Inga Ruginienė's path to Lithuania's highest office began on the factory floor, not in the corridors of power. Her story is Lithuania's — of work, of conviction, of Europe.
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Inga Ruginienė is the 19th Prime Minister of the Republic of Lithuania — the country's head of government, sworn in on 25 September 2025.
Born in 1981, Ruginienė built a career in the Lithuanian trade union movement, where she rose to lead a national labour confederation. For more than a decade, she represented the voice of Lithuanian workers in tripartite negotiations with government and employers, shaping collective agreements on wages, working conditions, and social protection.
In 2024, she was elected to the Seimas — the Parliament of the Republic of Lithuania — as a member of the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party (LSDP). Her legislative work focused on social security, workforce modernisation, pensions, and gender equality. Shortly thereafter she was appointed Minister of Social Security and Labour, a portfolio in which she delivered one of the most significant reform agendas of recent years.
Following the formation of a new governing coalition in 2025, Inga Ruginienė was nominated and confirmed as Prime Minister — the first former union leader to hold the office. Her government took oath at the Presidential Palace in Vilnius on 25 September 2025.
As Prime Minister, she leads a programme rooted in four pillars: a fair and modern social contract, a competitive and green economy, transparent democratic institutions, and a confident European Lithuania.
Inga Raitelaitytė is born on 24 May 1981, into a generation shaped by the final decade of the Soviet era and the rebirth of Lithuanian independence.
Completes higher education and begins her career in the Lithuanian workforce — early experiences that become the foundation of her public advocacy.
Takes on national leadership within the Lithuanian trade union movement, representing workers in negotiations on wages, conditions and social security. Becomes a recognisable voice for fair work.
Enters the Seimas — the Lithuanian Parliament — as a representative of the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party (LSDP). Focus: social security, labour, equality.
Leads one of the most active ministerial portfolios in modern Lithuanian government — advancing reforms in wages, pensions, family support and workforce modernisation.
On 25 September 2025, Inga Ruginienė is sworn in as the 19th Prime Minister of the Republic of Lithuania at the Presidential Palace in Vilnius — the first former trade union leader to hold the office.
A focused mandate: social security reform, economic competitiveness, institutional modernisation and a confident Lithuanian voice in Europe and the wider world.
Leadership is not the voice at the top. It is the voice that carries the concerns of those who are never heard — and turns them into law.— Inga Ruginienė
From labour reform to European partnerships — read the pillars shaping Lithuania's national programme under Prime Minister Ruginienė.
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