# Ministry of Agriculture (Lithuania)

The Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Lithuania (Lithuanian: Lietuvos Respublikos žemės ūkio ministerija) is a government department of the Republic of Lithuania. Its operations are authorized by the Constitution of the Republic of Lithuania, decrees issued by the President and Prime Minister, and laws passed by the Seimas (Parliament). Its mission is to prosecute state policy realization and coordination in ranges of land, food, fishery, village development, agriculture. The current head of the Ministry is Kęstutis Navickas.

## History

The ministry was first established on 11 November 1918, as the Ministry of Agriculture and State Assets (Lithuanian: Žemės ūkio ir valstybės turtų ministeriją) of the Republic of Lithuania. Its first minister was Juozas Tūbelis. It was renamed to the Ministry of Agriculture on 21 June 1924.

## Ministers

Ministry of Agriculture and State Wealth :
| Term | Minister for Agriculture and State Wealth (Born-Died) | Office | Office | Office | Political Party | Cabinet | Primer Minister |
| Term | Minister for Agriculture and State Wealth (Born-Died) | Start date | End date | Duration | Political Party | Cabinet | Primer Minister |
| 1 | Juozas Tūbelis (1882-1939) | 11 November 1918 | 26 December 1918 | 45 days | Nationalist Union | 1st Cabinet | Augustinas Voldemaras |
| 2 | Juozas Tūbelis (1882-1939) | 26 December 1918 | 5 March 1919 | 69 days | Nationalist Union | 2nd Cabinet | Mykolas Sleževičius |
| 3 | Aleksandras Stulginskis (1882-1939) | 12 April 1919 | 2 October 1919 | 173 days | Christian Democratic Party | 4th Cabinet | Mykolas Sleževičius |
| 4 | Juozas Tūbelis (1882-1939) | 7 October 1919 | 15 June 1920 | 252 days | Nationalist Union | 5th Cabinet | Ernestas Galvanauskas |
| 5 | Jonas Pranas Aleksa (1879-1955) | 19 June 1920 | 18 January 1922 | 1 year, 213 days | Independent | 6th Cabinet | Kazys Grinius |
| 6 | Jonas Pranas Aleksa (1879-1955) | 2 February 1922 | 22 February 1923 | 1 year, 20 days | Independent | 7th Cabinet | Ernestas Galvanauskas |
| 7 | Jonas Pranas Aleksa (1879-1955) | 22 February 1923 | 28 June 1923 | 126 days | Independent | 8th Cabinet | Ernestas Galvanauskas |
| Ministry of Agriculture ||||||||
| Term | Minister for Agriculture (Born-Died) | Office | Office | Office | Political Party | Cabinet | Primer Minister |
| Term | Minister for Agriculture (Born-Died) | Start date | End date | Duration | Political Party | Cabinet | Primer Minister |
| 8 | Mykolas Krupavičius (1885-1970) | 29 June 1923 | 17 June 1924 | 354 days | Independent | 9th Cabinet | Ernestas Galvanauskas |
| 9 | Mykolas Krupavičius (1885-1970) | 18 June 1924 | 27 January 1925 | 223 days | Independent | 10th Cabinet | Antanas Tumėnas |
| 10 | Mykolas Krupavičius (1885-1970) | 4 February 1925 | 19 April 1925 | 74 days | Independent | 11th Cabinet | Vytautas Petrulis |
| 11 | Mykolas Krupavičius (1885-1970) | 25 September 1925 | 31 May 1926 | 248 days | Independent | 12th Cabinet | Leonas Bistras |
| 12 | Mykolas Krupavičius (1885-1970) | 15 June 1926 | 17 December 1926 | 185 days | Independent | 13th Cabinet | Mykolas Sleževičius |
| 13 | Jonas Pranas Aleksa (1879-1955) | 17 December 1926 | 19 April 1929 | 2 years, 123 days | Independent | 14th Cabinet | Augustinas Voldemaras |
| 14 | Jonas Pranas Aleksa (1879-1955) | 23 September 1929 | 8 June 1934 | 4 years, 258 days | Independent | 15th Cabinet | Juozas Tūbelis |
| 15 | Jonas Pranas Aleksa (1879-1955) | 12 June 1934 | 6 November 1935 | 1 year, 147 days | Independent | 16th Cabinet | Juozas Tūbelis |
| 16 | Stasys Putvinskis (1898-1942) | 6 September 1935 | 24 March 1938 | 2 years, 199 days | Independent | 17th Cabinet | Juozas Tūbelis |
| 17 | Juozas Tūbelis (1882-1939) | 24 March 1938 | 1 November 1938 | 222 days | Independent | 18th Cabinet | Vladas Mironas |
| 18 | Vladas Mironas (1880-1953) | 1 November 1938 | 5 December 1938 | 34 days | Independent | 18th Cabinet | Vladas Mironas |
| 19 | Juozas Skaisgiris (1901-1977) | 5 December 1938 | 27 March 1939 | 112 days | Nationalist Union | 19th Cabinet | Vladas Mironas |
| 20 | Jurgis Krikščiūnas (1894-1947) | 28 March 1939 | 21 November 1939 | 238 days | Popular Peasants' Union | 20th Cabinet | Jonas Černius |
| 21 | Juozas Audėnas (1898-1982) | 21 November 1939 | 15 June 1940 | 207 days | Popular Peasants' Union | 21st Cabinet | Antanas Merkys |
| People's Commissariat of Agriculture ||||||||
| Term | People's Commissioner for Agriculture (Born-Died) | Office | Office | Office | Political Party | Cabinet | Primer Minister |
| Term | People's Commissioner for Agriculture (Born-Died) | Start date | End date | Duration | Political Party | Cabinet | Primer Minister |
| 22 | Matas Mickis (1896-1960) | 15 June 1940 | 31 January 1941 | 230 days | Communist Party | 22nd Cabinet | Mečislovas Gedvilas |
| 23 | Bronius Pušinis (1888-1967) | 31 January 1941 | 22 June 1941 | 142 days | Communist Party | 22nd Cabinet | Mečislovas Gedvilas |
| 24 | Jonas Laurinaitis (1900-1981) | 7 January 1944 | 10 September 1945 | 1 year, 246 days | Communist Party | 22nd Cabinet | Mečislovas Gedvilas |
| 25 | Vladas Vildžiūnas (1909-1962) | 10 September 1945 | 24 April 1946 | 226 days | Communist Party | 22nd Cabinet | Mečislovas Gedvilas |
| 26 | Kazimieras Liaudis (1901-1989) | 13 March 1947 | 17 July 1950 | 3 years, 126 days | Communist Party | 22nd Cabinet | Mečislovas Gedvilas |
| 27 | Vladas Augustinaitis (1898-1976) | 29 July 1950 | 23 April 1953 | 2 years, 268 days | Communist Party | 22nd Cabinet | Mečislovas Gedvilas |
| 28 | Vladas Augustinaitis (1898-1976) | 1 January 1954 | 19 April 1956 | 2 years, 109 days | Communist Party | 22nd Cabinet | Mečislovas Gedvilas |
| 29 | Vytautas Vazalinskas (1910-1984) | 10 May 1956 | 25 March 1962 | 5 years, 319 days | Communist Party | 23rd Cabinet | Motiejus Šumauskas |
| 30 | Medardas Grigaliūnas (1925-2014) | 7 April 1965 | 14 April 1967 | 2 years, 7 days | Communist Party | 23rd Cabinet | Motiejus Šumauskas |
| 31 | Medardas Grigaliūnas (1925-2014) | 14 April 1967 | 16 January 1981 | 13 years, 277 days | Communist Party | 24th Cabinet | Juozas Maniušis |
| 32 | Medardas Grigaliūnas (1925-2014) | 16 January 1981 | 18 January 1985 | 4 years, 334 days | Communist Party | 25th Cabinet | Ringaudas Bronislovas Songaila |
| 33 | Juozas Bernatavičius | 2 January 1986 | 30 September 1989 | 3 years, 271 days | Communist Party | 26th Cabinet | Vytautas Sakalauskas |
| Ministry of Agriculture ||||||||
| Term | Minister for Agriculture (Born-Died) | Office | Office | Office | Political Party | Cabinet | Primer Minister |
| Term | Minister for Agriculture (Born-Died) | Start date | End date | Duration | Political Party | Cabinet | Primer Minister |
| 34 | Vytautas Knašys (Born 1937) | 17 January 1990 | 10 January 1991 | 358 days | Homeland Union | 27th Cabinet | Kazimira Danutė Prunskienė |
| 35 | Vytautas Knašys (Born 1937) | 10 January 1991 | 13 January 1991 | 3 days | Homeland Union | 28th Cabinet | Albertas Šimėnas |
| 36 | Rimvydas Survila (Born 1939) | 13 January 1991 | 21 July 1992 | 1 year, 190 days | Homeland Union | 29th Cabinet | Gediminas Vagnorius |
| 37 | Rimvydas Survila (Born 1939) | 21 July 1992 | 17 December 1992 | 149 days | Homeland Union | 30th Cabinet | Aleksandras Algirdas Abišala |
| 38 | Rimantas Karazija (1936-2012) | 17 December 1992 | 31 March 1993 | 104 days | Independent | 31st Cabinet | Bronislovas Lubys |
| 39 | Rimantas Karazija (1936-2012) | 31 March 1993 | 26 September 1994 | 1 year, 179 days | Independent | 32nd Cabinet | Adolfas Šleževičius |
| 40 | Vytautas Einoris (1930-2019) | 26 September 1994 | 19 March 1996 | 1 year, 175 days | Democratic Labour Party | 32nd Cabinet | Adolfas Šleževičius |
| 41 | Vytautas Einoris (1930-2019) | 19 March 1996 | 10 December 1996 | 266 days | Democratic Labour Party | 33rd Cabinet | Laurynas Mindaugas Stankevičius |
| Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry ||||||||
| Term | Minister for Agriculture and Forestry (Born-Died) | Office | Office | Office | Political Party | Cabinet | Primer Minister |
| Term | Minister for Agriculture and Forestry (Born-Died) | Start date | End date | Duration | Political Party | Cabinet | Primer Minister |
| 42 | Edvardas Makelis (Born 1954) | 10 December 1996 | 10 June 1999 | 2 years, 182 days | Independent | 34th Cabinet | Gediminas Vagnorius |
| Ministry of Agriculture ||||||||
| Term | Minister for Agriculture (Born-Died) | Office | Office | Office | Political Party | Cabinet | Primer Minister |
| Term | Minister for Agriculture (Born-Died) | Start date | End date | Duration | Political Party | Cabinet | Primer Minister |
| 43 | Edvardas Makelis (Born 1954) | 10 June 1999 | 11 November 1999 | 154 days | Independent | 35th Cabinet | Rolandas Paksas |
| 44 | Edvardas Makelis (Born 1954) | 11 November 1999 | 9 November 2000 | 365 days | Independent | 36th Cabinet | Andrius Kubilius |
| 45 | Kęstutis Kristinaitis (Born 1961) | 9 November 2000 | 12 July 2001 | 245 days | Independent | 37th Cabinet | Rolandas Paksas |
| 46 | Kęstutis Kristinaitis (Born 1961) | 12 July 2001 | 21 September 2001 | 71 days | Independent | 38th Cabinet | Algirdas Mykolas Brazauskas |
| 47 | Jeronimas Kraujelis (Born 1938) | 3 October 2001 | 14 December 2004 | 3 years, 72 days | New Union | 39th Cabinet | Algirdas Mykolas Brazauskas |
| 48 | Kazimira Danutė Prunskienė (Born 1943) | 14 December 2004 | 18 July 2006 | 1 year, 216 days | Popular Peasant's Union | 40th Cabinet | Algirdas Mykolas Brazauskas |
| 49 | Kazimira Danutė Prunskienė (Born 1943) | 18 July 2006 | 9 December 2008 | 2 years, 144 days | Popular Peasant's Union | 41st Cabinet | Gediminas Kirkilas |
| 50 | Kazimieras Starkevičius (Born 1956) | 9 December 2008 | 13 December 2012 | 4 years, 4 days | Homeland Union | 42nd Cabinet | Andrius Kubilius |
| 51 | Vigilijus Jukna (Born 1968) | 13 December 2012 | 11 July 2014 | 1 year, 210 days | Labour Party | 43rd Cabinet | Algirdas Butkevičius |
| 52 | Virginija Baltraitienė (Born 1958) | 17 July 2014 | 13 December 2016 | 2 years, 149 days | Labour Party | 43rd Cabinet | Algirdas Butkevičius |
| 53 | Bronius Markauskas (Born 1960) | 13 December 2016 | 14 May 2018 | 1 year, 152 days | Farmers and Greens Union | 44th Cabinet | Saulius Skvernelis |
| 54 | Giedrius Surplys (Born 1980) | 15 May 2018 | 7 August 2019 | 1 year, 84 days | Farmers and Greens Union | 44th Cabinet | Saulius Skvernelis |
| 55 | Andrius Palionis (Born 1975) | 7 August 2019 | 11 December 2020 | 1 year, 126 days | Social Democratic Labour Party | 44th Cabinet | Saulius Skvernelis |
| 56 | Kęstutis Navickas (Born 1970) | 11 December 2020 | Incumbent | 4 years, 53 days | Homeland Union | 45th Cabinet | Ingrida Šimonytė |