Juozas Bernatonis

Juozas Bernatonis
Juozas Bernatonis; MP
Minister of Justice
	In office; 13 December 2012 – 13 December 2016
Prime Minister	Algirdas Butkevičius
Preceded by	Remigijus Šimašius
Succeeded by	Milda Vainiutė
Minister of the Interior
	In office; 2001–2003
Prime Minister	Algirdas Brazauskas
Preceded by	Vytautas Markevičius
Succeeded by	Virgilijus Vladislovas Bulovas
Personal details
Born	8 September 1953; Kaunas, Lithuanian SSR, Soviet Union
Political party	Social Democratic Party (1990-2017) ; Independent (2017-present)

Juozas Bernatonis (born 8 September 1953 in Kaunas) is a Lithuanian jurist and politician, Minister of Justice and member of Seimas (1992-2004).

Education

In 1976 graduated from Kaunas Polytechnic Institute, Faculty of Chemical Technology. In 1990 graduated from a postgraduate programme in philosophy in Prague and defended his doctor’s thesis. In 2002 graduated from Vilnius University and was awarded a master's degree in Law.

From 1992 to 2004 – member of the Seimas. From 2001 to 2003 – Minister of the Interior of the Government led by Prime Minister Algirdas Brazauskas. From 2006 to 2012 – Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Lithuania to the Estonia. From 13 December 2012 is he the Minister of Justice of the 16th Government from Algirdas Butkevičius.

From 1990 – member, Vice-Chairman of the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party.

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