# Dalia Grybauskaitė

_President of Lithuania fom 2009 to 2019 (born 1956)_

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> Dalia Grybauskaitė is a Lithuanian politician who served as the eighth president of Lithuania from 2009 to 2019. She is the first and so far only woman to hold the position and in 2014 she became the first President of Lithuania to be reelected for a second consecutive term.

## Quick facts

- **Born:** 1 March 1956 ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q57379#P569))
- **Place of birth:** Vilnius ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q57379#P19))
- **Citizenship:** Soviet Union; Lithuania ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q57379#P27))
- **Occupation:** politician; diplomat; economist; university teacher ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q57379#P106))
- **Political party:** Communist Party of the Soviet Union ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q57379#P102))
- **Education:** Economics Faculty of Saint Petersburg State University; Georgetown University; Walsh School of Foreign Service; Academy of Social Sciences of the Central Committee of CPSU ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q57379#P69))
- **Positions held:** President of the Republic of Lithuania (12 July 2009 – 12 July 2019); European Commissioner for Financial Programming and the Budget (22 November 2004 – 1 July 2009); European Commissioner for Education, Culture, Multilingualism and Youth (1 May 2004 – 11 November 2004); Minister of Finance (12 July 2001 – 30 April 2004) ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q57379#P39))
- **Awards:** Charlemagne Prize; Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Falcon; Cross of Recognition; Knight Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of Merit; Order of the Three Stars, 1st Class; Order of the Republic; Royal Order of the Seraphim; Decoration for Exceptional Merits; Grand Cross with collar of the Order of Vytautas the Great; Commander of the Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas; Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St. Olav‎; Grand Cross of the Order of Saint-Charles; Collar of the Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana; Knight Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic; Order of Liberty ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q57379#P166))
- **X (Twitter):** Grybauskaite_LT ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q57379#P2002))
- **Facebook:** D.Grybauskaite ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q57379#P2013))

## Questions

**When was Dalia Grybauskaitė born?**  
Dalia Grybauskaitė was born on 1 March 1956 in Vilnius.

**What positions has Dalia Grybauskaitė held?**  
Positions held by Dalia Grybauskaitė include: President of the Republic of Lithuania (2009–2019); European Commissioner for Financial Programming and the Budget (2004–2009); European Commissioner for Education, Culture, Multilingualism and Youth (2004–2004); Minister of Finance (2001–2004).

**Where did Dalia Grybauskaitė study?**  
Dalia Grybauskaitė was educated at Economics Faculty of Saint Petersburg State University, Georgetown University, Walsh School of Foreign Service, Academy of Social Sciences of the Central Committee of CPSU.

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## Sources

- [Wikipedia (English): Dalia Grybauskaitė](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalia_Grybauskait%C4%97) — [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
- [Wikidata item Q57379](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q57379) — [CC0 1.0](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- [Image: 2019-05-30 Dalia Grybauskaitė-5948.jpg by Olaf Kosinsky (CC BY-SA 3.0 de)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2019-05-30_Dalia_Grybauskait%C4%97-5948.jpg)

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