Lithuanian politician
Rita Tamašunienė in 2023.
Rita Tamašunienė (née Sadovska ) (born 27 September 1973 in Maišiagala ) is a politician of the Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania and member of the Twelfth Seimas of Lithuania . She served as Minister of the Interior from August 2019 to December 2020.
Early life and education
Born on 27 September 1973 in Maišiagala of Vilnius district municipality , Rita Tamašunienė received her teacher's diploma in 1994 and a bachelor's degree in Education from Lithuanian University of Educational Sciences in 2004. She also holds a Master's Degree in Public Administration from Mykolas Romeris University (2007).[ 1]
Career
Tamašunienė has been a member of the Union of Lithuanian Poles since 1998 and joined the Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania in 2008.[ 1] She has previously taught at a basic school in Karvys and has been the principal of another one in Pikeliškės .[ 2] From 2007–12, she was the deputy director of Administration of Vilnius District Municipality.[ 1]
Following the 2012 Lithuanian parliamentary election , Tamašunienė has been a member of the Seimas , the unicameral parliament of Lithuania. During her first term she was a member of the Committee on Budget and Finance. She was re-elected in 2016 and now presides over the Commission for Ethics and Procedures.[ 1] She is the chairperson of the Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania – Christian Families Alliance Political Group in the Twelfth Seimas .[ 2]
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