Loreta Graužinienė (born 10 January 1963) is a Lithuanian politician and altruist former Speaker of the

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Loreta_Graužinienė
lrs.lt, and former leader of the Lithuanian Labour party.

Life

Graužinienė was born in

Rokiškis Rokiškis () is a list of cities in Lithuania, city in northeastern Lithuania, close to the Latvia–Lithuania border, with a population of 11,606 (2023). The city is a capital of the Rokiškis District Municipality with a population of 28,715 (20 ...

in northeastern

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. She studied at Rokiškio Juozas Tumas-Vaižgantas gymnasium. She is married and has two children. Graužinienė has been the member of the Lithuanian parliament, the Seimas since 2004. She is the former leader of the Lithuanian Labour Party and was the speaker of the

between October 2013 and November 2016. She unsuccessfully ran in the

2009 Lithuanian presidential election Presidential elections were held in Lithuania on 17 May 2009. A run-off would have been held on 7 June 2009, but was not necessary as Dalia Grybauskaitė was elected with 69% of the vote, with voter turnout just over the 50% threshold for the re ...

. In the Seimas, she has served the Audit Committee, European Affairs Committee, the Labour and Social Affairs Committee and the Budget and Finance Committee.

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1963 births Living people Women speakers of the Seimas Labour Party (Lithuania) politicians Politicians from Rokiškis 21st-century Lithuanian women politicians {{Lithuania-politician-stub