JukneviÄienÄ—, Rasa
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
