Rimantė Šalaševičiūtė
{{short description|Lithuanian politician}}
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| caption = Rimantė Šalaševičiūtė in 2011
| name = Rimantė Šalaševičiūtė
| order = Member of the Seimas
| constituency = Multi-member
| term_start = 17 November 2012
| term_end =
| order1 = Minister of Health of Lithuania
| president1 = Dalia Grybauskaitė
| primeminister1 = Algirdas Butkevičius
| term_start1 = 17 July 2014
| term_end1 = 17 February 2016
| predecessor1 = Vytenis Andriukaitis
| successor1 = Juras Požela
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1954|2|25|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Varniai, Lithuanian SSR
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| party = LSDP {{small|(2012–2017)}}
| otherparty = LDDP {{small|(1990–2001)}}
Communist Party {{small|(1986–1990)}}
| alma_mater = Vilnius University
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Rimantė Šalaševičiūtė (born 25 February 1954 in Varniai, Soviet Union) is a Lithuanian politician and lawyer, ombudsman, and political and public figure.
Biography
From 1971 to 1976, Šalaševičiūtė studied at the Vilnius University Faculty of Law. She taught at many different universities before becoming a politician.
From 1990 to 1995, she was the Vilnius City Council Secretariat Secretary-consultant. From 1995 to 2003, she was a Seimas ombudsman advisor, and from 2003 to 2005, she was a Seimas Ombudsman herself.{{cite web|url=http://www3.lrs.lt/pls/inter3/dokpaieska.showdoc_l?p_id=204728 |title=Lietuvos Respublikos Seimas - Dokumento tekstas |website=Lrs.lt |date= |accessdate=2016-03-03}}{{cite web |url=http://www.lrski.lt/lt/seimo-kontrolieriu-veikla/trumpa-istaigos-istorija.html |title=Trumpa įstaigos istorija - Lietuvos Seimo kontrolierių įstaiga |website=Lrski.lt |date= |accessdate=2016-03-03 |archive-date=6 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306082329/http://www.lrski.lt/lt/seimo-kontrolieriu-veikla/trumpa-istaigos-istorija.html |url-status=dead}} She was also a Lithuanian national UNICEF board member. She was a member of the Seimas from 2012 to 2016, and, from 2014 to 2016, in the government of Algirdas Butkevičius, the Minister of Health of Lithuania.{{cite web|author= |url=http://www3.lrs.lt/pls/inter/w5_show?p_r=8967&p_k=1&p_a=5&p_asm_id=51970&p_kade_id=7 |title=Rimantė ŠALAŠEVIČIŪTĖ |website=Lrs.lt |date= |accessdate=2016-03-03}}{{cite web|url=http://www3.lrs.lt/pls/inter3/dokpaieska.showdoc_l?p_id=478145 |title=Lietuvos Respublikos Seimas - Dokumento tekstas |website=Lrs.lt |date=2014-07-16 |accessdate=2016-03-03}} From 2001 onward, she is a member of the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party.{{cite web |url=http://www.2013.vrk.lt/rinkimai/426_lt/Kandidatai/Kandidatas70649/Kandidato70649Anketa.html |title=2014 m. gegužės 25 d. rinkimai į Europos Parlamentą - Lietuvos Respublikos vyriausioji rinkimų komisija |website=2013.vrk.lt |date= |accessdate=2016-03-03 |archive-date=12 May 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160512175827/http://www.2013.vrk.lt/rinkimai/426_lt/Kandidatai/Kandidatas70649/Kandidato70649Anketa.html |url-status=dead}} In February 2016, however, she stepped down from both the Seimas and as the Minister of Health after she publicly admitted to giving a bribe to a doctor.{{cite web|url=http://skrastas.lt/?rub=1065924812&id=1454086851 |title=Sveikatos apsaugos ministrę klampina kyšiai |website=Skrastas.lt |date= |accessdate=2016-03-03}}
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