Inga Ruginienė will step down as Prime Minister and return to the Ministry of Social Protection and Labour, which she headed before becoming the head of government, LRT writes .
Inga Ruginienė. Photo: Foto Olimpik/NurPhoto via Getty Images
"I want to return to where my heart has always been. I see this as a natural rotation and a very important stage in my life. When I was needed in a difficult moment, I wasn't afraid to take responsibility. And today, I feel calm," Ruginienė said in an interview published on Saturday in LRT.
She answered a question about whether she views the upcoming changes as a natural political rotation or a step back.
"I have the opportunity to return to where I can be closest to the people and issues that have always been most important to me," the politician noted.
Ruginienė served as the Minister of Social Protection and Labour in the government of Gintautas Paluckas. After his resignation on September 25 last year, Ruginienė assumed the post of Prime Minister.
Among the most important decisions during her tenure as Prime Minister, Ruginienė named the allocation of funding for the defense sector amounting to 5.38% of the country's GDP, strengthening air defense, and combating cigarette smuggling with the help of weather balloons.
The Prime Minister noted that she would do some things differently now, but she does not regret heading the government.
Mindaugas Sinkevičius, leader of the Social Democratic Party of Lithuania, will likely take responsibility for leading the government.
The cabinet of ministers is expected to resign on June 23 after the Social Democrats decided to replace the "Dawn over Neman" party in the ruling majority with the "Democrats Union 'For the Sake of Lithuania'."
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