Lithuanian president approves two new ministers

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė signed a decree on Wednesday appointing Algimanta Pabedinskienė of the Labor Party as the minister of social security and labor and Dainius Pavalkis as the minister of education and science.

Algimanta Pabedinskienė / Irmanto Gelūno / BNS nuotr.

The president's adviser Daiva Ulbinaitė confirmed it to BNS.

Pavalkis, 52, is rector of the Lithuanian University of Health Sciences. Pabedinskienė, 47, is a lecturer at Marijampolė College and an administrator at Marijampolė division of Kaunas Chamber of Commerce, Industry, and Crafts.

Lithuania's new center-left Cabinet led by Social Democrat Algirdas Butkevičius will receive powers on Thursday after the Seimas approves its program and ministers are sworn in.

Irmanto Gelūno/15min.lt nuotr./Dainius Pavalkis

Lithuanian president approves two new ministers

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