Ministry of Energy (Lithuania)

Ministry of Energy

Energetikos ministerija (in Lithuanian)
Ministry overview
Formed	17 January 1990; 34 years ago (1990-01-17)
Jurisdiction	Government of Lithuania
Headquarters	Gedimino 38, Senamiestis, 01104 Vilnius
Employees	90 permanent employees (January 2021)[1]
Annual budget	€0.310 billion (2021)[2]
Minister responsible	Dainius Kreivys, 13th Minister for Energy of Lithuania
Website	enmin.lrv.lt
Map
54°41′17.5″N 25°16′20.5″E

The Ministry of Energy of the Republic of Lithuania (Lithuanian: Lietuvos Respublikos energetikos ministerija) is a government department of the Republic of Lithuania. Its operations are authorized by the Constitution of the Republic of Lithuania, decrees issued by the President and Prime Minister, and laws passed by the Seimas (Parliament). Its mission is to prosecute Lithuanian government policy in fuel, electricity, thermo-energy production and supply for Lithuania's economy.^[3] The current head of the Ministry is Dainius Kreivys.

History

The Ministry of Energy was initially established on 17 January 1990 and its first minister was Leonas Vaidotas Ašmantas. In 1997 it was merged into the Ministry of Economy, but on 27 January 2009 it was restored as a separate ministry.^[4]

Ministers

  Homeland Union   Independent

Ministry of Energy
Term	Minister	Party	Cabinet	Office
				Start date	End date	Time in office
1	Leonas Ašmantas (born 1939)	Independent	Prunskienė	17 January 1990	10 January 1991	358 days
2	Leonas Ašmantas (born 1939)	Independent	Šimėnas	10 January 1991	13 January 1991	3 days
3	Leonas Ašmantas (born 1939)	Independent	Vagnorius	13 January 1991	21 July 1992	1 year, 190 days
4	Leonas Ašmantas (born 1939)	Independent	Abišala	21 July 1992	17 December 1992	149 days
5	Leonas Ašmantas (born 1939)	Independent	Lubys	17 December 1992	31 March 1993	104 days
6	Leonas Ašmantas (born 1944)	Independent	Šleževičius	31 March 1993	15 May 1995	2 years, 45 days
7	Arvydas Leščinskas (born 1946)	Independent		15 May 1995	19 March 1996	309 days
8	Saulius Kutas (born 1935)	Independent	Stankevičius	19 March 1996	10 December 1996	266 days
Part of Ministry of Economy from 10 December 1996 to 9 December 2008
Ministry of Energy
Term	Minister	Party	Cabinet	Office
				Start date	End date	Time in office
9	Arvydas Sekmokas (born 1967)	Independent	Kubilius	9 December 2008	13 December 2012	4 years, 4 days
10	Jaroslav Neverovič (born 1976)	Independent	Butkevičius	13 December 2012	25 August 2014	1 year, 255 days
11	Rokas Masiulis (born 1969)	Independent		25 September 2014	13 December 2016	2 years, 79 days
12	Žygimantas Vaičiūnas (born 1975)	Independent	Skvernelis	13 December 2016	11 December 2020	3 years, 364 days
13	Dainius Kreivys (born 1970)	Homeland Union	Šimonytė	11 December 2020	Incumbent	4 years, 23 days

References

1. Lietuvos Respublikos energetikos ministerija employees (insured) on January 5th, 2021
2. Lithuanian budget for 2021
3. Ministry of Energy of the Republic of Lithuania
4. "Istorija". Ministry of Energy. Retrieved 9 July 2023.