Jurgita Šiugždinienė

Jurgita Šiugždinienė (born 1 March 1972) is a Lithuanian politician, a former Member of the Seimas for Šilainiai constituency, Minister of Education, Science and Sports and former Kaunas City Councillor.

On 7 December 2020, she was approved to be the Minister of Education, Science and Sports in the Šimonytė Cabinet.

She holds master's degree in Public Administration (1996) and PhD in Social Sciences (2008).

From 2008 to 2020, Šiugždinienė worked as Associate Professor in Kaunas University of Technology Faculty of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts.

[3] Šiugždinienė was elected as Member of the Seimas for Šilainiai constituency in October 2020.