Saulius Skvernelis | |
|---|---|
 Official portrait, 2024 | |
| Speaker of the Seimas | |
| Assumed office 14 November 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen |
| Chairman of Union of Democrats "For Lithuania" | |
| Assumed office 29 January 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| 16th Prime Minister of Lithuania | |
| In office 13 December 2016 – 11 December 2020 | |
| President | Dalia Grybauskaitė Gitanas Nausėda |
| Preceded by | Algirdas Butkevičius |
| Succeeded by | Ingrida Šimonytė |
| Member of the Seimas | |
| Assumed office 13 November 2020 | |
| Constituency | Multi-member |
| In office 14 November 2016 – 12 November 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Linas Balsys |
| Succeeded by | Radvilė Morkūnaitė-Mikulėnienė |
| Constituency | Karoliniškės |
| Minister of the Interior | |
| In office 11 November 2014 – 13 April 2016 | |
| Prime Minister | Algirdas Butkevičius |
| Preceded by | Dailis Alfonsas Barakauskas |
| Succeeded by | Tomas Žilinskas |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 23 July 1970[1] Kaunas, Lithuania |
| Political party | DSVL (2022–present) |
| Other political affiliations | Order and Justice (2014–2016) LVŽS (2016–2022) |
| Spouse | Silvija Skvernelė |
| Children | 2 |
| Education | Vilnius Gediminas Technical University |
Saulius Skvernelis (born 23 July 1970) is a Lithuanian politician who served as prime minister of Lithuania between 2016 and 2020. He had previously served as police commissioner, and was Minister of the Interior from 2014 to 2016. Though he was an independent politician, he was backed by the Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union and was a member of its parliamentary group until 2022, as a result of which he became the first head of government in European history primarily backed by a green party (a green conservative party).
In 2022, he formed his own political party, the Union of Democrats "For Lithuania", and he is currently a member of the Seimas, as well as his party's chairman.
He is the Speaker of the Seimas since 14 November 2024.
- ^ "Prime Minister: Mr. Saulius Skvernelis". ministraspirmininkas.lrv.lt (in Lithuanian). Government of the Republic of Lithuania. Retrieved 19 July 2020.