Skvernelis Cabinet

Skvernelis Cabinet is the 17th cabinet of Lithuania since 1990. It consists of the Prime Minister, who is the Head of Government, and 14 government ministers from the Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union, Social Democratic Labour Party of Lithuania, Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania – Christian Families Alliance.

Skvernelis Cabinet
2016–2020
Date formedDecember 13, 2016 (2016-12-13)
People and organisations
Head of stateDalia Grybauskaitė (2016–2019)
Gitanas Nausėda (from 2019)
Head of governmentSaulius Skvernelis
Member partiesLithuanian Farmers and Greens Union, Social Democratic Party of Lithuania (2016–2017)

Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union, Social Democratic Labour Political group (2017–2018)

Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union, Social Democratic Labour Party of Lithuania (2018–2019)

Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union, Social Democratic Labour Party of Lithuania, Electoral Action of Poles, Order and Justice (2019)

Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union, Social Democratic Labour Party of Lithuania, Electoral Action of Poles (from 2019)
Status in legislature (2016–2017 and 2019)
Minority (2017–2019 and from 2019) supported by the Order and Justice (2018–2019); political group "For the Welfare of Lithuania" (2019–2020); Christian Union (2020)
Opposition partiesHomeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats, Liberal Movement, Order and Justice (2016–2017)

Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats, Liberal Movement, Order and Justice, Social Democratic Party of Lithuania (2017–2018)

Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats, Liberal Movement, Social Democratic Party of Lithuania (from 2018)
Opposition leaderViktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen (2019)[1], Julius Sabatauskas (2019–2020)[2], Gabrielius Landsbergis (from 2020)[3]
History
Legislature term(s)Twelfth Seimas
PredecessorButkevičius Cabinet

History

After the parliamentary elections in 2016, President Dalia Grybauskaitė appointed Saulius Skvernelis, an independent politician who had led the electoral list of Peasants and Greens Union, as the Prime Minister on 22 November 2016. The cabinet received its mandate on 13 December 2016.[4]

On April 22, 2017, the Social Democratic Party of Lithuania elected its new chairman, Gintautas Paluckas. After his election, Gintautas Paluckas stated that he will seek to change coalition agreement made in winter of 2016.[5] By the summer of 2017 the Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union and the Social Democratic Party of Lithuania disagreements on various issues (most notably on public forest enterprises) became more pronounced. In July, 2017 the Social Democratic Party of Lithuania announced that it will conduct districts branches' opinion polling, which final results came on September 23, 2017.[6]

Majority of the Social Democratic Party of Lithuania district's branches voted for withdrawal from coalition, but majority of party's political group members in Seimas (10 members of 17) disagreed with this decision. In return, majority of the party's political group (12 members of 17 in political group) formed political groups' coalition with the Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union.[7] As new coalition lacked members (only 69 members of the parliament were in this coalition), from October 2017 government became minority one.

By the end of 2017, 12 members of 17, which belonged to the Social Democratic Party of Lithuania political group, formed Social Democratic Labour political group. On March 24, 2018 this political group became part of new Social Democratic Labour Party of Lithuania. On April 24, 2018, this party and the Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union formed an official coalition.[8]

By the summer of 2018, negotiations started between Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union, Social Democratic Labour Party of Lithuania and the Order and Justice considering possible cooperation between them. On September 11, 2018, those parties signed a confidence and supply agreement. On May 29, 2019, Social Democratic Labour Party of Lithuania and Order and Justice chairmen Gediminas Kirkilas and Remigijus Žemaitaitis announced to public that talks about expanded coalition between these parties and Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union has started.[9] On June 7, 2019, Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania – Christian Families Alliance council agreed that party should join these talks,[10] which were concluded on July 5, 2019.[11]

New coalition lasted just for two months as the Order and Justice political group dissolved itself on September 10, 2019, when majority of the Order and Justice political group's members founded new political group called "For the Welfare of Lithuania" (which by itself existed up until mid-January 2020).[12] On September 19, 2019, this political group signed a confidence and supply agreement with coalition's parties. On October 23, 2019, the Order and Justice had been expelled from coalition.[13]

On May 7, 2020, Christian Union (consisting of 2 former members of Homeland Union) expressed their support to the government[14].

Cabinet
Position Name Party Time
From To
Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis Independent December 13, 2016
Education, Science and Sports Jurgita Petrauskienė Independent December 13, 2016 December 7, 2018
Algirdas Monkevičius Independent January 15, 2019
Energy Žygimantas Vaičiūnas Independent December 13, 2016
Finance Vilius Šapoka Independent December 13, 2016
Economy and Innovations Mindaugas Sinkevičius LSDP December 13, 2016 October 13, 2017
Virginijus Sinkevičius LVŽS November 28, 2017 November 30, 2019
Rimantas Sinkevičius LSDDP June 30, 2020
Transport and Communications Rokas Masiulis Independent December 13, 2016 August 7, 2019
Jaroslav Narkevič LLRA-KSS August 7, 2019
Culture Liana Ruokytė-Jonsson Independent December 13, 2016 December 21, 2018
Mindaugas Kvietkauskas Independent January 11, 2019
Defence Raimundas Karoblis Independent December 13, 2016
Social Security and Labour Linas Kukuraitis Independent December 13, 2016
Agriculture Bronius Markauskas LVŽS December 13, 2016 May 14, 2018
Giedrius Surplys LVŽS May 15, 2018 August 7, 2019
Andrius Palionis LSDDP August 7, 2019
Interior Eimutis Misiūnas Independent December 13, 2016 August 7, 2019
Rita Tamasuniene LLRA-KSS August 7, 2019
Foreign Affairs Linas Antanas Linkevičius LSDP December 13, 2016
Independent
Justice Milda Vainiutė Independent December 13, 2016 March 6, 2018
Elvinas Jankevičius Independent May 15, 2018
Environment Kęstutis Navickas Independent December 13, 2016 December 7, 2018
Kęstutis Mažeika LVŽS April 4, 2019
Health Aurelijus Veryga Independent December 13, 2016

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