In a secret ballot on Thursday, his designation was supported by 77 of Lithuania's 141 parliamentarians, four were against, and two abstained.
In his presentation at the parliament, Normantas noted that the indicators of how institutions and officials take their recommendations into consideration have improved dramatically over the past few years.
"About 50-60 percent of all of the recommendations were implemented in the beginning in 2005, the indicator now is about 80-90 percent and more," he said.
Normantas, incumbent parliamentary ombudsman, was proposed to head the entire office by Parliamentary Speaker Vydas Gedvilas. Gedvilas emphasized that Normantas served two terms as parliamentary ombudsman after working as a judge at the Constitutional Court, deputy chairman of the Central Electoral Commission, and has a background of nearly 40 years as lecturer at Vilnius University's Faculty of Law.
Normantas replaced Romas Valentukevičius whose term in office expired in mid-February. Ex-minister Raimondas Šukys has already been appointed to replace Normantas as Seimas ombudsman.
