Virginija Baltraitienė
{{short description|Lithuanian politician}}
Virginija Baltraitienė is a Lithuanian politician and public figure, she was formerly (2014–2016) the Minister of Agriculture in the Butkevičius Cabinet. She is the Vice Mayor of the Kėdainiai district.{{Cite web|url=https://www.respublika.lt/lt/naujienos/kultura/interviu/virginija-baltraitiene-vargu-ar-rastume-politikoje-teisingumo/|title=Virginija Baltraitienė: Vargu ar rastume politikoje teisingumo|date=December 13, 2023|website=Respublika}}
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| name = Virginija Baltraitienė
| image = File:Virginija Baltraitienė.jpg
| order = Minister of Agriculture
| term_start = 17 July 2014
| term_end = 13 December 2016
| predecessor = Vigilijus Jukna
| successor = Bronius Markauskas
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1958|3|4|df=y}}
| birth_place = Želvaičiai, Lithuania
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| party = Labour Party
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| alma_mater = Lietuvos žemės ūkio akademija
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Biography
Baltraitienė was born in Žalvės on March 4, 1958.https://www.vrk.lt/statiniai/puslapiai/rinkimai/2005/seimas/kandidatai/kand_biog_l_315628.htm Her younger brother is the Liberal's Movement politician Eugenijus Gentvilas.{{Cite web|url=http://kauno.diena.lt/naujienos/lietuva/politika/kodel-ministre-v-baltraitiene-voze-kaktusu-e-gentvilui-732811|title=Kodėl ministrė V. Baltraitienė vožė kaktusu E. Gentvilui?|date=February 5, 2016|website=Kauno diena}} She graduated from Baisogalos High School in 1976, before attending the {{ill|Lithuaninan Academy of Agriculture|lt|Vytauto Didžiojo universiteto Žemės ūkio akademija}} where she graduated with a degree in 1981.
Baltraitienė worked in various roles as an economist, becoming the Head of the Economic and Budgetary Division of the Kėdainiai District Municipal Administration in 1997, and the Director of the Kėdainiai District Municipal Administration in 1999. In 2005, Baltraitienė became the Mayor of Kėdainiai District Municipality. From 2014 to 2016, Baltraitienė served as the Labour Party's Minister of Agriculture as part of Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius' cabinet.
From 2017, Baltraitienė served as Head of the General Affairs Division of the National Food and Veterinary Risk Assessment Institute.{{Cite web|url=https://www.delfi.lt/news/daily/lithuania/dar-visai-neseniai-priiminejo-svarbiausius-sprendimus-kur-rado-darba-buve-politikai-75403341|title=Dar visai neseniai priiminėjo svarbiausius sprendimus: kur rado darbą buvę politikai|website=Delfi}}