Raminta Popovienė is a Lithuanian music educator and a politician from the

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. She has been a member of

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since 2012.

Early life

Born in

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on 5 May 1970, Raminta Popovienė did her schooling at the Ąžuolas Gymnasium. She received her music teacher and choir conductor diploma from the

Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre The Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre in Vilnius, Lithuania, is a state-supported conservatory that trains students in music, theatre, and multimedia arts. History Composer Juozas Naujalis founded a music school in 1919 in Kaunas. This ...

(1988–94) and also holds a master's degree in music education.

Career

After completing her masters, Popovienė became a senior supervisor at the Lithuanian Academy of Music. From 2000–07, she was a chief specialist at the

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's Department of Culture, Education and Sports. In 2007 she was appointed the Kaunas District Social Services Centre's director and was promoted to the post of deputy director of Administration of Kaunas District Municipality in 2011. A member of the

, Popovienė won the

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and served on the house committees for Social Affairs and Labour, Youth and Sport Affairs and was a member of the Lithuanian delegation that visited the Polish parliament. She was re-elected in 2016 and in her second term serves on the Commission for Suicide and Violence Prevention and Migration Commission besides being the deputy chair of the Committee on Culture.

References

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