Dalia Grybauskaitė

Dalia Grybauskaitė (born 1 March 1956) is a Lithuanian politician. She became the President of Lithuania on 12 July 2009. She was re-elected in May 2014. She is the country's first female President and the first to be elected for a second term.^[1][2]

Her Excellency Dalia Grybauskaitė
President of Lithuania
In office 12 July 2009 – 12 July 2019
Prime Minister	Andrius Kubilius Algirdas Butkevičius
Preceded by	Valdas Adamkus
Succeeded by	Gitanas Nausėda
European Commissioner for Financial Programming and the Budget
In office 22 November 2004 – 1 July 2009
President	José Manuel Barroso
Preceded by	Michaele Schreyer Markos Kyprianou (Budget)
Succeeded by	Algirdas Šemeta
European Commissioner for Education and Culture
In office 1 May 2004 – 11 November 2004 Served with Viviane Reding
President	Romano Prodi
Preceded by	Viviane Reding
Succeeded by	Ján Figeľ (Education, Training, Culture and Multilingualism)
Personal details
Born	(1956-03-01) 1 March 1956 (age 69) Vilnius, Soviet Union (now Lithuania)
Alma mater	Zhdanov University Georgetown University
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She was Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of Finance, also European Commissioner for Financial Programming and the Budget from 2004 to 2009. She is often referred to as the "Iron Lady" or the "Steel Magnolia".