Gintautas Paluckas

Gintautas Paluckas
Official portrait, 2024
Prime Minister of Lithuania
Assuming office
TBD
PresidentGitanas Nausėda
SucceedingIngrida Šimonytė
Member of the Seimas
Assumed office
13 November 2020
ConstituencyMulti-member
Chair of the Social Democratic Party
In office
6 May 2017 – 22 January 2021
Preceded byAlgirdas Butkevičius
Succeeded byVilija Blinkevičiūtė
Deputy Mayor of Vilnius
In office
22 April 2015 – 24 April 2019
MayorRemigijus Šimašius
Preceded byJonas Pinskus
Succeeded byVytautas Mitalas
Personal details
Born (1979-08-19) 19 August 1979 (age 45)
Panevėžys, Lithuania, Soviet Union
Political partySocial Democratic (2003–present)
SpouseIlma Paluckė
Children2
EducationJuozas Balčikonis Gymnasium
Alma materVilnius University

Gintautas Paluckas (Lithuanian pronunciation: [ˈɡʲɪntˠɐʊtˠɐs pˠɐˈlˠʊtskɐs]; born 19 August 1979) is a Lithuanian politician. In November 2024, he was elected the 18th prime minister of Lithuania, succeeding Ingrida Šimonytė. Paluckas was Deputy Mayor of Vilnius from 2015 to 2019, and the leader of the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party (LSDP) from 2017 to 2021. Paluckas led his party in the 2020 parliamentary election and won a seat in the Seimas. In 2024, as the Deputy Leader of the party, Paluckas participated in the Lithuanian parliamentary election, which was won by the LSDP. As a result, he was nominated as a candidate for the position of Prime Minister of Lithuania.[1][2]

  1. ^ Körömi, Csongor (29 October 2024). "On Sunday, she won Lithuania's election. Now, she's not sure she wants the job". POLITICO.
  2. ^ "Gintautas Paluckas patvirtintas būsimos Vyriausybės premjeru" [Gintautas Paluckas confirmed as Prime Minister of the future Government]. infa.lt (in Lithuanian). 21 November 2024. Retrieved 24 November 2024.