The Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of Lithuania () is charged with the oversight of public safety, border protection, migration control, emergency response, public administration and governance, the

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, and local and regional development initiatives. Its operations are authorized by the

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, decrees issued by the

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and

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, and laws passed by the

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(Parliament). The current head of the ministry is

Agnė Bilotaitė Agnė Bilotaitė (born 29 January 1982) is a Lithuanian politician from the Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats group and has been member of the Seimas since 2008. On 7 December 2020, she was approved to be the Minister of the Inter ...

History

The Ministry of the Interior was first was established on 11 November 1918. Its first minister was

Vladas Stašinskas Vladas Stašinskas (10 October 1874 – 11 March 1944) was a Lithuanian attorney, politician, and banker. In the Russian Empire, he was elected to the State Duma from the Kovno Governorate in 1907. In interwar Lithuania, he briefly served as the f ...

. During the

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, many of the functions of the present day Ministry of Social Security and Labour as well as Ministry of Health were under the Ministry of the Interior. The Ministry of the Interior in its current form was restored on 17 March 1990.

Structure

* Migration Department *General Help Center *Department of Civil Protection *

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*Population Register Service *Department of Informatics and Communications *

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* Fire Protection and Rescue Department * Regional Development Department * Investigation Department * Fire Rescue School * Management Security Department * State Border Guard Service * Civil Service Department * Public Security Service

Institutions under the ministry

Lyceum

The General Povilas Plechavicius Cadet Lyceum () is a specialized

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based in

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responsible for the training of young students. It serves under the Ministry of the Interior and

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. The school started its activities as a Young Warrior club in 1994, becoming the “Lūšiukai” school in 2005. In September 2012, the school was reformed from a non-formal educational institution. In 2013, the school was named General

Povilas Plechavičius Povilas Plechavičius (1 February 1890 – 19 December 1973) was a Lithuanian military officer and statesman. His military career began in the Imperial Russian Army as a yunker during World War I. Then, Plechavičius climbed the ranks of the i ...

Cadet School and in 2015 it was named General Povilas Plechavičius Cadet Lyceum. Students from all cities and districts in Lithuania study at the lyceum. Pupils studying in lyceum generally go into higher education (

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and Mykolas Riomeris University), as well as professional military service. In March 2018, the director of the lyceum was dismissed from office for a period of 3 months due to suspicions of abuse of office. In January 2021, Lithuanian military cadets were given a virtual tour of the American 2nd Battalion,

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Wind Orchestra

Representative Wind Orchestra of the Ministry of the Interior () is the only police band in

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. It was first founded in 1935 as the wind orchestra of the Kaunas Police Department, led by Julius Radžiūnas as the first conductor. When Lithuania regained its independence, it was restored and resumed its activities under the direction of Algirdas Kazimieras Radzevičius. In 2008, the band was granted the status of a concert institution.

Ministers

References

Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of Lithuania

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