Ewelina Dobrowolska
Ewelina Dobrowolska | |
|---|---|
 Dobrowolska in 2020 | |
| 20th Minister of Justice | |
| Assumed office 11 December 2020 | |
| Prime Minister | Ingrida Šimonytė |
| Preceded by | Elvinas Jankevičius |
| Member of Seimas | |
| Assumed office 13 November 2020 | |
| Constituency | Party list |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 16 August 1988 Vilnius, Lithuania |
| Political party | Freedom Party |
| Spouse | Daniel Dobrovolskij |
| Alma mater | Mykolas Romeris University |
Ewelina Dobrowolska (Lithuanian: Evelina Dobrovolska;[1] born 16 August 1988) is a Lithuanian politician and activist. She was elected to the Seimas on behalf of the Freedom Party in 2020.[2][3]
On 7 December 2020, she was appointed to serve as Minister of Justice in the Šimonytė Cabinet, succeeding Elvinas Jankevičius in that role.[4]
Biography
[edit]In 2010 she graduated BA in law from the Mykolas Romeris University and the following year she started working as an Assistant Attorney at a law firm.[citation needed] She became a member of the European Foundation of Human Rights. She became involved in social activities in the field of combating discrimination and protecting human rights. She represented among others numerous persons in court proceedings concerning the original spelling of surnames.[citation needed]
In 2019 she ran for the Vilnius City Council and she became a Councillor at the beginning of 2020.[citation needed] In the same year, she ran in the parliamentary elections from the list of the liberal Freedom Party. She was then elected as Member of the Seimas.[5]
In May 2022, she changed the spelling of her name to reflect her Polish ethnicity, after a law was passed which allowed Lithuanian citizens to use non-Lithuanian Latin characters in their identity documents.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Lithuania's justice minister changes her name under new law allowing Polish spelling". LRT. Retrieved 25 May 2022.
- ^ "Rezultatai – vrk.lt". vrk.lt. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
- ^ "Ewelina Dobrowolska od stycznia będzie radną stołecznego samorządu – Wiadomości Znad Wilii". zw.lt (in Polish). 18 December 2019. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
- ^ "President approves makeup of Simonyte Cabinet". DELFI. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
- ^ "Evelina Dobrovolska". lrs.lt. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
- 1988 births
- 21st-century Lithuanian politicians
- 21st-century Lithuanian women politicians
- Freedom Party (Lithuania) politicians
- Living people
- Members of the Seimas
- Politicians from Vilnius
- Women members of the Seimas
- Lithuanian people of Polish descent
- Ministers of justice of Lithuania
- Female justice ministers
- Women government ministers of Lithuania
- Mykolas Romeris University alumni