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Lithuanian politician (born 1958)
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Rasa JuknevičienėMEP
Juknevičienė in 2018
Member of the European Parliament
Incumbent
Assumed office
2 July 2019
ConstituencyLithuania
President of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly
In office
24 March 2018 – 19 November 2018
Preceded byPaolo Alli
Succeeded byMadeleine Moon
Vice President of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly
In office
21 November 2016 – 24 March 2018
Minister of National Defence
In office
9 December 2008 – 13 December 2012
PresidentValdas Adamkus
Dalia Grybauskaitė
Prime MinisterAndrius Kubilius
Preceded byJuozas Olekas
Succeeded byJuozas Olekas
Deputy Speaker of the Seimas
In office
9 November 1999 – 18 October 2000
Member of the Seimas
In office
14 November 2016 – 1 July 2019
Succeeded byAistė Gedvilienė
ConstituencyMulti-member
In office
15 November 2004 – 14 November 2016
Preceded byHenrikas Žukauskas
Succeeded byPost abolished
Gabrielius Landsbergis (Centras-Žaliakalnis)
ConstituencyŽaliakalnis
In office
19 October 2000 – 14 November 2004
ConstituencyMulti-member
In office
25 November 1996 – 18 October 2000
Preceded byFeliksas Kolosauskas
Succeeded byAntanas Baura
ConstituencyAnykščiai - Kupiškis
Personal details
Born (1958-01-26) 26 January 1958 (age 66)
Tiltagaliai, Lithuanian SSR, Soviet Union
Political partyHomeland Union
Spouse(s)Rolandas Rastaustkas (divorced)
Zenonas Juknevičius

Rasa Juknevičienė (née Urbonaitė, born 26 January 1958) is a Lithuanian politician and paediatrician, who has been serving as a Member of the European Parliament since 2019. She served as Minister of Defense of Lithuania since 2008 to 2012. She is a member of center right Homeland Union.

Early life and education

Juknevičienė is a graduate of the Lithuanian University of Health Sciences (LSMU) and worked as a doctor until 1992.

Political career

Career in national politics

With interruptions, Juknevičienė was a member of the Lithuanian Parliament (Seimas) from 1996 until 2019. During her time in parliament, she held positions as Deputy Chair of the Committee on National Security and Defense; and Head of the Seimas Delegation to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly.

Juknevičienė has been member of the Lithuanian delegation to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly since 1999. She was rapporteur of the Sub-Committee on NATO Partnerships from 2007 to 2008. She served as the Assembly's Vice-President from 2016 until 2018, when she became President.

Member of the European Parliament, 2019–present

Since the 2019 European Parliament election, Juknevičienė has been serving on the Parliament's Committee on Development. In 2021, she became Vice-Chair of the Group of the European People's Party in the European Parliament.

In addition to her committee assignments, Juknevičienė is part of the European Parliament Intergroup on Artificial Intelligence and Digital and the MEPs Against Cancer group.

In 2024, Juknevičienė was awarded the Order of Friendship by the Chechen government in exile for her support for Chechnya.

Other activities

References

  1. Doreen Carvajal (December 28, 2010), French Deal to Sell Ships to Russians Is Criticized New York Times.
  2. Mikhail Klikushin (July 6, 2017), Ex-Lithuanian Defense Minister Under Fire for Racist Remarks in Washington The Observer.
  3. Intergroup on Artificial Intelligence and Digital European Parliament.
  4. MAC MEPs in the 2019-24 legislature MEPs Against Cancer.
  5. "Постановление Кабинета министров ЧРИ №83". thechechenpress.com. Retrieved 2024-12-12.
  6. Members European Council on Foreign Relations.
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Preceded byHenrikas Žukauskas Member of the Seimas for Žaliakalnis
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