State Ministry of Protection of the Republic of Lithuania

State Ministry of Protection Krašto apsaugos ministerija - KAM -
State level	Ministry
Position of the authority	Ministry of Defense
legal form	Ministry
Supervisory authority (s)	Government of the Republic of Lithuania
Consist	since 1918
Headquarters	Vilnius
minister	Raimundas Karoblis
Employee	207 (2019)
Website	www.kam.lt

The building of the Lithuanian Ministry of Defense

The State Ministry of Protection of the Republic of Lithuania ( Lithuanian : Lietuvos Respublikos krašto apsaugos ministerija ) is one of the 14 ministries of the Government of the Republic of Lithuania and is responsible for national defense. The ministry is located in the old town of Vilnius .

organization

The Supreme Commander is the President of the Republic of Lithuania , who can directly order mobilization , a state of defense or a state of emergency in the event of a crisis . The parliament, the Seimas , has to confirm the president's decrees if necessary and exercises parliamentary control over the armed forces. The Ministry of Defense is the highest command of the Lithuanian armed forces . Defense Minister is Raimundas Karoblis - directly subordinate to him is the military commander in chief of the armed forces, currently Lieutenant General Jonas Vytautas Žukas .

history

On March 23, 1990, the Lithuanian Parliament (lit. Lietuvos Respublikos Aukščiausioji Taryba ) planned to set up an institution for state defense while it proposed the candidacies for ministers to the Lithuanian government. The candidate was Deputy Vidmantas Povilionis .

On April 25, 1990, the Lithuanian government founded the Department for National Defense (lit. Krašto apsaugos departamentas ). On October 10, 1991, Parliament appointed the Lithuanian Minister of Defense Audrius Butkevičius .

On October 16, 1991, the Department of National Defense was dissolved after it had done its job. A new unit (structure) for the national defense was only confirmed by the Lithuanian Defense Minister on February 3, 1992 (by resolution No. 49), although the officials for the national defense had already been selected and had started their service. In November 1999, the new ministry's legal department was established.

On November 10, 2000, Linas Linkevičius was appointed Minister of Defense (Jonas Gečas, Povilas Malakauskas and Valdemaras Sarapinas were appointed as Deputy Ministers).

A reorganization was carried out in January 2001. At that time the public relations and NATO departments were created . The administration department, the departments for international relations, resources and programs, defense policy and planning have been restructured.

minister

The following politicians have headed the Ministry of Defense since Lithuania's regained independence:

• Audrius Butkevičius (October 10, 1991 - October 27, 1993)
• Linas Linkevičius (October 28, 1993 - November 19, 1996)
• Česlovas Stankevičius (December 10, 1996 - November 9, 2000)
• Linas Linkevičius (November 19, 2000 - December 14, 2004)
• Gediminas Kirkilas (December 7, 2004 - July 5, 2006)
• Juozas Olekas (July 12, 2006 - December 9, 2008)
• Rasa Juknevičienė (December 9, 2008 - December 13, 2012)
• Juozas Olekas (since December 13, 2012 - December 13, 2016)
• Raimundas Karoblis (since December 13, 2016).

Web links

• Ministry homepage (kam.lt , Lithuanian, English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ number of employees
2. ↑ Information on the website of the Ministry of Defense (Lithuanian)

Coordinates: 54 ° 40 ′ 59.2 ″  N , 25 ° 16 ′ 58.4 ″  E