Lithuanian chemist and politician

Rimantas Jonas Dagys (born July 16, 1957) is a Lithuanian chemist and politician, member of the Seimas (1992–1996, 1996–2000), and from 2008 to 2009 *igned Minister of Labor and Social Security by presidential decree.

Rimantas Dagys was born in the settlement of Sherubay-Noora (now Abay, Kazakhstan) to a family of former Gulag prisoners, deported from Lithuania for 10 years: his mother, Filomena Dagienė was imprisoned in Vorkuta camps, his father, Jonas Dagys, in Siblag camps. The family returned to Lithuania in 1964.

On June 26, 2019 he announced about suspending his membership in Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats, on the same day his membership was suspended by Discipline Committee of Homeland Union. Displine Committee has explained that this decision was made, since Rimantas Dagys has not removed his signature supporting the amendments of Child protection law (thus acting together with Mindaugas Puidokas), has raised doubts about the correspondence of values of party's candidate in 2019 Lithuanian presidential election, Ingrida Šimonytė, to Christian democracy, has claimed that the amendments of Social enterprise law were proposed by party members Justas Džiugelis ir Monika Navickienė. R. Dagys claimed that the conflict has started because Homeland Union, as many other parties, rejected a clear ideology, which, in his opinion is the fault of chairman Gabrielius Landsbergis, who, in his opinion, holds liberal views.

Afterwards Rimantas Dagys established a party called Christian Union. Its cons*uent congress happened on February 8, 2020.

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