History of the County

On June 19, 1994, the Seym of Lithuania enacted the law of Lithuania territory administrative units and their limits. According to that law, the territory of Lithuania was divided into administrative units, which consists of inhabited localities. Ten counties were validated in Lithuania according to the law; they were the counties of Alytus, Kaunas, Klaipeda, Marijampole, Panevezys, Siauliai, Taurage, Telsiai, Utena and Vilnius.

On December 15, 1994, the Seym of Lithuania enacted the law of county management of Lithuania, according to which, higher administrative units - counties were established in the territory of Lithuania. The management of these units organizes the Government through the County Manager administrations (it was changed to the County Head administrations according to the law No. VII – 33, December 12, 1996) Ministries and other government institutions. The Seym of Lithuania, if offered by the Government, determines the boundaries of counties and changes them, gives and changes the name. The territory of Klaipeda county consists of Klaipeda, Palanga and Neringa towns and the districts of Klaipeda, Skuodas and Silute.

Klaipeda County Head Administration address is Danes St. 17, Klaipeda.

The Government, if Prime Minister offers, appoints and dismisses the counties Head.

The County Head has an assistant manager, who is appointed and dismissed by The Prime Minister, if the County Head offers.

The administrative management law, enacted on December 15, 1995, says that the main County Head’s goals are the following:

1. To implement the government policy in social care, education, culture, health care, territory planning, monument protection, land use and protection, economy, environment protection and other spheres; execute state and regional programs in the district;

2. To coordinate the activity of the structural departments of Ministries and other Government institutions, to adjust the activity of municipality executed institutions while implementing regional programs;

3. To foresee the underlying directions of county development and prepare the programs;

4. To supervise how municipalities follow the laws and the Constitution of Lithuania, how they execute the decisions of the Government; to check if decisions enacted by collegial and non-collegial municipality institutions are without prejudice to citizens and organization rights (according to the law No. VIII – 896 enacted on October 15, 1998, this article lost its validity).

The County Head forms the administration to execute the functions he has.

According to Lithuania Government decision No. 3, January 9, 1997, the institution of Lithuania County Manager was reorganized into the institution of Lithuania County Head.

According to Lithuania Government decision No. 100, February 27, 1997, the organizational management structure of the temporal typical County Head administration was validated. According to the decision, the planned organizational management structure of Klaipeda County Head administration was validated. It consisted of the following structural subdivisions: direction (the head, assistant manager, secretary), the department of Economy, the department of Social care and education, the department of law and municipality matters, the department of accounting and finances, the state supervision department territory planning and building, the department of village matters, office and social communication service.

According to Lithuania Ministry of management reforms and municipality matters and Ministry of Economy decision No. 71/485, August 11, 1997, the department of village matters was reorganized into two departments: the department of village matters and the department of land management.

According to Klaipeda County Head administration decision No. 08 K, January 9, 1998, the organizational management structure of Klaipeda County Head administration was validated.

According to Lithuania Government decision No. 1118, September 15, 1998, new typical structure of the County Head administration was validated.  According to this decision, the Ministry of management reforms and municipality matters according to the order No. 12, February 12, 1999, validated the regulation and structure of Klaipeda County Head administration. According to the structure validated by the Ministry, Klaipeda County Head administration validated the staff list of Klaipeda County Head administration according to the order No. 1271, June 18, 1999.

Past managers of the county:

Klaipeda County Manager Jurgis Ausra: April 24, 1995-May 8, 1997; Klaipeda district Assistant Manager Juazapas Paliakas: April 18, 1995-March 17, 1997; Klaipeda County Head Laisvunas Kavaliauskas: January 15, 1997-November 15, 2000; Klaipeda County assistant Manager Sarunas Reikalas: February 24, 1997-December 22, 2000.

Present managers of the county:

Mrs. Virginija Lukosiene is the Head of Klaipeda County from December 27, 2000. Mr. Aleksandras Michailovas became the Assistant Manager of the County on August 13, 2001, he replaced Mr. Vidas Karolis (February 1, 2001- June 27, 2001). From November 26, 2001 Mr. Virginijus Rinkevicius is the secretary of the County.

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