Algimanta Pabedinskienė (born 25 March 1965) is a

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n politician who served as Ministry of Social Security and Labour from 12 December 2012 to 13 December 2016. Born in

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, Pabedinskienė moved to

at a young age, graduating from high school in

Marijampolė Marijampolė (; also known by Marijampolė#Names, several other names) is the Capital city, capital of Marijampolė County in the south of Lithuania, bordering Poland and Russian Kaliningrad Oblast, and Lake Vištytis. The city's population stood ...

, then graduating from Vilnius Gediminas Technical University with a degree in

civil engineering Civil engineering is a regulation and licensure in engineering, professional engineering discipline that deals with the design, construction, and maintenance of the physical and naturally built environment, including public works such as roads ...

. After graduating, she began her own construction business, and through the 1990s created a workshop of women's accessories as well. In 2005, she returned to school and graduated from

Kaunas University of Technology The Kaunas University of Technology (abbreviated as KTU, ) is a public university, public research university located in Kaunas, Lithuania. Established in 1922, KTU has been seen as one of Lithuania's top science education centers. In 2021, KTU ...

with a degree in business administration, and served both as a lecturer at Marijampolė University of Applied Sciences and as an administrator in the Kaunas Chamber of Commerce after graduating. Pabedinskienė began to get involved in politics shortly after joining the Chamber of Commerce. In 2008 and in 2012, she ran for a seat in the

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as a member of the Labour Party, but was unsuccessful both times. Despite the loss, she was nominated to the cabinet position of Ministry of Social Security and Labour. After her term ended, she returned to her prior work as a lecturer and Chamber member.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Pabedinskienė, Algimanta 1965 births Politicians from Liepāja Lithuanian emigrants to Latvia Ministers of social security and labour of Lithuania Living people Labour Party (Lithuania) politicians Women government ministers of Lithuania 21st-century Lithuanian women politicians