Prime Minister-designate Gintautas Paluckas earlier confirmed that two nominees put forward by the Nemunas Dawn party were rejected. Namely, Sigitas Podėnas, who was nominated as the environment minister, and Virginijus Kulikauskas, who was considered for the post of the justice minister.
The president has approved Rimantas Šadžius as finance minister, Dovilė Šakalienė as national defence minister, Šarūnas Birutis as culture minister, Inga Ruginienė as social security and labour minister, Eugenijus Sabutis as transport and communications minister, Marija Jakubauskienė as health minister, Raminta Popovienė as education, science and sport minister, Vladislav Kondratovič as interior minister, Kęstutis Budrys as foreign minister, Lukas Savickas as economy and innovation minister, Žygimantas Vaičiūnas as energy minister and Ignas Hofmanas as agriculture minister.
The new Cabinet of Ministers will assume office once the Seimas votes on and approves its programme.