Ingrida Šimonytė

Ingrida Šimonytė
MP
Member of the Seimas
for Antakalnis constituency
Assumed office
14 November 2016
Preceded by Andrius Kubilius
Chairwoman of the Audit Committee of the Seimas
Assumed office
17 November 2016
Preceded by Vytautas Kamblevičius
Minister of Finance of Lithuania
In office
7 July 2009 – 13 December 2012
President Dalia Grybauskaitė
Prime Minister Andrius Kubilius
Preceded by Algirdas Šemeta
Succeeded by Rimantas Šadžius
Personal details
Born (1974-11-15) 15 November 1974
Vilnius, Lithuanian SSR, Soviet Union
Political party Independent

Ingrida Šimonytė (born 15 November 1974) is a Lithuanian economist, politician and former Minister of Finance. In 2013 Šimonytė was appointed Deputy Chairwoman of the Board of the Bank of Lithuania.[1] In parallel to her duties she was teaching economics at Vilnius University Institute of International Relations and Political Science, and public finance at ISM University of Management and Economics.

She stepped down on 31 October 2016 to take over her duties as Member of the Seimas as she was elected in Antakalnis constituency in Lithuanian parliamentary election, 2016.[2] On 24th of September, 2018 Šimonytė has announced, that she will participate at Conservative party primaries for Lithuanian presidential election, 2019.[3]

In addition to her native Lithuanian, Šimonytė speaks English, Polish and Russian as well as basic Swedish.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Ingrida Šimonytė appointed to the Board of the Bank of Lithuania
  2. ↑
  3. ↑ https://www.15min.lt/naujiena/aktualu/lietuva/ingrida-simonyte-pranes-ar-dalyvaus-prezidento-rinkimuose-56-1034160
  4. ↑ http://www.lrs.lt/sip/portal.show?p_r=8801&p_k=1&p_a=498&p_asm_id=56180&pt=sn:3
Political offices
Preceded by
Algirdas Šemeta		 Minister of Finance
2009–2012		 Succeeded by
Rimantas Šadžius


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