Dalia Grybauskaitė

Dalia Grybauskaitė (born 1 March 1956) is a Lithuanian politician. She became the President of Lithuania on 12 July 2009. She was re-elected in May 2014. She is the country's first female President and the first to be elected for a second term.Skard, Torild (2014) "Kazimiera Prunskiene and Dalia Grybauskaite" in Women of power - half a century of female presidents and prime ministers worldwide, Bristol: Policy Press, , pp. 335-40

She was Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of Finance, also European Commissioner for Financial Programming and the Budget from 2004 to 2009. She is often referred to as the "Iron Lady" or the "Steel Magnolia".

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Other websites

 Official website of the President of the Republic of Lithuania 
 Lithuania set for energy rethink -interview with BBC. BBC World News
 Lunch with the FT: Dalia Grybauskaite. Financial Times
 Grybauskaitė run for the President (video) 

Category:1956 births
Category:Living people
Category:European Commissioners
Category:Politicians from Vilnius
Category:Presidents of Lithuania
Category:Saint Petersburg State University alumni