Raimondas Šukys (born 27 October 1966 in

Šiauliai Šiauliai (; bat-smg, Šiaulē; german: Schaulen, ) is the fourth largest city in Lithuania, with a population of 107,086. From 1994 to 2010 it was the capital of Šiauliai County. Names Šiauliai is referred to by various names in different ...

) is a Lithuanian lawyer and politician. He served as

Interior Minister An interior minister (sometimes called a minister of internal affairs or minister of home affairs) is a cabinet official position that is responsible for internal affairs, such as public security, civil registration and identification, emergenc ...

from 2006 to 2007, and

Minister of Health A health minister is the member of a country's government typically responsible for protecting and promoting public health and providing welfare and other social security services. Some governments have separate ministers for mental health. Coun ...

from 2010 to 2012.

Early life

Šukys attended military service in the Red Army from 1985 to 1987. In 1992, Šukys graduated from the Law Faculty of Vilnius University, and in 1996 he completed his

doctoral studies A Doctor of Philosophy (PhD, Ph.D., or DPhil; Latin: or ') is the most common degree at the highest academic level awarded following a course of study. PhDs are awarded for programs across the whole breadth of academic fields. Because it is a ...

there.

Career

He worked as a lawyer in the editorial department of the daily ''Šiaulių kraštas'' from 1991 to 1992 and for consulting company Verslo Raktas from 1992 to 1993. From 1992 to 2004, he worked as an assistant in the Department of Civil Law Faculty of Law at

Vilnius University Vilnius University ( lt, Vilniaus universitetas) is a public research university, oldest in the Baltic states and in Northern Europe outside the United Kingdom (or 6th overall following foundations of Oxford, Cambridge, St. Andrews, Glasgow an ...

. He worked as an assistant in the parliamentary group of the

Democratic Labour Party of Lithuania Democratic Labour Party of Lithuania ( lt, Lietuvos demokratinė darbo partija, LDDP) was the renamed Communist Party of Lithuania. It was a political party in Lithuania in the 1990s, which claimed to be social-democratic. The youth organizati ...

, and, from 1994 to 1997, served as an adviser to the Parliamentary Committee of Inquiry. From 1998 to 1999, he served as a legal consultant in the company BNA Grupė, becoming an adviser in 2000. He worked in Civil law at the Department of Law and Legislation Government Offices. In 2000 he was elected to Parliament as a candidate of the

Liberal Union of Lithuania The Liberal Union of Lithuania () was a liberal political party in Lithuania. History The party was founded on the 25th of November, 1990 on a basis of the Vilnius University Liberal Club. Its first leader was Vilnius University philosophy pr ...

. From 2000 to 2001, he chaired the Parliamentary Committee on Law and Legislation, and from 2001 to 2004 served as its vice-chairman. In 2004, he ran for a seat as a deputy candidate of the

Liberal and Centre Union The Liberal and Centre Union ( lt, Liberalų ir centro sąjunga, LiCS) was a conservative-liberal political party in Lithuania active between 2003 and 2014. It was a member of the Liberal International and the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats ...

. From 2004 to 2006, he was deputy chairman of the Committee on Law and Legislation. In 2002 and 2003, he was a councilor in

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. In

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and

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, he worked in the campaign teams for

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in the presidential election. On 12 July 2006, Šukys was appointed Interior Minister in the government of

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. On November 12, 2007, he resigned due to injuries from a car crash caused by a police officer. 4 days later, President

accepted his resignation. Šukys served as minister until 10 December 2007. In the parliamentary elections of 2008, he was again a candidate for deputy from the

party. On 18 November 2008, he was appointed Vice-Chairman of the

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. On 10 March 2010, he was appointed health minister in the government of

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. In 2012 he was not elected to Parliament; his party did not exceed the election threshold. In December of that same year, he ended his tenure in Senior government.

References

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