Milda Vainiutė
{{Short description|Lithuanian legal scholar and politician (1962–2024)}}
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Milda Vainiutė (20 December 1962 – 13 September 2024) was a Lithuanian legal scholar and politician.
Life and career
Vainiutė was a professor at Mykolas Romeris University and legal adviser of Valdas Adamkus, President of Lithuania. Vainiutė was a specialist in constitutional law. She graduated in law from Vilnius University.
From December 2016 to March 2018 Milda Vainiutė was Minister of Justice of Lithuania in Skvernelis Cabinet.{{cite web|url=http://en.delfi.lt/lithuania/politics/lithuanias-17th-government-takes-oath.d?id=73161466|title= Lithuania's 17th Government takes oath|publisher=Delfi|date=14 December 2016|accessdate=15 December 2016 |language=}}{{cite web|url=http://vz.lt/verslo-aplinka/2016/12/07/ketvirtoji-kandidate-i-teisingumo-ministrus--milda-vainiute|title=Ketvirtoji kandidatė į teisingumo ministrus – Milda Vainiutė|author=Gudavičius, Stasys |publisher=Verslo žinios|date=7 December 2016|accessdate=15 December 2016 |language=Lithuanian}}
Vainiutė died on 13 September 2024, at the age of 61.{{cite web|url=https://www.vle.lt/straipsnis/milda-vainiute/|title=Milda Vainiutė|work=Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija|language=Lithuanian}}
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Category:Ministers of justice of Lithuania
Category:Vilnius University alumni
Category:Academic staff of Mykolas Romeris University
Category:Lithuanian scholars of constitutional law
Category:Women government ministers of Lithuania
Category:21st-century Lithuanian politicians
Category:Female justice ministers
Category:21st-century Lithuanian women politicians
Category:Lithuanian women academics
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