Juozas Olekas (born 30 October 1955) is a
Lithuania
Lithuania (; lt, Lietuva ), officially the Republic of Lithuania ( lt, Lietuvos Respublika, links=no ), is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea. Lithuania ...
n surgeon and politician, a former Minister of National Defence, from 2006 to 2008. In 1990 and from 2003 to 2004 he also served as the
Health Minister A health minister is the member of a country's government typically responsible for protecting and promoting public health and providing welfare and other social security services.
Some governments have separate ministers for mental health.
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. In 2019 he was elected to the European Parliament.
Olekas studied at
Kaunas Institute of Medicine from 1974 to 1976, and at
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 ...
from 1976 to 1980.
Between 1994 and 1997 he was a chief physician at the Vilnius University hospital.
Olekas is married to Aurelija Olekienė, they have two daughters.
References
External links
Biography at the Ministry of National Defence
1955 births
Health ministers of Lithuania
Lithuanian surgeons
Living people
Ministers of Defence of Lithuania
Vilnius University alumni
Members of the Seimas
21st-century Lithuanian politicians
MEPs for Lithuania 2019–2024
Recipients of the Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana, 2nd Class
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