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Inga Ruginienė
Inga Ruginienė (née Raitelaitytė; born 24 May 1981) is a Lithuanian trade unionist and politician who has served as the 19th prime minister of Lithuania since 25 September 2025. A member of the Social Democratic Party (LSDP), she has also been serving as a Member of the Seimas since 2024 and served as the Minister of Social Security and Labour prior to her appointment as prime minister.
In 2024, Ruginienė joined the LSDP to participate in the parliamentary elections held that year. She was elected to the Seimas in November 2024 and the following month became the Minister of Social Security and Labour in the new LSDP government under Prime Minister Gintautas Paluckas. On 4 August 2025, Paluckas resigned as prime minister following financial scandals and the LSDP nominated Ruginienė for prime minister two days later. Her nomination was subsequently confirmed by the Seimas on 26 August.
Inga Ruginienė was born in Trakai on 24 May 1981. She grew up in Grigiškės, but spent summers during her childhood in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk. Her maternal grandmother lived in Ukraine, while her grandfather was deported to Siberia following World War II. Her grandparents subsequently met in Siberia.
In 1999, she graduated from Šviesa Gymnasium in Grigiškės. In 2005, Ruginienė earned a master's degree in public health from Vilnius University.
Ruginienė worked as a public health specialist at the State Environmental Health Center from 2005 to 2008. Ruginienė worked as Vilnius region director for the company "S Stata" from 2008 to 2010.
Ruginienė served as vice chair of the Lithuanian Federation of Forest and Wood Workers' Trade Unions from 2012 to 2014, and as chair from 2014 to 2018. In 2015, Ruginienė earned a bachelor's degree in forest management from the Kaunas Forestry and Environmental Engineering College.
She also served as chair of the Lithuanian Trade Union Confederation from 2018 to 2024. In 2022, she earned a master's in labor law from Mykolas Romeris University. She served as vice president of the European Trade Union Confederation from 2023 to 2024.
Ruginienė entered electoral politics when she ran in the 2024 Lithuanian parliamentary election. Her name appeared on the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party (LSDP) candidate list, though she was not an official member of any party at the time of the election. Despite finishing in sixth place in the Naujininkai–Rasos single-seat constituency, she secured a seat in the multi-mandate district of the Seimas due to her position in the party list. She became an official member of the LSDP in November 2024, after the election.
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Inga Ruginienė
Inga Ruginienė (née Raitelaitytė; born 24 May 1981) is a Lithuanian trade unionist and politician who has served as the 19th prime minister of Lithuania since 25 September 2025. A member of the Social Democratic Party (LSDP), she has also been serving as a Member of the Seimas since 2024 and served as the Minister of Social Security and Labour prior to her appointment as prime minister.
In 2024, Ruginienė joined the LSDP to participate in the parliamentary elections held that year. She was elected to the Seimas in November 2024 and the following month became the Minister of Social Security and Labour in the new LSDP government under Prime Minister Gintautas Paluckas. On 4 August 2025, Paluckas resigned as prime minister following financial scandals and the LSDP nominated Ruginienė for prime minister two days later. Her nomination was subsequently confirmed by the Seimas on 26 August.
Inga Ruginienė was born in Trakai on 24 May 1981. She grew up in Grigiškės, but spent summers during her childhood in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk. Her maternal grandmother lived in Ukraine, while her grandfather was deported to Siberia following World War II. Her grandparents subsequently met in Siberia.
In 1999, she graduated from Šviesa Gymnasium in Grigiškės. In 2005, Ruginienė earned a master's degree in public health from Vilnius University.
Ruginienė worked as a public health specialist at the State Environmental Health Center from 2005 to 2008. Ruginienė worked as Vilnius region director for the company "S Stata" from 2008 to 2010.
Ruginienė served as vice chair of the Lithuanian Federation of Forest and Wood Workers' Trade Unions from 2012 to 2014, and as chair from 2014 to 2018. In 2015, Ruginienė earned a bachelor's degree in forest management from the Kaunas Forestry and Environmental Engineering College.
She also served as chair of the Lithuanian Trade Union Confederation from 2018 to 2024. In 2022, she earned a master's in labor law from Mykolas Romeris University. She served as vice president of the European Trade Union Confederation from 2023 to 2024.
Ruginienė entered electoral politics when she ran in the 2024 Lithuanian parliamentary election. Her name appeared on the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party (LSDP) candidate list, though she was not an official member of any party at the time of the election. Despite finishing in sixth place in the Naujininkai–Rasos single-seat constituency, she secured a seat in the multi-mandate district of the Seimas due to her position in the party list. She became an official member of the LSDP in November 2024, after the election.