Aurelijus Veryga

{{Short description|Lithuanian politician (born 1976)}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Aurelijus Veryga

| image = 1718797618390 20240618 VERYGA Aurelijus LT 006.jpg

| caption = Aurelijus Veryga in 2024

| office = Member of the European Parliament
for Lithuania

| constituency =

| term_start = 16 July 2024

| term_end =

| office1 = Minister of Health of Lithuania

| primeminister1 = Saulius Skvernelis

| term_start1 = 13 December 2016

| term_end1 = 11 December 2020

| predecessor1 = Juras Požela

| successor1 = Arūnas Dulkys

| office2 = Member of the Seimas

| constituency2 = Multi-member

| term_start2 = 13 November 2020

| term_end2 = 15 July 2024

| successor2 = Jekaterina Rojaka

| constituency3 = Panemunė

| term_start3 = 14 November 2016

| term_end3 = 12 November 2020

| predecessor3 = Vida Marija Čigriejienė

| successor3 = Gintarė Skaistė

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1976|8|8}}

| birth_place = Užventis, Lithuania

| death_date =

| death_place =

| party = Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union

| education = Lithuanian University of Health Sciences

}}

Aurelijus Veryga (born 8 August 1976) {{Cite web|title=Aurelijus Veryga|url=https://sam.lrv.lt/lt/struktura-ir-kontaktai/vadovybe/sveikatos-apsaugos-ministras|url-status=live|access-date=15 September 2020|website=Ministry of Health of The Republic of Lithuania|language=lt|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161218224851/http://sam.lrv.lt:80/lt/struktura-ir-kontaktai/vadovybe/sveikatos-apsaugos-ministras |archive-date=2016-12-18 }} is a Lithuanian politician who served as Minister of Health in the Skvernelis Cabinet led by Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis from 13 December 2016 to 11 December 2020.{{Cite news|date=14 December 2016|title=Lithuania's 17th Government takes oath|work=Delfi.en|url=https://en.delfi.lt/politics/lithuanias-17th-government-takes-oath.d?id=73161466|url-status=live|access-date=13 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200913162231/https://en.delfi.lt/politics/lithuanias-17th-government-takes-oath.d?id=73161466|archive-date=13 September 2020}} He was elected to the European Parliament in the 2024 European Parliament election and belongs to the European Conservatives and Reformists Group.{{cite web |title=Aurelijus VERYGA |url=https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/256811/AURELIJUS_VERYGA/history/10#detailedcardmep |website=European Parliament}}

In addition to his political work, Veryga serves on the Advisory Council on Innovation for Noncommunicable Diseases at the World Health Organization’s Regional Office for Europe, chaired by Hans Kluge.[https://www.who.int/europe/groups/who-regional-director-for-europe-s-advisory-council-on-innovation-for-noncommunicable-diseases/members-of-the-ncd-advisory-council Members of the NCD Advisory Council] World Health Organization.

Veryga was elected chairman of the Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union in 2025, after the resignation of longtime leader Ramūnas Karbauskis.{{cite web |last1=Perminas |first1=Paulius |title=Veryga tapo naujuoju LVŽS pirmininku |url=https://www.lrt.lt/naujienos/lietuvoje/2/2501240/veryga-tapo-naujuoju-lvzs-pirmininku |website=LRT |language=lt |date=1 March 2025}}