Rasa Juknevičienė (Minister of National Defence)
MINISTRY OF NATIONAL DEFENCE (www.kam.lt)

Born on 26 January 1958, Tiltagaliu village, Panevežio District
1976 Graduated from Panevežys Secondary School No 10
1977 Studies at Kaunas Medical Institute, medical doctor’s qualification
1984–1990 Paediatrician at Pasvalys Central Hospital1988Pasvalys District Councillor (Sąjūdis Movement), Chairman of the Council as of 1989
1990–1992 Member of the Supreme Council (Reconstituent Seimas). Signatory of the Act of Independence of the Republic of Lithuania. Member to the Committees on Health and Local Authorities
1992–1996 Spokesperson for Seimas Opposition, desk-officer to the Homeland Union Group
1996–2000 Member of 7th Seimas. Member of the National Security Committee (later- National Security and Defence Committee) of the Seimas
From 1996 Deputy Chair of Lithuanian Community of the Atlantic Treaty
1999–2000 Deputy Speaker of the Seimas, Chair of Seimas Delegation to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly
1999-2000 Chair of NATO Affairs Commission of the Seimas
2000-2004 Member of 8th Seimas. Member of the National Security and Defence Committee of the Seimas
2004-2006 Deputy Head of Seimas Delegation to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, Head of the Delegation since 2006
2004-2008 Member of 9th Seimas. Member of the National Security and Defence of the Seimas
17 November 2008 Member of 10th Seimas
Since 18 November 2008 Deputy Chairman of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly
4 December 2008 By Presidential Decree, appointed Minister of National Defence of the Fifteenth Government