Saulius Skvernelis

Saulius Skvernelis
Skvernelis in 2017
Chairman of Union of Democrats "For Lithuania"
Incumbent
Assumed office 29 January 2022
Preceded by	First holder
Leader of the Opposition
In office 25 March 2021 – 14 September 2021
Preceded by	Gabrielius Landsbergis (2020)
Succeeded by	TBA
16th Prime Minister of Lithuania
In office 13 December 2016 – 11 December 2020
President	Dalia Grybauskaitė Gitanas Nausėda
Preceded by	Algirdas Butkevičius
Succeeded by	Ingrida Šimonytė
Member of the Seimas
Incumbent
Assumed office 13 November 2020
Constituency	Multi-member
In office 14 November 2016 – 12 November 2020
Preceded by	Linas Balsys
Succeeded by	Radvilė Morkūnaitė-Mikulėnienė
Constituency	Karoliniškės
Minister of the Interior
In office 11 November 2014 – 13 April 2016
Prime Minister	Algirdas Butkevičius
Preceded by	Dailis Alfonsas Barakauskas
Succeeded by	Tomas Žilinskas
Personal details
Born	(1970-07-23) 23 July 1970 (age 54)[1] Kaunas, Lithuania
Political party	Union of Democrats "For Lithuania" (2022–present)
Other political affiliations	Independent (member of the Farmers and Greens Union parliamentary group) (until 2022)
Spouse	Silvija Skvernelė
Children	2
Education	Vilnius Gediminas Technical University

Saulius Skvernelis (born 23 July 1970) is a Lithuanian politician who served as prime minister of Lithuania between 2016 and 2020. He had previously served as police commissioner, and was Minister of the Interior from 2014 to 2016. Though he was an independent politician, he was backed by the Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union and was a member of its parliamentary group until 2022, as a result of which he became the first head of government in European history primarily backed by a green party (a green conservative party).

In 2022, he formed his own political party, the Union of Democrats "For Lithuania", and he is currently a member of the Seimas, as well as his party's chairman.