Gintautas Paluckas
Gintautas Paluckas | |
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Paluckas in 2023 | |
| 18th Prime Minister of Lithuania | |
| In office 12 December 2024 – 4 August 2025 | |
| President | Gitanas Nausėda |
| Preceded by | Ingrida Šimonytė |
| Succeeded by | Rimantas Šadžius (acting) |
| Chairman of the Social Democratic Party | |
| In office 17 May 2025 – 31 July 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Vilija Blinkevičiūtė |
| Succeeded by | Mindaugas Sinkevičius |
| In office 6 May 2017 – 22 January 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Algirdas Butkevičius |
| Succeeded by | Vilija Blinkevičiūtė |
| Member of the Seimas | |
| Assumed office 13 November 2020 | |
| Constituency | Multi-member |
| Deputy Mayor of Vilnius | |
| In office 22 April 2015 – 24 April 2019 | |
| Mayor | Remigijus Šimašius |
| Preceded by | Jonas Pinskus |
| Succeeded by | Vytautas Mitalas |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 19 August 1979 |
| Party | Social Democratic (2003–present) |
| Spouse | Ilma Paluckė |
| Children | 2 |
| Education | Juozas Balčikonis Gymnasium |
| Alma mater | Vilnius University |
Gintautas Paluckas (Lithuanian: [ˈɡʲɪntˠɐʊtˠɐs pˠɐˈlˠʊtskɐs]; born 19 August 1979) is a Lithuanian politician who was the 18th prime minister of Lithuania from December 2024 until his resignation on 4 August 2025. He was previously Deputy Mayor of Vilnius from 2015 to 2019, led the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party (LSDP) between 2017 and 2021, and has been a member of the Seimas since the 2020 election. In 2025, Paluckas returned as LSDP leader after Vilija Blinkevičiūtė decided not to run for another term.
In the 2024 Lithuanian parliamentary election, Paluckas ran in the single-member constituency of Utena but finished third. Despite this, the LSDP won the overall election, and Paluckas secured a seat in the Seimas via the party's proportional representation list. Subsequently, he was nominated and confirmed as Prime Minister of Lithuania. The inclusion of the Dawn of Nemunas in his cabinet sparked protests.
On 31 July 2025, Paluckas announced his intention to resign as both prime minister and head of the LSDP after allegations of misconduct relating to business interests and the launch of formal investigations by anti-corruption and law enforcement agencies.