ||||
| 10 | Irena Degutienė (born 1949) | Homeland Union | Gediminas Vagnorius | 10 December 1996 | 10 June 1999 | ||
| 11 | Rolandas Paksas | 10 June 1999 | 11 November 1999 | ||||
| 12 | Andrius Kubilius | 11 November 1999 | 9 November 2000 | ||||
| 13 | Vilija Blinkevičiūtė (born 1960) | Social Democratic Party | Rolandas Paksas | 9 November 2000 | 12 July 2001 | ||
| 14 | Algirdas Brazauskas | 12 July 2001 | 14 December 2004 | ||||
| 15 | Algirdas Brazauskas | 14 December 2004 | 18 July 2006 | ||||
| 16 | Gediminas Kirkilas | 18 July 2006 | 9 December 2008 | ||||
| 17 | Rimantas Dagys (born 1957) | Homeland Union | Andrius Kubilius | 9 December 2008 | 22 July 2009 | ||
| 18 | Donatas Jankauskas (born 1958) | 22 July 2009 | 13 December 2012 | ||||
| 19 | Algimanta Pabedinskienė (born 1965) | Labour Party | Algirdas Butkevičius | 13 December 2012 | 13 December 2016 | ||
| 20 | Linas Kukuraitis (born 1978) | Independent | Saulius Skvernelis | 13 December 2016 | 11 December 2020 | ||
| 21 | Monika Navickienė (born 1981) | Homeland Union | Ingrida Šimonytė | 11 December 2020 | Incumbent | ||