Ministry of Agriculture (Lithuania)

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Ministry of Agriculture

Žemės ūkio ministerija (in Lithuanian)
Ministry overview
Formed	11 November 1918; 105 years ago (1918-11-11)
Jurisdiction	Government of Lithuania
Headquarters	Gedimino 19, Naujamiestis, 01103 Vilnius
Employees	287 permanent employees (January 2022)[1]
Annual budget	€1.157 billion (2022)[2]
Minister responsible	Kęstutis Navickas, 56th Minister for Agriculture of Lithuania
Website	zum.lrv.lt
Map
54°41′15.6″N 25°16′38.9″E / 54.687667°N 25.277472°E / 54.687667; 25.277472

The Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Lithuania (Lithuanian: Lietuvos Respublikos žemės ūkio ministerija) is a government department of the Republic of Lithuania. Its operations are authorized by the Constitution of the Republic of Lithuania, decrees issued by the President and Prime Minister, and laws passed by the Seimas (Parliament). Its mission is to prosecute state policy realization and coordination in ranges of land, food, fishery, village development, agriculture.^[3] The current head of the Ministry is Kęstutis Navickas.