Rima Baškienė | |
Order: | First Deputy Speaker of the Seimas |
Term Start: | 15 November 2016 |
Term End: | 13 November 2020 |
Predecessor: | Vydas Gedvilas |
Successor: | Jurgis Razma |
Order1: | Member of the Seimas |
Constituency1: | Šiauliai countryside (2004-2016) Kuršėnai - Dainai (2016-2020) Šiauliai region (2020-) |
Term Start1: | 15 November 2004 |
Predecessor1: | Ramūnas Karbauskis (Šiauliai countryside) Constituency created (Kuršėnai - Dainai) Constituency created (Šiauliai region) |
Order3: | Vice Chairwoman of the Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union |
Term Start3: | 1996 |
Term End3: | 2019 |
Order4: | Vice Mayor of Šiauliai District |
Term Start4: | 2000 |
Term End4: | 2004 |
Birth Date: | 25 October 1960 |
Birth Place: | Kentriai, Lithuania |
Party: | Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (1996-2021) Independent (2021-2022) Union of Democrats "For Lithuania" (2022—present) |
Spouse: | Raimondas Baškys |
Children: | 2 |
Alma Mater: | Kaunas University of Technology |
Rima Baškienė (born 25 October 1960) is a Lithuanian politician, a Member of the Seimas since 2004 and, since November 2016, First Deputy Speaker of the Seimas.[1] [2] Also she is a former Vice Mayor of Šiauliai District. Baškienė also was the Vice Chairwoman of the Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union.
In 2021, Baškienė left that party and in the beginning of 2022 she has joined the newly formed Union of Democrats "For Lithuania", founded by former prime minister Saulius Skvernelis, the former leader of election list of the Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union.[3]