Dalia Kutraitė-Giedraitienė (born 18 April 1952) is a Lithuanian journalist, PR specialist and politician. She studied at the Salomėja-Neris Secondary School in Kaunas, and graduated from

Vilnius University Vilnius University ( lt, Vilniaus universitetas) is a public research university, oldest in the Baltic states and in Northern Europe outside the United Kingdom (or 6th overall following foundations of Oxford, Cambridge, St. Andrews, Glasgow and ...

in 1975 in journalism. From 1975 to 1988 she was an editor for Lithuanian National Radio and Television. From 1998 to 1999 she was a consultant of the mayor of Vilnius,

Rolandas Paksas Rolandas Paksas (; born 10 June 1956) is a Lithuanian politician who was the sixth President of Lithuania from 2003 to 2004. He was previously Prime Minister of Lithuania in 1999 and again from 2000 to 2001, and he also served as Mayor of Vilniu ...

, and subsequently was given a position in the city government of Vilnius. From 1999 to 2001 she was a member of the

Liberal Union of Lithuania The Liberal Union of Lithuania () was a liberal political party in Lithuania. History The party was founded on the 25th of November, 1990 on a basis of the Vilnius University Liberal Club. Its first leader was Vilnius University philosophy pro ...

and was a member of the

Seimas The Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania ( lt, Lietuvos Respublikos Seimas), or simply the Seimas (), is the unicameral parliament of Lithuania. The Seimas constitutes the legislative branch of government in Lithuania, enacting laws and amendme ...

from 9 November 2000 to 27 September 2002, but moved to the

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party. From 2005 she was Director of "Strateginių komunikacijų centras". She teaches at the Department of Journalism of Vilnius University.

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