2013-01-29 11:39

Rita Grumadaite appointed as adviser to Lithuanian prime minister

Rita Grumadaitė, formerly a spokeswoman to ex-president Valdas Adamkus and former education minister Gintaras Steponavičius, has been appointed as adviser to Lithuania's Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius.
Rita Grumadaitė
Rita Grumadaitė / Andriaus Ufarto/BFL nuotr.

"Grumadaitė will give advise on domestic policy and public relations," the prime minister's spokeswoman Evelina Butkutė-Lazdauskienė told BNS.

Grumadaitė graduated from Vilnius University with a degree in journalism in 1980. From 2004, she worked as presidential adviser and headed his press service. In 2001-2004, she was the defense minister's spokeswoman and adviser. Grumadaitė has worked at ELTA news agency and Lietuvos Rytas daily.

From autumn 2009, she was Steponavičius' adviser.

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