Lithuanian Prosecutor General, Nida Grunskienė, has retained her position as the country’s most influential public servant for a second consecutive year, according to a survey released by news portal Delfi on Monday.
Grunskienė secured the highest share of votes in the public servant category, receiving 60.6 per cent of responses.
Linas Pernavas, who heads Lithuania’s Special Investigation Service, finished second with 30.8 per cent, while Chief of Defence Raimundas Vaikšnoras took third place with 24.4 per cent.
Remigijus Bridikis, director of the State Security Department, ranked fourth in the survey, followed by Constitutional Court President Tomas Davulis in fifth place.
Other figures featured among the 10 most influential public servants included presidential chief aides Deividas Matulionis, Asta Skaisgirytė and Frederikas Jansonas. Gediminas Šimkus, chairman of the Board of the Bank of Lithuania, and Auditor General Irena Segalovičienė also made the top 10.
Government Chancellor Tomas Daukantas registered the most significant upward movement in the latest results. He advanced to 13th place, compared with 45th in the 2025 edition, marking a rise of 32 positions.
The annual ranking was prepared by Reitingai magazine using evaluations from a broad group of prominent individuals drawn from different sectors of Lithuanian society. Participants included specialists from various professional fields, politicians, journalists and other media figures, business leaders, entertainment personalities, public sector representatives, athletes and other public figures.
The survey gathered responses from 1,145 participants between July 9 and September 1.
Delfi has published its annual ranking of Lithuania’s most influential people for 12 consecutive years, making the survey a recurring feature in its coverage of the country’s public and professional landscape.
