VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — Lithuania’s parliament on Tuesday elected a former labor union leader and relative political newcomer as the country’s new prime minister, weeks after her predecessor resigned following investigations into his business dealings.

Lawmakers approved Inga Ruginienė, 44, as the new head of government by 78 votes to 35.

Ruginienė, a former head of Lithuania’s labor union confederation, joined the center-left Social Democratic Party just before a general election last year and then served as minister for social affairs and labor under Prime Minister Gintautas Paluckas, who resigned at the end of July after less than a year in office.

Paluckas had been dogged by media investigations into his business and financial dealings. Several media outlets published investigatio

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