Rasa Budbergytė
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{{short description|Lithuanian politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Rasa Budbergytė
| image = Rasa Budbergytė 2016 (cropped).jpg
| order = Member of the Seimas
| constituency = Multi-member
| term_start = 14 November 2016
| term_end =
| office2 = Minister of Finance of Lithuania
| primeminister2 = Algirdas Butkevičius
| term_start2 = 20 June 2016
| term_end2 = 13 December 2016
| predecessor2 = Rimantas Šadžius
| successor2 = Vilius Šapoka
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1960|10|8|df=y}}
| birth_place = Vilnius, Lithuanian SSR, Soviet Union
| death_date =
| death_place =
| party = Social Democratic Party
| website = [http://www.sadzius.lt Official website]
| office1 = Deputy Speaker of the Seimas
| termstart1 = 14 November 2024
| predecessor1 = Žygimantas Pavilionis
}}
Rasa Budbergytė (born 8 May 1960) is a Lithuanian politician and a member of the Seimas. She previously served as state's Auditor General, member at European Court of Auditors and Minister of Finance.{{Cite web|url=http://finmin.lrv.lt/en/about-the-ministry/history/after-restoration-of-independence|title=After Restoration of Independence|website=finmin.lrv.lt}}
Early life
Budbergytė was born on 8 May 1960 in Plungė. She went to secondary schools in Plungė and Prienai before enrolling Faculty of Law at Vilnius University.{{cite web|title=Rasa Budbergytė|url=http://www.lrs.lt/sip/portal.show?p_r=8801&p_k=2&p_a=498&p_asm_id=7363&pt=sn:3#sn|publisher=Seimas|accessdate=30 November 2017}}
Career
During 1983–85, Budbergytė led the general affairs division of Marijampolė City Council. In September 1998, she was made the Vice-Minister of Justice, a post she retained till December 2000. She has also served as a legal adviser to the Ministry of International Economic Relations (1992–93) and Auditor General (2010–2010). She was an assistant professor at the Vilnius University from 1997 to 2005.
In 2016, she was briefly appointed to be the Minister of Finance of Lithuania, since the previous minister, Rimantas Šadžius replaced her at European Court of Auditors .{{cite web|title=Rasa Budbergytė, new Governor for Lithuania|url=http://www.eib.org/infocentre/press/news/all/rasa-budbergyte-new-governor-for-the-lithuania.htm|publisher=European Investment Bank|accessdate=30 November 2017}} She was a minister till new election. In 2016 Lithuanian parliamentary election she won a Seimas seat with Social Democratic Party of Lithuania. Currently she is the deputy chair of the Committee on European Affairs.
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Category:21st-century Lithuanian women politicians
Category:21st-century Lithuanian politicians
Category:European Court of Auditors people
Category:Members of the Seimas
Category:Vilnius University alumni
Category:Ministers of finance of Lithuania