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Kristina Zamarytė-Sakavičienė
Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Lithuania
Justice viceminister
Biography
Kristina Zamarytė-Sakavičienė serves as Vice Minister of Justice of the Republic of Lithuania, a role she assumed in October 2025. Her portfolio includes oversight of development of the national legal system, civil law, civil procedure, administrative litigation.
With a career spanning public service, academia, and civil society, Kristina brings a multidisciplinary perspective to her work. She has twice served as a legal adviser at the Chancellery of the Seimas (Lithuanian Parliament), contributing to legislative development and political discourse. From 2008 to 2022, she lectured at Mykolas Romeris University’s Faculty of Law, specialising in human rights and medical law.
Kristina has held leadership positions in several research and advocacy organisations. She was Director of the Institute for Free Society (2016–2020) and a board member until 2024, promoting natural human rights in Lithuanian politics and law. Between 2013 and 2016, she led the Institute of Biomedical Ethics and Law, focusing on the intersection of law, ethics, and healthcare. Earlier in her career, she worked as a Good Clinical Practice Inspector at the State Medicines Control Agency and at the European Medicines Agency (2007–2017), ensuring ethical compliance in clinical trials in Lithuania and other countries.
She holds a master’s and bachelor’s degrees in law from Mykolas Romeris University and has pursued doctoral studies in law since 2007.
In addition to her institutional roles, Kristina is a recognised political commentator in Lithuania. She regularly contributes to national media, offering thoughtful analysis on legal, ethical, and social issues.
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