| Lietuvos Generalinė Prokuratūra | |
 Emblem of the Prosecutor General's Office | |
 Prosecutor General's Office headquarters in Vilnius | |
| Agency overview | |
|---|---|
| Formed | 1990 |
| Jurisdiction | Government of Lithuania |
| Headquarters | Vilnius, Lithuania |
| Employees | 1090 |
| Annual budget | 41,3 million € |
| Prosecutor General responsible | |
The Prosecutor General's Office of Lithuania is the Lithuanian law enforcement institution, the country's Prosecutor General's Office. 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.
History
Established in 1990 as the Prosecutor's Office of the Republic of Lithuania, after the reorganization of the Prosecutor's Office of the LSSR, subordinate to the Prosecutor General's Office of the USSR. In the same year, it was transformed into the Prosecutor General's Office of the Republic of Lithuania.
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. In 2003, the name of the institution was changed to the Prosecutor General's Office.
References
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- "I-599 Lietuvos Respublikos prokuratūros įstatymas". e-seimas.lrs.lt. Retrieved 2025-01-17.
- "Lietuvos prokuratūra". www.vle.lt (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 2025-01-17.
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