Juozas Olekas
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Lithuania
Lithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the biggest of the three Baltic states. It is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, whereby to the west lie Sweden and Denmark...
n surgeon and politician, the former Minister of National Defence, from July 18, 2006 till 2008. In 1990, 2003-2004 he also served as the Health Minister of Lithuania.
Olekas has studied at the Kaunas Medical Institute
Kaunas University of Medicine
Lithuanian University of Health Sciences ) is a medical school in Kaunas, Lithuania. It was founded in 1919 and from 1922 it was a Faculty of Medicine of University of Lithuania....
from 1974 to 1976, Vilnius Public University
Vilnius University
Vilnius University is the oldest university in the Baltic states and one of the oldest in Eastern Europe. It is also the largest university in Lithuania....
from 1976 to 1980.
Between 1994 and 1997 he was Chief physician at Vilnius University hospital.
Olekas is married to Aurelija, they have two daughters.