The Prosecutor General's Office of Lithuania () is the supreme institution conducting
prosecution
A prosecutor is a legal representative of the prosecution in states with either the adversarial system, which is adopted in common law, or inquisitorial system, which is adopted in Civil law (legal system), civil law. The prosecution is the ...
in
Lithuania
Lithuania, officially the Republic of Lithuania, 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, bordered by Latvia to the north, Belarus to the east and south, P ...
. Prosecutors of the Prosecutor General's Office have prosecutorial powers to act in all courts of Lithuania. The
Prosecutor General Public Prosecutor General or Prosecutor General may refer to:
* Prosecutor General of Lithuania
* Prosecutors General of Azerbaijan
* Prosecutor General (Albania)
* Prosecutor General of Armenia
* Prosecutor General of the Republic (Brazil)
* Pros ...
is accountable to the
President
President most commonly refers to:
*President (corporate title)
* President (education), a leader of a college or university
*President (government title)
President may also refer to:
Arts and entertainment Film and television
*'' Præsident ...
and the
Seimas
The Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania (), or simply the Seimas ( ; ), is the unicameralism, unicameral legislative body of the Lithuania, Republic of Lithuania. The Seimas constitutes the legislative branch of Government of Lithuania, govern ...
for the activities of the Prosecutor's Office, and provides the Government with information about the non-procedural activities of the Prosecutor's Office.
Lithuania participates in the
European Public Prosecutor's Office
The European Public Prosecutor's Office (EPPO) is an Agencies, independent bodies and joint undertakings of the European Union and the Euratom, independent body of the European Union (EU) with a juridical personality, established under the Treat ...
and the Prosecutor General's Office delegates its prosecutors to the organization.
History
The formation of the prosecutor general began in January 1919 and the first prosecutor general, Kazys Samajauskas, was appointed in February 1919.
The current Prosecutor's Office was established in 1990.
In 1995, it became the Prosecutor General's Office under the
Supreme Court of Lithuania
Supreme may refer to:
Entertainment
* Supreme (character), a comic book superhero created by Rob Liefeld
* ''Supreme'' (film), a 2016 Telugu film
* Supreme (producer), hip-hop record producer
* "Supreme" (song), a 2000 song by Robbie Williams
* ...
, and at the same time,
Vilnius
Vilnius ( , ) is the capital of and List of cities in Lithuania#Cities, largest city in Lithuania and the List of cities in the Baltic states by population, most-populous city in the Baltic states. The city's estimated January 2025 population w ...
,
Kaunas
Kaunas (; ) is the second-largest city in Lithuania after Vilnius, the fourth largest List of cities in the Baltic states by population, city in the Baltic States and an important centre of Lithuanian economic, academic, and cultural life. Kaun ...
,
KlaipÄ—da
KlaipÄ—da ( ; ) is a city in Lithuania on the Baltic Sea coast. It is the List of cities in Lithuania, third-largest city in Lithuania, the List of cities in the Baltic states by population, fifth-largest city in the Baltic States, and the capi ...
,
Å iauliai
Å iauliai ( ; ) is a city in northern Lithuania, the List of cities in Lithuania, country's fourth largest city and the List of cities in the Baltic states by population, sixth largest city in the Baltic States, with a population of 112 581 in 202 ...
and
Panevėžys
Panevėžys () is the fifth-largest List of cities in Lithuania, city in Lithuania and the List of cities in the Baltic states by population, eighth-most-populous city in the Baltic States. it occupies with 89,100 inhabitants. As defined by Eu ...
District Prosecutor's Offices were established. In 2003, the name of the institution was changed to the Prosecutor General's Office.
See also
*
Law of Lithuania
*
European Public Prosecutor's Office
The European Public Prosecutor's Office (EPPO) is an Agencies, independent bodies and joint undertakings of the European Union and the Euratom, independent body of the European Union (EU) with a juridical personality, established under the Treat ...
References
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External links
Official page
1919 establishments in Japan
Government of Lithuania
Judiciary of Lithuania
Law enforcement in Lithuania
Lithuania
Lithuania, officially the Republic of Lithuania, 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, bordered by Latvia to the north, Belarus to the east and south, P ...