OSCE/ODIHR Opinion on the Law of the Republic of Lithuania on the Seimas Ombudsmen 2. The Seimas Ombudsmen’s Office shall be directed by the head of the Seimas Ombudsmen’s Office. In the absence of the Seimas Ombudsman - head of the Office, the other Seimas Ombudsman shall act for him. 3. The Board of the Seimas shall approve the maximum number of positions of the Seimas Ombudsmen’s Office’s civil servants and employees working under the employment contract and receiving the remuneration from the state budget and the state monetary funds. 4. The Seimas Ombudsmen shall have advisors. The advisor to the Seimas Ombudsman shall be a civil servant. A citizen of the Republic of Lithuania, who has a BA and MA in law or the single-stage university education in law, may be an advisor to the Seimas Ombudsman. Article 26. Repealed Article 27. Repealed Article 28. Head of the Seimas Ombudsmen’s Office 1. On the nomination of the Speaker of the Seimas, the Seimas shall appoint one of the appointed Seimas Ombudsmen as the head of the Seimas Ombudsmen’s Office. 2. The head of the Seimas Ombudsmen’s Office shall be the manager of State budgetary appropriations for the Seimas Ombudsmen’s Office. 3. In addition to his direct duties, the head of the Seimas Ombudsmen’s Office shall also perform the following functions: 1) represent the Seimas Ombudsmen’s Office in its capacity as a legal person and organise its work; 2) approve the structure of the Seimas Ombudsmen’s Office, define the functions of the organisational units and the employees of the Seimas Ombudsmen's Office, and approve Regulation of the Seimas Ombudsmen’s Office; 3) admit to work and dismiss civil servants and other employees of the Seimas Ombudsmen’s Office according to the procedure prescribed by laws; 4) set specific salary coefficients for the employees working under the employment contract; 5) grant leave to the Seimas Ombudsman, civil servants and other employees of the Seimas Ombudsmen’s Office and send them on business trips, traineeships; 32