I. The Šimonytė soldier: a young cabinet close to gender equality and without much experience: how would they achieve it?

Professor L. Vytautas Magnus University L. Bielinis emphasized that the list of possible ministers proposed by I. Šimonytė and the center-right coalition partners is preliminary.

President Gitanas Nausėda will have to discuss it with the candidate for prime minister, as well as with the candidates themselves.

“So this is just the initial list, which will probably be the subject of a real debate,” he said.

The minister worked alone

According to L. Bielinis, the cabinet of ministers proposed by I. Šimonytė would probably be the youngest in the history of the state, in addition, at least 6 women would work in it.

“Another nuance is probably that almost all, if I am not mistaken, the candidates are newcomers to ministerial positions in one way or another. In this way, the continuity of institutional dependencies, some possible connections, etc., are cut off or are This is basically positive, “said Vytautas University professor Magnus.

Of the candidates nominated as ministers, the only Dainius Kreivys nominated as Minister of Energy has served as Minister of Economy in the government of the conservative Andrius Kubilius.

He resigned in 2011 after a scandal related to the distribution of aid from the European Union..

Some potential members of the new government are, for example, Simonas Kairys, nominee for the Liberal Movement for the Liberal Movement, Kasparas Adomaitis and Evelina Dobrovolska, candidates of the Freedom Party for the Ministries of Transport and Justice, Arūnas Dulkys and Jurgita Šiugždinienė, Conservative candidates for Health and Education, Science and Sports. – newcomers to big politics in general.

Some of them have worked in the municipality.

During the leadership of A.Kubilius in the Government, J.Šiugždinienė has worked as Director of the Strategic Management Department of the Prime Minister’s Office, in 2012 she was Vice Chancellor and Acting Chancellor.

Won’t the lack of experience in big politics hinder, at least initially, the work of the new ministers?

“Taking on such a position without experience in ministerial work is really a shock and I think it will be difficult for them to start. But, on the other hand, I know A. Dulkis well and respect his intellect and will. Therefore, I believe that what it already is, and A. Dulkys will solve these problems in the best possible way. I really trust and would trust their competence and will, “emphasized L. Bielinis.

Mr. Landsberg may be alienated from party affairs

The outgoing prime minister, Saulius Skvernelis, elected mostly professionals to his first government.

Almost all, except the former Auditor General A. Dulkis, I. Šimonytė’s ministerial candidates are politicians.

It is true that G. Nausėda did not appoint A. Dulkis for the second term to head the State Audit Office.

According to L. Bielinis, acting in office, the Minister must be very well oriented in politics and be more of a politician than an administrator.

“Because the real problems, some details, the activities are carried out by the ministry employees, the deputies, etc. And the minister is actually the one who implements the political strategy in a particular ministry. Therefore, being a politician and a minister, in my head, is something completely normal ”, emphasized the political scientist.

Gabrielius Landsbergis, chairman of the largest party in the ruling coalition, the Lithuanian Christian Democrats-Union of the Fatherland (TS-LKD), is being nominated for the Foreign Ministers.

His diplomatic experience includes the position of Third Secretary at the Lithuanian Embassy in Belgium in 2007–2011.

After the new Seimas took office last Friday, G. Landsbergis was elected the eldest of the TS-LKD faction of parliament and spoke enigmatically about these positions..

According to L. Bielinis, the presence of Foreign Minister G. Landsbergis can distance him from party activities.

“As a minister, I really don’t think I can easily control, say, those trends or problems that can arise within a party. So here there will really be a problem that both G.Landsbergis and the party itself will have to solve, ”said the VMU professor.

In fact, there will be a problem here that both Landsbergis itself and the party itself will have to solve.