Rasa Juknevičienė

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Rasa Juknevičienė
Centras-Žaliakalnis)
ConstituencyŽaliakalnis
In office
19 October 2000 – 14 November 2004
ConstituencyMulti-member
In office
25 November 1996 – 18 October 2000
Preceded byFeliksas Kolosauskas
Succeeded byAntanas Baura
ConstituencyAnykščiai - Kupiškis
Personal details
Born (1958-01-26) 26 January 1958 (age 66)
Lithuanian SSR, Soviet Union
Political partyHomeland Union
Spouse(s)Rolandas Rastaustkas (divorced)
Zenonas Juknevičius

Rasa Juknevičienė (

Minister of Defense of Lithuania since 2008 to 2012.[1] She is a member of center right Homeland Union
.

Early life and education

Juknevičienė is a graduate of the Lithuanian University of Health Sciences (LSMU) and worked as a doctor until 1992.

Political career

Career in national politics

With interruptions, Juknevičienė was a member of the Lithuanian Parliament (Seimas) from 1996 until 2019. During her time in parliament, she held positions as Deputy Chair of the Committee on National Security and Defense; and Head of the Seimas Delegation to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly.[2]

Juknevičienė has been member of the Lithuanian delegation to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly since 1999. She was rapporteur of the Sub-Committee on NATO Partnerships from 2007 to 2008. She served as the Assembly's Vice-President from 2016 until 2018, when she became President.

Member of the European Parliament, 2019–present

Since the

Committee on Development. In 2021, she became Vice-Chair of the Group of the European People's Party
in the European Parliament.

In addition to her committee assignments, Juknevičienė is part of the European Parliament Intergroup on Artificial Intelligence and Digital[3] and the MEPs Against Cancer group.[4]

Other activities

References

Seimas
Preceded by
Member of the Seimas for Žaliakalnis

2004–2016
Succeeded by