Rasa Juknevičienė (née Urbonaitė, born 26 January 1958) is a Lithuanian politician and paediatrician, who has been serving as a Member of the European Parliament since 2019. She served as Minister of Defense of Lithuania since 2008 to 2012.^[1] She is a member of center right Homeland Union.

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Rasa Juknevičienė MEP
Member of the European Parliament
Incumbent
Assumed office 2 July 2019
Constituency	Lithuania
President of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly
In office 24 March 2018 – 19 November 2018
Preceded by	Paolo Alli
Succeeded by	Madeleine Moon
Vice President of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly
In office 21 November 2016 – 24 March 2018
Minister of National Defence
In office 9 December 2008 – 13 December 2012
President	Valdas Adamkus Dalia Grybauskaitė
Prime Minister	Andrius Kubilius
Preceded by	Juozas Olekas
Succeeded by	Juozas Olekas
Deputy Speaker of the Seimas
In office 9 November 1999 – 18 October 2000
Member of the Seimas
In office 14 November 2016 – 1 July 2019
Succeeded by	Aistė Gedvilienė
Constituency	Multi-member
In office 15 November 2004 – 14 November 2016
Preceded by	Henrikas Žukauskas
Succeeded by	Post abolished Gabrielius Landsbergis (Centras-Žaliakalnis)
Constituency	Žaliakalnis
In office 19 October 2000 – 14 November 2004
Constituency	Multi-member
In office 25 November 1996 – 18 October 2000
Preceded by	Feliksas Kolosauskas
Succeeded by	Antanas Baura
Constituency	Anykščiai - Kupiškis
Personal details
Born	(1958-01-26) 26 January 1958 (age 66) Tiltagaliai, Lithuanian SSR, Soviet Union
Political party	Homeland Union
Spouse(s)	Rolandas Rastaustkas (divorced) Zenonas Juknevičius

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Juknevičienė is a graduate of the Lithuanian University of Health Sciences (LSMU) and worked as a doctor until 1992.

• European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR), Member^[5]
• Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA), Member of the Advisory Council (since 2014)
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