The Council of the opposition Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union on Tuesday decided to nominate MP and former Health Minister Aurelijus Veryga for president.
Lithuanian will hold the presidential election in May 2024.
Veryga served as an adviser to then Prime Minister Andrius Kubilius on the prevention of drug, alcohol and tobacco use from 2009-2012, and he was the country’s health minister from 2016 to 2020, including during the height of the coronavirus pandemic.
Veryga joined the Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union in 2018.
He is now a vice chair of the parliamentary Committee on European Affairs and is also a member of the Health Committee.
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