In the political history of Lithuania, Dalia Grybauskaitė is one of the names the record keeps returning to.
The record lists Dalia Grybauskaitė as President of Lithuania fom 2009 to 2019 (born 1956).
Dalia Grybauskaitė was born at Vilnius in 1956. Her recorded nationality is Lithuania. She was educated at Economics Faculty of Saint Petersburg State University and Georgetown University.
Twentieth-century politics was conducted under the shadow of two world wars, decolonisation and the Cold War, and broadcast to electorates that could watch it happen.
The offices held were President of the Republic of Lithuania (2009–2019), European Commissioner for Financial Programming and the Budget (2004–2009) and European Commissioner for Education, Culture, Multilingualism and Youth (2004–2004).
Her political affiliation is recorded as Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
What survives of a political career is usually not the speeches but the institutions left behind.
Recognition followed: Charlemagne Prize (2013), Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Falcon (2011), Knight Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of Merit (2015) and Order of the Three Stars, 1st Class.
That the career was made in Lithuania is not incidental: the institutions available, the franchise, and the constraints of the moment all shaped what could be attempted.
Dalia Grybauskaitė's career is not finished, and the historical verdict on it has not been reached.
Achievements
- President of the Republic of Lithuania (2009–2019)
- European Commissioner for Financial Programming and the Budget (2004–2009)
- European Commissioner for Education, Culture, Multilingualism and Youth (2004–2004)
- Minister of Finance (2001–2004)
- Charlemagne Prize — 2013
- Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Falcon — 2011
- Knight Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of Merit — 2015
- Order of the Three Stars, 1st Class
- Educated at Economics Faculty of Saint Petersburg State University and Georgetown University
