Rima Baškienė
First Deputy Speaker of the Seimas
In office
15 November 2016  13 November 2020
Preceded byVydas Gedvilas
Succeeded byJurgis Razma
Member of the Seimas
Assumed office
15 November 2004
Preceded byRamūnas Karbauskis (Šiauliai countryside)
Constituency created (Kuršėnai - Dainai)
Constituency created (Šiauliai region)
ConstituencyŠiauliai countryside (2004-2016)
Kuršėnai - Dainai (2016-2020)
Šiauliai region (2020-)
Vice Chairwoman of the Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union
In office
1996–2019
Vice Mayor of Šiauliai District
In office
2000–2004
Personal details
Born (1960-10-25) 25 October 1960
Kentriai, Lithuania
Political partyLithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (1996-2021)
Independent (2021-2022)
Union of Democrats "For Lithuania" (2022—present)
SpouseRaimondas Baškys
Children2
Alma materKaunas University of Technology

Rima Baškienė (born 25 October 1960) is a Lithuanian politician, a Member of the Seimas since 2004 and, since November 2016, First Deputy Speaker of the Seimas.[1][2] Also she is a former Vice Mayor of Šiauliai District. Baškienė also was the Vice Chairwoman of the Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union.

In 2021, Baškienė left that party and in the beginning of 2022 she has joined the newly formed Union of Democrats "For Lithuania", founded by former prime minister Saulius Skvernelis, the former leader of election list of the Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union.[3]

References

  1. Bartkutė, Lina (9 November 2016). "Seimo pirmininkas bus V. Pranckietis, o vicepirmininkė – R. Baškienė". Retrieved 8 December 2016.
  2. "Rima BAŠKIENĖ". Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
  3. "Kuriama Demokratų sąjunga "Vardan Lietuvos" jau turi daugiau kaip 2000 steigėjų".


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