Prosecutor General's Office of Lithuania
| Lietuvos Generalinė Prokuratūra | |
 Emblem of the Prosecutor General's Office | |
 Prosecutor General's Office headquarters in Vilnius | |
| Agency overview | |
|---|---|
| Formed | 1919 1990 (restored) |
| Jurisdiction | Government of Lithuania |
| Headquarters | Vilnius, Lithuania |
| Employees | 1090 |
| Annual budget | €41.3 million |
| Prosecutor General responsible | |
The Prosecutor General's Office of Lithuania (Lithuanian: Lietuvos Generalinė Prokuratūra) is the supreme institution conducting prosecution in Lithuania. Prosecutors of the Prosecutor General's Office have prosecutorial powers to act in all courts of Lithuania. The Prosecutor General is accountable to the President and the Seimas for the activities of the Prosecutor's Office, and provides the Government with information about the non-procedural activities of the Prosecutor's Office.[1][2][3]
Lithuania participates in the European Public Prosecutor's Office and the Prosecutor General's Office delegates its prosecutors to the organization.[4]
History
[edit]The formation of the prosecutor general began in January 1919 and the first prosecutor general, Kazys Samajauskas, was appointed in February 1919.[5] The current Prosecutor's Office was established in 1990.[6]
In 1995, it became the Prosecutor General's Office under the Supreme Court of Lithuania, and at the same time, Vilnius, Kaunas, Klaipėda, Šiauliai and Panevėžys District Prosecutor's Offices were established.[7] In 2003, the name of the institution was changed to the Prosecutor General's Office.[8]
See also
[edit]References
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- ^ "Generalinė prokuratūra pradėjo Europos deleguotųjų prokurorų atranką". LRT (in Lithuanian). 20 September 2020. Retrieved 17 February 2025.
- ^ "Prieš šimtą metų – pirmieji žingsniai nepriklausomos Lietuvos prokuratūros link". Lietuvos Respublikos generalinė prokuratūra (in Lithuanian). 28 November 2018. Retrieved 17 February 2025.
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- ^ "I-599 Lietuvos Respublikos prokuratūros įstatymas". e-seimas.lrs.lt. Retrieved 17 January 2025.
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