Kazimira Prunskienė Politician
Kazimira Danutė Prunskienė (About this sound pronunciation ) (born February 26, 1943 in Švenčionys district municipality) was the first Prime Minister of Lithuania after the declaration of independence of March 11, 1990 and Minister of Agriculture in the government of Gediminas Kirkilas.Currently she is the leader of the Peasants and New Democratic Party Union. In 1981–1986, she worked in the Federal Republic of Germany.She ran in the Lithuanian presidential election, 2004 against Valdas Adamkus, hoping to receive votes from supporters of impeached president Rolandas Paksas. She finished in second place in the first round and was defeated in the runoff.Prime Minister Kazimira Prunskienė is also a member of the Council of Women World Leaders, an International network of current and former women presidents and prime ministers whose mission is to mobilize the highest-level women leaders globally for collective action on issues of critical importance to women and equitable development.
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