The new Cabinet includes nine ministers nominated by the Social Democratic Party - Rimantas Šadžius is the Finance Minister, Dovilė Šakalienė is the Minister of State Protection, Šarūnas Birutis is the Minister of Culture, Inga Ruginienė is the Minister of Labour and Social Welfare, Eugenijus Sabutis is the Minister of Communications, Marija Jakubauskienė is the Minister of Health, Raminta Popovienė is the Minister of Education, Science and Sports, Vladislav Kondratovičius is the Minister of Internal Affairs and Kęstutis Budris is the Minister of Foreign Affairs.
The two ministers were nominated by the Democratic Union ‘Vardan Lietuvos’. Lukas Savickas became Minister of Economy and Innovation, Žygimantas Vaičiūnas became Minister of Energy.
Ignas Hofmanas of the ‘Nemuno Aušra’ party became Minister of Agriculture. The party will nominate two more ministers - of the environment and justice, as the two previously presented candidates were not approved by the president.
The government will start work as soon as the Seimas approves its programme and the ministers are sworn in at the Seimas.