Rasa Juknevičienė

Rasa Juknevičienė
Juknevičienė in 2018
Member of the European Parliament
Assumed office
2 July 2019
ConstituencyLithuania
President of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly
In office
24 March 2018  19 November 2018
Preceded byPaolo Alli
Succeeded byMadeleine Moon
Vice President of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly
In office
21 November 2016  24 March 2018
Minister of National Defence
In office
9 December 2008  13 December 2012
PresidentValdas Adamkus
Dalia Grybauskaitė
Prime MinisterAndrius Kubilius
Preceded byJuozas Olekas
Succeeded byJuozas Olekas
Deputy Speaker of the Seimas
In office
9 November 1999  18 October 2000
Member of the Seimas
In office
14 November 2016  1 July 2019
Succeeded byAistė Gedvilienė
ConstituencyMulti-member
In office
15 November 2004  14 November 2016
Preceded byHenrikas Žukauskas
Succeeded byPost abolished
Gabrielius Landsbergis (Centras-Žaliakalnis)
ConstituencyŽaliakalnis
In office
19 October 2000  14 November 2004
ConstituencyMulti-member
In office
25 November 1996  18 October 2000
Preceded byFeliksas Kolosauskas
Succeeded byAntanas Baura
ConstituencyAnykščiai - Kupiškis
Personal details
Born (1958-01-26) 26 January 1958
Tiltagaliai, Lithuanian SSR, Soviet Union
Political partyHomeland Union
Spouse(s)Rolandas Rastaustkas (divorced)
Zenonas Juknevičius


Rasa Juknevičienė (née Urbonaitė, born 26 January 1958) is a Lithuanian politician and paediatrician, who has been serving as a Member of the European Parliament since 2019. She served as Minister of Defense of Lithuania since 2008 to 2012. She is a member of center right Homeland Union.