Lithuanian experts see Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė, President Gitanas Nausėda, and Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis, leader of the conservative Homeland Union–Lithuanian Christian Democrats, as the country’s most influential politicians, according to a survey published by the Delfi news website on Monday.
Next in the annual ranking is Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen, the parliament speaker and the leader of the Liberal Movement, followed by Lithuania’s first post-independence leader Vytautas Landsbergis.
The top ten also includes Lithuania’s former presidents Valdas Adamkus and Dalia Grybauskaitė, Defence Minister Arvydas Anušauskas, ex-Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis, chair of the opposition Democrats “For Lithuania”, and Vilija Blinkevičiūtė, chair of the Social Democratic party.
The survey was carried out for Delfi by the magazine Reitingai, which interviewed 999 politicians, businessmen, civil servants, journalists, and public figures between May 17 and June 19.
In a separate poll of members of the public, Nausėda was named the most influential politician, followed by Šimonytė and Adamkus.
In the public opinion survey, Spinter Tyrimai polled 1,015 people aged between 18 and 75 years on June 19-30.
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