Juozas Bernatonis
Juozas Bernatonis is a Lithuanian jurist and politician, Minister of Justice and member of Seimas.Education
In 1976 graduated from Kaunas Polytechnic Institute, Faculty of Chemical Technology.
In 1990 graduated from a postgraduate programme in philosophy in Prague and defended his doctor’s thesis.
In 2002 graduated from Vilnius University and was awarded a master's degree in Law.
From 1992 to 2004 – member of the Seimas.
From 2001 to 2003 – Minister of the Interior of the Government led by Prime Minister Algirdas Brazauskas. From 2006 to 2012 – Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Lithuania to the Estonia.
From 13 December 2012 is he the Minister of Justice of the 16th Government from Algirdas Butkevičius.
From 1990 – member, Vice-Chairman of the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party.
