Jurgita Šiugždinienė – Lithuanian politician Jurgita Šiugždinienė is a Member of the Seimas for Šilainiai constituency and former of the Kaunas City Council. In 2020 she was approved to be the Minister of Education, Science and Sports in the Šimonytė Cabinet. She holds a master’s degree in Public Administration and a PhD in Social Sciences. During 2017 and 2018, she served as Kaunas University of Technology’s acting rector, and then was Head of the Strategic Group of the Homeland Union Secretariat. From 2019 to 2020 she was a member of Kaunas City Municipality Council.