Juknevičienė, Rasa

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Name: Rasa, Juknevičienė

Years active: 11/16/2012

Party: Homeland Union - Lithuanian Christian Democrat Political Group, Member (from 11/16/2012)




Roles[edit]

  • Member of the Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats
  • Since 2012: Member, Committee on National Security and Defence
  • Since 2012: Member, Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrat Political Group
  • Since 2012: Deputy Chair, Seimas Delegation to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly
  • 2008–2012: Member, Committee on National Security and Defence
  • 2008–2012: Minister of National Defence
  • 2008: Vice-President, NATO Parliamentary Assembly
  • 2004–2008: Member, Committee on National Security and Defence
  • 2004–2008: Member, then Deputy Chair, Commission for NATO Affairs
  • 2004–2008: Chair, then Deputy Chair, Seimas Delegation to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly
  • 2001: Founder and Board Member, Transatlantic Integration Support Group
  • 2001: Member, Committee on National Security and Defence
  • 2001: Member, Deputy Chair, Commission for NATO Affairs
  • 2001: Member, Seimas Delegation to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly
  • Since 1999: Deputy Chair, Homeland Union
  • Since 1999: Member, Presidium and Council of the Homeland Union
  • 1996–2000: Member, Committee on National Security and Defence
  • 1996–2000: Deputy Speaker of the Seimas (from 9 November 1999 to18 October 2000)
  • 1996–2000: Chair, Commission for NATO Affairs (1999–2000)
  • 1996–2000: ubstitute, Seimas Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
  • 1996–2000: Chair, Seimas Delegation to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly
  • 1996–1999: Member, Board of the Homeland Union (Lithuanian Conservatives)
  • 1996: Deputy Chair, Lithuanian Atlantic Treaty Association
  • 1992–1996: Spokesperson for the Seimas Opposition
  • 1992–1996: Desk Officer, Homeland Union (Lithuanian Conservatives) Political Group
  • 1990–1992: Member, Supreme Council – Reconstituent Seimas
  • 1990–1992: Member, Commission for Health Protection and Social Affairs
  • 1990–1992: Member, Commission for Local Authorities
  • Since 1993: Member, Homeland Union (Lithuanian Conservatives)
  • 1988: Member, Council of the Lithuanian Reform Movement Sąjūdis, Pasvalys District; Chair (from 1989)

Education[edit]

  • 1998: Traineeship in the USA
  • 1996: Traineeship in Great Britain
  • 1995: Traineeships in Norway and Germany
  • 1993: Traineeship in France
  • 1977–1983: Kaunas Medical Institute (currently Lithuanian University of Health Sciences), Diploma of Physician
  • 1965–1976: Secondary School No 10 (currently Skaistakalnio Basic School) in Panevėžys

History[edit]

She was born on 26 January 1958 on Tiltagaliai Village, Panevėžys District, Lithuania.

Signatory to the Act of Independence

Title: Honorary Doctor of Political Sciences, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, South Korea

Awards: Cross of Commander of the Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas on the occasion of Lithuania’s accession to the EU (2004); Royal Order of Merit with Commander’s Star of the Kingdom of Norway (1998); Badge for Merits to the Riflemen’s Union (2008); Medal for Merits by the Ministry of National Defence; Badge for personal service to the course of Lithuania’s transatlantic integration awarded on the occasion of Lithuania’s invitation to join NATO (2002); Commemorative Medal “10th Anniversary of Independence of Ukraine” by the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine (2001); Medal for merits to the restoration and establishment of the independent state of Lithuania in 1990–2000 awarded in commemoration of the 10th Anniversary of Lithuania’s Independence (2000)

Publications: press articles, a collection of articles in 2008

Foreign languages: English, Russian

Hobbies: floriculture, reading

Work experience:

  • 1984–1990:Paediatrician, Pasvalys Central Hospital
  • 1983: Panevėžys Central Hospital



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