Zigmantas Balčytis (born 16 November 1953) is a

Lithuania Lithuania, officially the Republic of Lithuania, is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea, bordered by Latvia to the north, Belarus to the east and south, P ...

n politician who briefly served as acting

Prime Minister of Lithuania The prime minister of Lithuania (, , colloquially also referred to as the premier ) is the head of government of Lithuania. The prime minister is appointed by the President of Lithuania, president with the assent of the Lithuanian parliament, th ...

in 2006. He took office on 1 June 2006 following the resignation of

Algirdas Brazauskas Algirdas Mykolas Brazauskas (, 1932 – 2010) was a Lithuanian politician who served as the fourth president of Lithuania from 1993 to 1998. He also served as the prime minister of Lithuania from 2001 to 2006. Brazauskas was the first democr ...

, but failed to be approved by the Parliament to become prime minister. He was succeeded on 4 July by

Gediminas Kirkilas Gediminas Kirkilas (; 30 August 1951 – 20 April 2024) was a Lithuanian politician who was Prime Minister of Lithuania from 2006 to 2008. Life and career Kirkilas was born in Vilnius in 1951. After returning from mandatory military service, ...

. Balčytis was a member of the

Social Democratic Party of Lithuania The Social Democratic Party of Lithuania (, LSDP) is a centre-left and social democratic political party in Lithuania. Founded as an underground Marxist organisation in 1896, it is the oldest extant party in Lithuania. During the time of the ...

(LSDP) until 2021 and was

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in the Brazauskas government from 2005 to 2007. On 19 October 2021, Balčytis left the LSDP and joined the newly formed party

Union of Democrats "For Lithuania" The Union of Democrats "For Lithuania" (; DSVL) is a centre-left and green Lithuanian political party founded on 29 January 2022 by Saulius Skvernelis, former Prime Minister of Lithuania. The party is moderately socially conservative. Most of th ...

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. , - 1953 births Living people People from Šilutė District Municipality Lithuanian communists MEPs for Lithuania 2009–2014 Ministers of finance of Lithuania Ministers of transport and communications of Lithuania Prime ministers of Lithuania Social Democratic Party of Lithuania MEPs Social Democratic Party of Lithuania politicians Academic staff of Vilnius Gediminas Technical University MEPs for Lithuania 2014–2019 Politicians from Vilnius Members of the Seimas {{Lithuania-MEP-stub