Loreta Graužinienė

Loreta Graužinienė (born 10 January 1963) is a Lithuanian politician, former Speaker of the Seimas[1] and former leader of the Lithuanian Labour party.

Loreta Graužinienė
Speaker of the Seimas
In office
3 October 2013 – 14 November 2016
PresidentDalia Grybauskaitė
Preceded byVydas Gedvilas
Succeeded byViktoras Pranckietis
Personal details
Born10 January 1963
Rokiškis, Lithuanian SSR, Soviet Union
Political partyLabour party
Spouse(s)Julius Graužinis
Childrentwo

Life

Graužinienė was born in Rokiškis in northeastern Lithuania. She studied at Rokiškio Juozas Tumas-Vaižgantas gymnasium. She is married and has two children. Graužinienė has been the member of the Lithuanian parliament, the Seimas since 2004. She is the former leader of the Lithuanian Labour Party[2] and was the speaker of the Seimas between October 2013 and November 2016.[3] She unsuccessfully ran in the 2009 Lithuanian presidential election.

In the Seimas, she has served the Audit Committee, European Affairs Committee, the Labour and Social Affairs Committee and the Budget and Finance Committee.

References
  1. Loreta_Graužinienė, lrs.lt,
  2. The Speaker L.Graužinienė celebrates 51st birthday, Sekunde.lt, retrieved 16 July 2014
  3. http://www3.lrs.lt/pls/inter/w5_show?p_r=8801&p_k=1&p_a=5&p_asm_id=47867&p_kade_id=7


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