Raminta Popovienė is a Lithuanian music educator and a politician from the Social Democratic Party of Lithuania. She has been a member of Seimas since 2012.

Raminta Popovienė
Member of the Lithuanian Parliament
for nationwide
Assumed office
2012
Personal details
Born1970 (age 53–54)
Zarasai, Lithuania
Political partySocial Democratic Party of Lithuania
Alma materLithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre
OccupationMusic educator, politician

Early life

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Born in Zarasai on 5 May 1970, Raminta Popovienė did her schooling at the Ąžuolas Gymnasium. She received her music teacher and choir conductor diploma from the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre (1988–94) and also holds a master's degree in music education.[1]

Career

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After completing her masters, Popovienė became a senior supervisor at the Lithuanian Academy of Music. From 2000–07, she was a chief specialist at the Kaunas District Municipality's Department of Culture, Education and Sports. In 2007 she was appointed the Kaunas District Social Services Centre's director and was promoted to the post of deputy director of Administration of Kaunas District Municipality in 2011.[1]

A member of the Social Democratic Party of Lithuania, Popovienė won the 2012 Lithuanian parliamentary election and served on the house committees for Social Affairs and Labour, Youth and Sport Affairs and was a member of the Lithuanian delegation that visited the Polish parliament. She was re-elected in 2016 and in her second term serves on the Commission for Suicide and Violence Prevention and Migration Commission besides being the deputy chair of the Committee on Culture.[1][2]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Raminta Popovienė". Seimas. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
  2. ^ "Raminta Popovienė: LSDP mokesčių reformos paketas: gerovės valstybės link" (in Lithuanian). 15 min. 20 September 2017. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
Seimas
Preceded by Member of the Seimas for Kaunas and Kėdainiai
2012–2016
Succeeded by