Ministry of Agriculture (Lithuania)

Ministry of Agriculture

Žemės ūkio ministerija (in Lithuanian)
Ministry overview
Formed	11 November 1918; 106 years ago (1918-11-11)
Jurisdiction	Government of Lithuania
Headquarters	Gedimino 19, Naujamiestis, 01103 Vilnius
Employees	287 permanent employees (January 2022)[1]
Annual budget	€1.157 billion (2022)[2]
Minister responsible	Kęstutis Navickas, 56th Minister for Agriculture of Lithuania
Website	zum.lrv.lt
Map
54°41′15.6″N 25°16′38.9″E

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
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	45 days	Nationalist Union	1st Cabinet	Augustinas Voldemaras
2	Juozas Tūbelis (1882-1939)	26 December 1918	5 March 1919	69 days	Nationalist Union	2nd Cabinet	Mykolas Sleževičius
3	Aleksandras Stulginskis (1882-1939)	12 April 1919	2 October 1919	173 days	Christian Democratic Party	4th Cabinet	Mykolas Sleževičius
4	Juozas Tūbelis (1882-1939)	7 October 1919	15 June 1920	252 days	Nationalist Union	5th Cabinet	Ernestas Galvanauskas
5	Jonas Pranas Aleksa (1879-1955)	19 June 1920	18 January 1922	1 year, 213 days	Independent	6th Cabinet	Kazys Grinius
6	Jonas Pranas Aleksa (1879-1955)	2 February 1922	22 February 1923	1 year, 20 days	Independent	7th Cabinet	Ernestas Galvanauskas
7	Jonas Pranas Aleksa (1879-1955)	22 February 1923	28 June 1923	126 days	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	354 days	Independent	9th Cabinet	Ernestas Galvanauskas
9	Mykolas Krupavičius (1885-1970)	18 June 1924	27 January 1925	223 days	Independent	10th Cabinet	Antanas Tumėnas
10	Mykolas Krupavičius (1885-1970)	4 February 1925	19 April 1925	74 days	Independent	11th Cabinet	Vytautas Petrulis
11	Mykolas Krupavičius (1885-1970)	25 September 1925	31 May 1926	248 days	Independent	12th Cabinet	Leonas Bistras
12	Mykolas Krupavičius (1885-1970)	15 June 1926	17 December 1926	185 days	Independent	13th Cabinet	Mykolas Sleževičius
13	Jonas Pranas Aleksa (1879-1955)	17 December 1926	19 April 1929	2 years, 123 days	Independent	14th Cabinet	Augustinas Voldemaras
14	Jonas Pranas Aleksa (1879-1955)	23 September 1929	8 June 1934	4 years, 258 days	Independent	15th Cabinet	Juozas Tūbelis
15	Jonas Pranas Aleksa (1879-1955)	12 June 1934	6 November 1935	1 year, 147 days	Independent	16th Cabinet	Juozas Tūbelis
16	Stasys Putvinskis (1898-1942)	6 September 1935	24 March 1938	2 years, 199 days	Independent	17th Cabinet	Juozas Tūbelis
17	Juozas Tūbelis (1882-1939)	24 March 1938	1 November 1938	222 days	Independent	18th Cabinet	Vladas Mironas
18	Vladas Mironas (1880-1953)	1 November 1938	5 December 1938	34 days	Independent
19	Juozas Skaisgiris (1901-1977)	5 December 1938	27 March 1939	112 days	Nationalist Union	19th Cabinet	Vladas Mironas
20	Jurgis Krikščiūnas (1894-1947)	28 March 1939	21 November 1939	238 days	Popular Peasants' Union	20th Cabinet	Jonas Černius
21	Juozas Audėnas (1898-1982)	21 November 1939	15 June 1940	207 days	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	230 days	Communist Party	22nd Cabinet	Mečislovas Gedvilas
23	Bronius Pušinis (1888-1967)	31 January 1941	22 June 1941	142 days	Communist Party
24	Jonas Laurinaitis (1900-1981)	7 January 1944	10 September 1945	1 year, 246 days	Communist Party
25	Vladas Vildžiūnas (1909-1962)	10 September 1945	24 April 1946	226 days	Communist Party
26	Kazimieras Liaudis (1901-1989)	13 March 1947	17 July 1950	3 years, 126 days	Communist Party
27	Vladas Augustinaitis (1898-1976)	29 July 1950	23 April 1953	2 years, 268 days	Communist Party
28	Vladas Augustinaitis (1898-1976)	1 January 1954	19 April 1956	2 years, 109 days	Communist Party
29	Vytautas Vazalinskas (1910-1984)	10 May 1956	25 March 1962	5 years, 319 days	Communist Party	23rd Cabinet	Motiejus Šumauskas
30	Medardas Grigaliūnas (1925-2014)	7 April 1965	14 April 1967	2 years, 7 days	Communist Party
31	Medardas Grigaliūnas (1925-2014)	14 April 1967	16 January 1981	13 years, 277 days	Communist Party	24th Cabinet	Juozas Maniušis
32	Medardas Grigaliūnas (1925-2014)	16 January 1981	18 January 1985	4 years, 334 days	Communist Party	25th Cabinet	Ringaudas Bronislovas Songaila
33	Juozas Bernatavičius	2 January 1986	30 September 1989	3 years, 271 days	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	358 days	Homeland Union	27th Cabinet	Kazimira Danutė Prunskienė
35	Vytautas Knašys (Born 1937)	10 January 1991	13 January 1991	3 days	Homeland Union	28th Cabinet	Albertas Šimėnas
36	Rimvydas Survila (Born 1939)	13 January 1991	21 July 1992	1 year, 190 days	Homeland Union	29th Cabinet	Gediminas Vagnorius
37	Rimvydas Survila (Born 1939)	21 July 1992	17 December 1992	149 days	Homeland Union	30th Cabinet	Aleksandras Algirdas Abišala
38	Rimantas Karazija (1936-2012)	17 December 1992	31 March 1993	104 days	Independent	31st Cabinet	Bronislovas Lubys
39	Rimantas Karazija (1936-2012)	31 March 1993	26 September 1994	1 year, 179 days	Independent	32nd Cabinet	Adolfas Šleževičius
40	Vytautas Einoris (1930-2019)	26 September 1994	19 March 1996	1 year, 175 days	Democratic Labour Party
41	Vytautas Einoris (1930-2019)	19 March 1996	10 December 1996	266 days	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	2 years, 182 days	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	154 days	Independent	35th Cabinet	Rolandas Paksas
44	Edvardas Makelis (Born 1954)	11 November 1999	9 November 2000	365 days	Independent	36th Cabinet	Andrius Kubilius
45	Kęstutis Kristinaitis (Born 1961)	9 November 2000	12 July 2001	245 days	Independent	37th Cabinet	Rolandas Paksas
46	Kęstutis Kristinaitis (Born 1961)	12 July 2001	21 September 2001	71 days	Independent	38th Cabinet	Algirdas Mykolas Brazauskas
47	Jeronimas Kraujelis (Born 1938)	3 October 2001	14 December 2004	3 years, 72 days	New Union	39th Cabinet	Algirdas Mykolas Brazauskas
48	Kazimira Danutė Prunskienė (Born 1943)	14 December 2004	18 July 2006	1 year, 216 days	Popular Peasant's Union	40th Cabinet	Algirdas Mykolas Brazauskas
49	Kazimira Danutė Prunskienė (Born 1943)	18 July 2006	9 December 2008	2 years, 144 days	Popular Peasant's Union	41st Cabinet	Gediminas Kirkilas
50	Kazimieras Starkevičius (Born 1956)	9 December 2008	13 December 2012	4 years, 4 days	Homeland Union	42nd Cabinet	Andrius Kubilius
51	Vigilijus Jukna (Born 1968)	13 December 2012	11 July 2014	1 year, 210 days	Labour Party	43rd Cabinet	Algirdas Butkevičius
52	Virginija Baltraitienė (Born 1958)	17 July 2014	13 December 2016	2 years, 149 days	Labour Party
53	Bronius Markauskas (Born 1960)	13 December 2016	14 May 2018	1 year, 152 days	Farmers and Greens Union	44th Cabinet	Saulius Skvernelis
54	Giedrius Surplys (Born 1980)	15 May 2018	7 August 2019	1 year, 84 days	Farmers and Greens Union
55	Andrius Palionis (Born 1975)	7 August 2019	11 December 2020	1 year, 126 days	Social Democratic Labour Party
56	Kęstutis Navickas (Born 1970)	11 December 2020	Incumbent	4 years, 53 days	Homeland Union	45th Cabinet	Ingrida Šimonytė

References

1. 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 ^[bare URL PDF]
3. Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Lithuania
4. "Lietuvos Respublikos žemės ūkio ministerija - 1918–1940 m". Ministry of Agriculture of Lithuania (in Lithuanian). Archived from the original on 7 December 2022.