Algimanta Pabedinskienė

Algimanta Pabedinskienė is a Lithuanian politician who served as Ministry of Social Security and Labour from 12 December 2012 to 13 December 2016. Born in Latvia, Pabedinskienė moved to Lithuania at a young age, graduating from high school in Marijampolė, then graduating from Vilnius Gediminas Technical University with a degree in civil engineering. After graduating, she began her own construction business, and through the 1990s created a workshop of women's accessories as well. In 2005, she returned to school and graduated from Kaunas University of Technology with a degree in business administration, and served both as a lecturer at Marijampolė University of Applied Sciences and as an administrator in the Kaunas Chamber of Commerce after graduating.