Rimantas Dagys

Rimantas Jonas Dagys
MP
Member of the Seimas
Assumed office
14 November 2016
In office
15 November 1992 – 18 October 2000
Minister of Social Security and Labour
In office
9 December 2008 – 22 July 2009
Prime Minister Andrius Kubilius
Preceded by Vilija Blinkevičiūtė
Succeeded by Donatas Jankauskas
Member of the Seimas
for Šilainiai constituency
In office
15 November 2004 – 14 November 2016
Preceded by Vytautas Šustauskas
Succeeded by Ramūnas Karbauskis
Personal details
Born (1957-06-16) 16 June 1957
Kazachstan
Political party Lithuanian Social Democratic Party (1989 - 1999)
Lithuanian Social Democratic Union (1999 - 2001)
Homeland Union (2002 - )
Alma mater Vilnius University
Profession Chemist

Rimantas Jonas Dagys (born July 16, 1957) is a Lithuanian chemist and politician, member of Seimas (1992–1996, 1996–2000), since 2008 assigned Minister of Labor and Social Security by presidential decree.[1] He is currently associated with Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats.

Rimantas Dagys was born in the settlement of Churubai Nura (now Abay, Kazakhstan) to a family of former Gulag prisoners, deported form Lithuania for 10 years: his mother, Filomena Dagienė was imprisoned in Vorkuta camps, his father, Jonas Dagys, in Siblag camps. The family returned to Lithuania in 1964.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Rimantas Jonas Dagys", a biography at the Lithuanian parliament website


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