Ingrida Šimonytė



Ingrida Šimonytė (born 15 November 1974) is a Lithuanian politician and economist who is the current Prime Minister of Lithuania, having taken office on 11 December 2020. Šimonytė has served as a member of the Seimas for the Antakalnis constituency since 2016 and was minister of finance in the second Kubilius cabinet from 2009 until 2012. She was a candidate in the 2019 presidential election, but lost in the second round run-off. Šimonytė is an independent politician, although she has been affiliated with the Homeland Union.

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 * Our government's program says Lithuania wants a more intense economic, cultural and scientific relationship with Taiwan. (But) I want to emphasize that this step does not mean any conflict or disagreement with the 'One China' policy.
 * Ingrida Šimonytė (2021) cited in: "China downgrades diplomatic ties with Lithuania over Taiwan row" in BBC News, 22 December 2021.