Grybauskaite approves incomplete Butkevius cabinet

President Dalia Grybauskaite on Friday approved 12 members of cabinet as proposed by the Prime Minister-designate Algirdas Butkevicius, though the post of two ministers remained vacant.

Grybauskaite stressed that the government must start working immediately, saying in a statement that "important work and decisions are waiting ... that's why I signed the decree to approve the government whose composition is incomplete."

The heads of the Ministry of Social Security and Labor and the Ministry of Science and Education were still undecided, as Grybauskaite rejected two of the Labor Party's candidates.

Grybauskaite nominated Butkevicius, leader of the Social Democrats as candidate for Prime Minister on November 5, following two rounds of parliament selection on October 14 and 28.